Operation of a ship as a water taxi

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At a glance

Points of service

Port Authorities, PORT POLICE DIRECTORATE

Number of required documents

9

Fees

109.35 €

Deadline of completion

50 days

Description

The procedure refers to the issuance of a certificate of compliance with legal requirements for the operation of a ship as a water taxi.

Basic information

Competent body

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

ΛΙΜΕΝΙΚΟ ΣΩΜΑ

Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure

Service / organizational unit of a authority entity

ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΣΗ ΛΙΜΕΝΙΚΗΣ ΑΣΤΥΝΟΜΙΑΣ

Provided to

Related links

Notes

A ‘water taxi’ shall mean any professional ship of a total capacity of more than five (5) register tons and total length over six (6) metres, which is capable of achieving a speed of over twenty (20) knots, as certified by the competent directorate of the Hellenic Coast Guard (ΚΕΠ) or by the Classification Society monitoring the ship, which is provided with a certificate of compliance with the legal requirements by the port authority, pursuant to the provisions herein, and transports up to a maximum of eight (8) passengers, while possessing a permanently sheltered area for them during winter and a shaded one during the summer. Following the initial certificate, shipowners of water taxis are required to submit a self-certification within the first six months of each calendar year, where they state that none of the legal requirements for the issuance of the certificate (licence) have ceased to apply. The submission of the self-certification for the operation of a ship as a water taxi takes place through the gov.gr portal.

Last update

11/03/2025

Application

Application Type

Notification/Announcement

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (manual)"Submitted by the applicant (manual)" is not in the list (Ex officio (manual), Ex officio (digital), Submitted by the applicant (digital), Presented by the applicant (email), Keep within business establishment, Presented by the applicant, Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post), Submitted by the applicant (exclusively by courier), Submitted by the applicant (exclusively in person), Internal document handling (electronic or manual)) of allowed values for the "Process application submission type" property.

Submitted by:

Legal entities, Persons

Title

Notification of water taxi operation.


What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes

    Print

    Requirements

      Fees

        Related


        Rules concerning a lack of reply from the competent authority and the legal consequences for the use:

        Tacit approval

        Within fifty (50) days from the notification, the port authority shall prohibit in writing the operation of the ship as a water taxi if the relevant legal requirements are not met or compliance with them is not evident from the information submitted. After expiry of the aforementioned deadline, it shall be presumed that the profession is freely exercised (Article 3 of Law 3919/2011, Government Gazette, Series I, No 32).

        Output & Results

        Output

        Document Production, Registry update

        Steps

          Digital steps

            Other information

            Alternative titles

            Certificate of compliance with legal requirements for the operation of a ship as a water taxi

            Official title

            Certificate of compliance with legal requirements for the operation of a ship as a water taxi

            Languages supported

            Greek, English

            Registries updated

            Legislation

              Categories

              Τype of procedure

              Trigger

              Applied for

              Trigger (submission method)

              Application (digital), Application (handwritten)

              Type

              Outgoing

              End of Process

              Ιndefinite

              N1

              ,,,


            • 1 Technical The ship must be equipped with valid certificates of seaworthiness required for its category.

              No No

            • 2 Technical The ship must have a total capacity of more than five (5) register tons and a total length of over six (6) metres.

              No No

            • 3 Technical The ship must be able to achieve a speed of over twenty (20) knots under favourable weather conditions.

              No No

            • 4 Technical The ship must transfer up to a maximum of eight (8) passengers, while possessing a permanently sheltered area for them during winter and a shaded one in the summer.

              No No

            • 5 Conditions for non-commission of criminal offenses The interested party (shipowner) must not be prosecuted as a fugitive from justice.

              No No

            • 6 Bankruptcy law The interested party (shipowner) must not have been declared bankrupt, no petition for bankruptcy must have been filed, and they must not have been placed under privative or auxiliary legal guardianship.

              No No

            • 7 Tax The interested party (shipowner) must have registered the business for the specific activity with the competent tax office.

