LAW 4676 / 20
Article 68: Revocation of the Private Pleasure Yacht Maritime Traffic Document
- Paragraph 1 of article 10 of l. 4256/2014 (A’ 92), is replaced as follows:
“1.a. The private pleasure yachts, regardless of their flag, must be supplied with a passenger list, which is updated by the Ship owner or Captain, without requiring its certification by the Port Authority. The passenger list as well as any modifications in it is signed by the ship owner or captain, who verifies the date and time of his/her signature. The passenger list includes the data of paragraph 1 of article 5 of p.d. 23/1999 (A’ 17), is always placed at the ship and is presented anytime requested by the competent Authorities.
b. In case where nationals outside the E.U. or the EEA are employed at private pleasure yachts, regardless of their flag, a crew list and passenger list is kept separately according to those defined in case a’. The crew list herein includes additionally the embarkation and disembarkation date of the aforementioned employees to the ship, when it is noted in Greece. The crew list herein is presented each time, by the ship owner or captain to the Port Authority of the ship’s first port of arrival abroad and the last port of departure for a foreign country and is verified. The verification obligation still applies in case of an amendment of the aforementioned employees. In this case the list is presented by the ship owner or captain for verification to the Port Authority in the area of competence in which the ship is located.
c. The pleasure yachts, regardless of their flag, that have been designated as professional according to the law of another country, must be equipped with an updated passenger list which is signed by the ship owner or captain, who verifies the date and time of his/her signature. The passenger list includes the data of paragraph 1, article 5 of p.d. 23/1999, is always kept at the ship, is verified by the Port Authority during the procedure of arrival permit and declaration of departure and is presented when requested by the competent Authorities”.
- The validity of this article commences one (1) month from the publication of this law to the Government Gazette with an extension option of one (1) more month according to the decision of Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy. From the commencement of the effect of this article, any provision that regulates at a different way the same issues is cancelled.
Article 69: Facilitations of arrival – departure of private pleasure yachts
Paragraph 2 of article 10 of l. 4256/2014 (A’ 92) is replaced as follows:
“2. Without prejudice to provisions of cases c’ and d’ of paragraph 3, article 9, Ship Owners or Captains of private pleasure yachts under Greek flag or flag of another EU member country are released from the obligation of taking arrival permit and departure declaration from each Port Authority of destination. The aforementioned have this obligation each time, at the Port Authority of the first port to which they arrive in Greece from abroad and to the Port Authority of the last departure port for a foreign country. Without prejudice to provisions of cases c’ and d’ of paragraph 3, article 9, the provisions of the current paragraph are not applied to the private pleasure yachts under a non E.U. member stage flag and to pleasure yachts, regardless of their flag, that have been characterized as professional according to a law of another country, which must obtain an arrival permit and departure declaration from the Port Authority of each port”.
