Law about Turkish gulets cruising in Greece
The New Law about Turkish and other EU , EU ZONE or NON-EU Flag gulets cruising in Greek Water passed in November 2017 and there was an unforeseen article passed under this law besides all the previous mentioned .
The law was voted on 23/11/2017 in general and it deals with many issues concerning the legislation and operation of the Merchant Maine Ministry , the Coast Guard the electronic monitoring of yachts and small tourist ships , sea tourism marine infrastructure , cabotage etc.
The most important part for Turkish gulets cruising in Greece is Article 136; explains clearly that Gulets with Turkish charter licence can not start and end the cruise in Greek Waters.
According to the New regulation staring the cruise on Kos or Rhodes island (or other Greek islands) with Turkish or other flagged gulets that are not under Greek charter licence it is not allowed. It is allowed to star the cruise in any of the Turkish ports (Bodrum , Marmaris, Gocek ecc) and then sails to Greek islands with return to Turkish port.
Law about Turkish gulets cruising in Greece Article 136
It mentions that the embarkation of passengers is not allowed in terms of the comencing
of a charter to all Commercial Yachts under EU , EU ZONE or NON-EU Flag from any
Greek Port . In other words and in practice the law clearly states that the embarkation of passengers on
board yachts (Gulets or other Commercial Yachts ) will not be permited in Greece if the yacht
does not have Greek Charter License .
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