The EI-register is widely acceptable. The Irish Government and the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) welcome the use of Ireland for 'respectable' aircraft leasing and have made it attractive to put aircraft on the EI- register. The attractions include: The IAA is fully compliant with JAA. It is reasonably flexible and does not impose unusual requirements of its own on aircraft which are certificated elsewhere (e.g. US, Canada). It works well and flexibly with the airworthiness authorities of the States where the aircraft are operated, subject to standards being maintained. The major maintenance facilities in Ireland are both JAA and FAA approved. There are no Irish withholding taxes on leases such as apply in some other countries. Company profit taxes are low. Ireland is a signatory to certain conventions which facilitate recovery of aircraft by lessors if lessees default, e.g. don't pay their rentals. As Ireland is an EU member state, companies based in Ireland or aircraft registered in Ireland enjoy certain rights within other EU countries. While Irish law is generally closer to UK law, US law is well understood and leasing contracts signed in Ireland subject to New York law can be enforced and litigated in Ireland. There is a great body of expertise, legal, financial and technical, in Ireland which has been built up over many years, initially by Aer Lingus and GPA, but now involving many more companies. Airbus, Boeing, Air France, KLM, ILFC all have local leasing subsidiaries and there are also indigenous companies such as AerFi (GECAS), Pembroke Leasing and others. Only a minority of the aircraft leased through Ireland are on the EI- register. There are significant numbers of EI- registered aircraft operating for airlines based in Colombia, Costa Rica,Italy, Malta, Philippines, Russia, Tunisia, US, for instance. Antoin Daltun ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> > > Why the EI reg? It may have an Irish lessor, but Air France does not attach > N numbers to its ILFC planes >