Applying for a replacement Long Range Certificate (LRC)

Have you lost your general radio operator's certificate (LRC), or has it been stolen or damaged? Or have you changed your name and your certificate is no longer correct? Then you need to apply for a replacement document.

You need a valid radio certificate to participate in the mobile maritime radio service or the inland waterway radio service.

There are two types of radio certificates for the maritime radio service:

• The general radio operating certificate, also known as the Long Range Certificate (LRC), entitles you to participate in VHF, border and shortwave radio as well as the mobile maritime radio service via satellite, which also works on the high seas.
• The limited radio operating certificate, also known as the Short Range Certificate (SRC), only entitles you to participate in VHF radio, which is only sufficient near the coast.

If you have lost your LRC or it has been stolen or damaged, you must apply for a replacement document. This also applies if you have changed your name.

You will receive a replacement copy of your LRC from the Deutscher Motoryachtverband e.V. or the Deutscher Segler-Verband e.V. and it is valid as a national certificate of the Federal Republic of Germany.

You can obtain information about the issue directly from the respective association.

• completed and signed application form
• current passport photo
• if not lost or stolen: original radio certificate or radio certificates
• in case of name change: proof of name change

• To apply, you must be at least 18 years old.
• If you are a minor, the application can be submitted by a person with parental authority.
• Your radio certificate is registered accordingly in the official register of radio certificates.

• Objection
• Further information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notification of your application for a replacement copy.
• Legal action before the locally competent administrative court

You can apply online or in writing to the Deutscher Motoryachtverband e.V. (DMYV) or the Deutscher Segler-Verband e.V. (DSV) for the issue of a replacement document for a general radio operating certificate (LRC).

Online application:

• Call up the federal portal using any browser.
• Open the application for a replacement document for a general radio certificate (LRC).
• Complete the online application.
• Upload the requested documents.
• Send the application digitally.
• Submit your passport photo and any other documents by post to the DMYV or DSV.
• You will receive feedback from the DMYV or DSV.
• The fee will be collected by SEPA direct debit.

Application by post:

• Download the current application form from the DMYV or DSV website.
• Complete the application in writing and print it out.
• Alternatively, you can print out the application first and then fill it in legibly by hand.
• Attach all the required documents.
• Send the application and the required documents by post to the DMYV or DSV.
• Fees are collected by SEPA direct debit.

There is no deadline.

Kosten können variieren, wenn weitere Leistungen anfallen, zum Beispiel bei Versand des Ersatzdokuments ins Ausland.: Fee 48,91 EUR (The amount is to be paid in advance) (Information on cost composition can be found here)

This application is not valid for the initial issue or transfer of a general radio operating certificate (LRC).