Europa-List: PLBs

[David Joyce <davidjoyce@doctors.org.uk>]

I have recently heard that the gendarmes have fined 
someone over 900 euros for flying in to Le Touquet without 
a PLB. When I last heard, I understood that a PLB was 
compulsory for a certified aircraft but not for a Permit 
aircraft. Can any of our French friends tell me what is 
the current law?
Cordialement, David Joyce, G-XSDJ