jebthebear

No it's just applied in France (not in our neighbour's such as Italy, Switzerland, Belgium or Spain). And despite this legislation, depending on the French DZ you are, in several cases they will let you go. But if you already have a (French) DZ in your mind my advice is to call and ask them before having eventually a bad surprise... Blue Sky

Just to make sure you are aware of the French legislation: it's supposed to be the worst in the world and there is a minimum canope size to have if you are under 600 jumps... (sometimes the "technical director" -guy in charge of the DZ- could let you go anyway, but count on that). Check that here: http://www.wuza.net/index.php?p=outils it's the last 2 boxes in the bottom: the first one is your weight in kilograms, the second one is your number of jumps...