              No No

            • 8 Conditions for non-commission of criminal offenses The interest party (shipowner) must not have been convicted of espionage, dissemination of false news, crimes related to forgery, bribery, coercion, embezzlement, deliberate cause of a shipwreck, rape, forced debauchery, seduction, procurement, exploitation of prostitutes, sex trade, theft, swindling, defalcation, robbery, extortion, fraud, smuggling, violation of the provisions of the Law on Drugs, violation of the provisions of the Law on the Protection of the National Currency, illegal fishing using explosives or chemical or plant materials, violation of the Compulsory Law 192/36 and in general must not have been sentenced to even partial disgorgement of civil rights, and must not have been convicted finally and irrevocably, unless 5 years have passed for arrestable offences or 10 years for punishable offences.

              No No

            • 9 Age The interested party (shipowner) must have reached the age of 18, for the calculation of which their date of birth is taken into account.

              No No

            • 10 Insurance The interested party (shipowner) must have insured the ship operating as a water taxi for i) civil liability for physical injuries or the death of passengers and third parties due to allision, collision, shipwreck or any other cause, ii) civil liability for material damages of passengers and third parties due to allision, collision, shipwreck or any other cause and iii) causing marine pollution. The sums of insurance coverage shall not be less than those provided for by the provisions of Law 4256/2014 (Series I, No 92), as currently in force. This requirement must be met if the ship does not fall within the scope of other relevant provisions on insurance coverage.

              No No

            • 1 Issuance of water taxi licence or its annual validation. 29.35 €

              e-Administrative Fee code 3146

              Cost Calculation One-off

              Method of Payment Bank cashier, Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking), Hellenic Post

              Type of Cost e-Administrative Fee

              Fee Link https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/create.htm?langId=1

              No

            • 2 For exercising professional activity. 30 €

              e-Administrative Fee code 4832

              Cost Calculation One-off

              Method of Payment Bank cashier, Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking), Hellenic Post

              Type of Cost e-Administrative Fee

              Fee Link https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/create.htm?langId=1

              No

            • 3 Contribution to the Special Branch for Economic Support of Maritime Pension Fund Beneficiaries (ΕΚΟΕΜΝ). 50 €

              Cost Calculation One-off

              Method of Payment Bank cashier, Checkout of a competent authority, Digital (web banking)

              Type of Cost Impost

              Fee Link https://adeies.hcg.gr/ekoemn/

              No

            • Ministerial Decision 3131.2/22/97 1997 795 Β
            • Ministerial Decision 2133.1/1896/2018 2018 164 Β
            • Ministerial Decision 2133.1/49509/2020 2020 3518 Β
            • 1 Receipt of the shipowner’s notification by the port authority.

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

              Description For exercising the profession of operating a ship as a sea taxi, the shipowner is required to submit a notification to the port authority (Central Port Authorities).

              No No


            • 2 Certificate of submission of request.

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

              Description The port authority to which the notification is submitted issues the interested party with a certificate of submission of a request.

              No No


            • 3 Inspection of compliance with legal requirements by the port authority.

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

              Μethod of Implementation Check"Check" is not in the list (Software action, Signature, Manual Action, Digital signature, Action of the executive / co-competent body, Inspection, Citizen action) of allowed values for the "Process step implementation" property.

              Description Within fifty (50) days from the notification, the port authority shall prohibit in writing the operation of the ship as a water taxi, if the relevant legal requirements are not met or compliance with them is not evident from the information submitted. During the above period, the party interested to exercise this specific profession is required to wait and postpone commencement of operations so that the port authority has the opportunity to carry out an inspection and, where appropriate, to prohibit the specific profession from being exercised if the legal requirements to this end are not met or it is not evident that they are met. After expiry of the aforementioned deadline, it shall be presumed that the profession is freely exercised (Article 3 of Law 3919/2011, Government Gazette, Series I, No 32). The port authority shall also prohibit the specific profession from being exercised after expiry of the deadline of fifty (50) days set, if it is established that the legal conditions for the profession to be exercised are not met.

              No No


            • 4 Issuance of certificate of compliance with the legal requirements for the operation of the ship as a water taxi.

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Director

              Μethod of Implementation Signature

              Description If it is established following inspection of the supporting documents that the requirements set out are met, the person that submitted the notification is issued a certificate of compliance with the legal requirements for the operation of the ship as a water taxi by the port authority.

              Yes Yes


            • 5 Establishment of non-compliance with the legal requirements for the operation of the ship as a water taxi.


              Description Following inspection, if the legal requirements for exercising the profession are not met or if it is not evident that they are met, the interested party shall be informed within fifty (50) days from submission of the notification and it shall be prohibited to operate the ship as a water taxi.

              Yes Yes





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