Dr. Lecter
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Liberté​, indeed.
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in France diving (in structure or club) is very regulated, the 60m limit is for air (it's stated by the law) if you want to diver below who must use other gas...
Also trimix is limited to 120m (80 in training) Article 322.76 http://www.ffessm.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Code du Sport 2012 JO_20120222_0044.pdf
I don't think all these rules are totally followed
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The club and dive operator can be checked by police, they follows the law (in Brittany the dive operator are very strict).
But the law apply only on club and dive operator, an individual is "outlaw" ie the law don't apply to him.
In France if you dive alone no law can forbid yo to dive below 120m on air (or whatever you want to breath).
I find it amusing the CMAS organisation in the UK don't meets he International Standards Organisation (ISO) for scuba diving. Both PADI and BSAC do.You are quite wrong. CMAS is an organisation that oversees diver training. It is not a school and does not have schools. One does not "graduate" from diver training nor does one become a "diver". You are confusing a pastime with a vocation. If you wish to go scuba diving all you need do is buy the gear and dive. In most countries of the world it is an unregulated pastime. The primary role of CMAS is to attempt to bring some common standards to the many organisations that exist globally which concern themselves with diver training, either for commercial profit or on an amateur basis. CMAS teaches nothing to anyone.
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I find it amusing the CMAS organisation in the UK don't meets he International Standards Organisation (ISO) for scuba diving. Both PADI and BSAC do.
I'm confused, CMAS is in some Univercities, I have a friend that is CMAS certified took 1 year at his Univercity, ...
If they gave out certifications from different courses and they have a class program and dictate the best guides and content of the course, are they not a school as well?
If I wanted a CMAS C-card all I need do if write a cheque for £15 and send it off with a copy of my certification. One will arrive by return of post. That's the value of a CMAS qualification.Ok, understood. And yes I know the CMAS courses or whatever they were teaching in the univercity was as part of hobby/points curriculum to feel in for the studies they were doing, but so far I know they undergo a lot of more practice/training than the normal agencies that certify you in 2 days, or at least the 3 inviduals that I met, did go thru a lot more to optain the CMAS c-card.