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At a glance

Points of service

Merchant Marine Academies

Digital provision points

• The service is not provided digitally

Number of required documents

4 to 8 + (

1

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Fees

Provided without cost

Estimated Time

8 months to 1 year

Description

This procedure concerns the payment of board allowance for students at Merchant Marine Academies (AENs) of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy (YNANP).

Basic information

Competent body

MINISTRY OF MARITIME AFFAIRS AND INSULAR POLICY

Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure

Provided to

University students

Related links

Validity duration

Last update

31/07/2026

Application

Application Type

Application / Solemn Declaration

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by:

Persons

Title

Application – solemn declaration regarding the granting of board allowance for AEN students

Notes:

Students must submit their application to the AEN in which they are enrolled.

What you will need

Print

Requirements

Fees

Related

Output & Results

Output

Payment Document Production

Steps

Digital steps

Other information

Official title

Board allowance for Merchant Marine Academy (AEN) students

Languages supported

Greek, English

Legislation

Categories

Τype of procedure

Grantings

Trigger

Applied for

Trigger (submission method)

Application (handwritten)

Life events

Testament / legacy issues

Type

Outgoing

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This procedure concerns the payment of board allowance for students at Merchant Marine Academies (AENs) of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy (YNANP). 0.00 0.00 4 1 1

8 months 1 year

1 Educational Students must be lodged at the Academy and must have successfully completed half of the total courses of the study programme for the academic year or the respective two semesters prior to the application.

No No

2 Income If the student is a dependent family member and is required to submit an independent (individual) tax return, the student’s annual family and personal income must not exceed thirty thousand (30 000) euro, increased by three thousand (3 000) euro for each minor child beyond the first.

No No

3 Income If the student is not a dependent family member and is required to submit an independent (individual) tax return, their personal income must not exceed eighteen thousand (18 000) euro.

Yes Yes

1 Copy of the family and personal income tax statement for the previous financial year. Proof of Income

Copy of the family and personal income tax statement for the previous financial year.

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 6430

2 Solemn declaration under Law 1599/1986 stating that the student is not required to submit a personal tax return. Solemn Declaration

Solemn declaration under Law 1599/1986 stating that the student is not required to submit a personal tax return.

Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-upeuthunes-deloses

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: Required if the applicant student is not required to submit a personal income tax return.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Tax

Alternative document of: 1

Yes 7320

3 Civil status certificate issued within six months prior to the date of the application being submitted to the AEN. Certificate of marital status

Civil status certificate issued within six months prior to the date of the application being submitted to the AEN.

Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/oikogeneiake-katastase/pistopoietiko-oikogeneiakes-katastases

Submission by: Ex officio (digital)

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 3964

4 Solemn declaration of the student stating that they have not received the board allowance at any other time in the same academic year. Solemn Declaration

Solemn declaration of the student stating that they have not received the board allowance at any other time in the same academic year.

Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-upeuthunes-deloses

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Persons

Relevant Procedure: Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 7320

5 Bank statement of the student showing the account holder’s details and the IBAN. Proof of Bank account

Bank statement of the student showing the account holder’s details and the IBAN.

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 6714

6 Certificate of studies (while lodged at the Academy – performance). Certification

Certificate of studies (while lodged at the Academy – performance).

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: This constitutes Schedule C, granted by the AEN where the student is enrolled. No such certificate (Schedule C) will be granted for board allowances to students who were disqualified due to not successfully completing a course or due to exceeding the permitted number of absences, or to students who enrolled as an exception for the third time or have exceeded four years of study as of the 2024-2025 academic year, except for students who had suspended their studies.

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 8619

7 Certificate of performance Certification

Certificate of performance

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: These are issued to students who requested to suspend their studies for up to two academic years on serious grounds, such as conscription, certified severe illness or embarkation on a commercial vessel (see Article 22 of Law 2638/98 and Article 30 of the AEN Internal Regulation). Certificates of performance will be granted in the context of applications for board allowance to students who studied at AENs.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Educational

Alternative document of: 6

Yes 8619

8 Registration certificate. Certification

Registration certificate.

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: Required only for first-year students.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Educational, Time

Alternative document of: 6

Yes 8619

9 Individual tax returns of dependent family members, or solemn declaration stating that no such tax return has been submitted. Proof of Income

Individual tax returns of dependent family members, or solemn declaration stating that no such tax return has been submitted.

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: Required if there is more than one dependent family member.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Income, Tax

No 6430

Law 145 4504 2017 184 Α

Description On lifelong learning for personnel of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, bolstering transparency and meritocracy in matters under the competence of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, bolstering social participation in cabotage, matters of civil personnel, supplementation of provisions for port works and other provisions.

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiLAW/1/2017/4504/pdf

Law 14 4532 2018 63 Α

Description Transposition into Greek law of Directive (EU (ΕΕ)) 2015/1974 and other provisions.

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/1/2018/63/pdf

Joint Ministerial Decision 2812.50/78942/ 2024 6117 Β

Description Determining the procedure and documents for the payment of the board allowance for students at Merchant Marine Academies (AENs) of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy (YNANP) in the 2023-2024 academic year.

Legal references https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/02/2024/20240206117.pdf

Law 32,50 5099 2024 48 Α

Description Ex officio retrieval and abolition of the issuance of supporting documents for the processing of administrative procedures

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiLAW/1/2024/5099/pdf

Joint Ministerial Decision 19173 2025 1783 Β

Description Abolition of the issuance of the certificate of marital status and the birth certificate for the processing of administrative procedures.

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/2/2025/1783/pdf

Joint Ministerial Decision 11007 2025 3570 Β

Description Amendment of Joint Ministerial Decision No 19173/8-4-2025 of the Ministers of the Interior and Digital Governance, ‘Abolition of the issuance of the certificate of marital status and the birth certificate for the processing of administrative procedures’ (Government Gazette, Series II, No 1783).

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/2/2025/3570/pdf

1 Student application received by the competent AEN.

Responsible for Implementation Competent Office

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description Students who wish to apply for board allowance must submit their applications (solemn declarations with supporting documents) to the student welfare office of the AEN at which they are enrolled.

No No

P10D P1D

2 Application checked and board allowance paid.

Responsible for Implementation Competent Office

Description Students’ applications are forwarded to the KNE Imprest Administrator for checking and payment.

No No

3 Payment cleared and authorised.

Responsible for Implementation Competent Office

Description After qualifying students have received payment from the KNE Imprest Administrator, the AEN forwards the receipts showing payment of the board allowance to the General Directorate of Financial Services (GDOY/DOD). Once there, the relevant payments are audited, cleared and authorised by the GDOY/DOD of the YNANP for reconciliation with the KNE Imprests, and each payment order is issued by the AEN.

No No

4 Funding of the relevant expenditure by the Public Investment Programme (PDE) of the YNANP

Responsible for Implementation Competent Office

Description A copy of the cover page of the payment order is forwarded, together with a list of beneficiary students, to the competent office of the Sailor Training Directorate (DEKN), which must submit an application for project funding to the Funding Entity (DIPROP) and notify the Directorate of Developmental Programming (DIANP) of the application. The DIANP evaluates the application for funding and issues a relevant opinion. The DIPROP transfers the corresponding amount from the PDE to the Special KNE Account as per the applicable legislation.

No Yes

Merchant Marine Academies (AENs)

https://www.ynanp.gr/el/gia-ton-polith/naytikh-ekpaideysh/akadhmies-emporikoy-naytikoy/ Merchant Marine Academies (AENs)