ΔΔ:High-speed craft operator licence

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At a glance

Points of service

Port Authorities, Διεύθυνση Λιμενικής Αστυνομίας

Digital provision points

• National Single Digital Gateway – gov.gr

Number of required documents

5

Fees

65 €

Estimated Time

1 month

Description

The procedure concerns participation in examinations for the initial acquisition of a high-speed craft operator licence issued by the Port Authorities.

Basic information

Competent body

Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure

Service / organizational unit of a authority entity

Διεύθυνση Λιμενικής Αστυνομίας

Provided to

Citizens

Related links

Notes

The procedure involves theoretical examination (written or oral) and practical examination of candidates by a three-member examination board appointed by decision of the Head of each Port Authority. The material on which candidates are examined is included in the handbook approved by the Commandant of the Hellenic Coast Guard. Until the delivery of the high-speed craft operator licence, successful candidates shall be issued, by the relevant port authority, a temporary certificate for the operation of a high-speed craft, which shall be valid for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of its issue. On reaching the age of 65, the licence holder must renew the licence.

Last update

25/07/2024

Application

Application Type

Application

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by:

Persons

Title

Application by the interested party.

Notes:

At least seven (7) calendar days before the date of the examination, an application must be submitted to any port authority in Greece, accompanied by the required supporting documents.

What you will need

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Requirements

Fees

Related

Output & Results

Output

Digital document production, Document Production, Registry update

Steps

Digital steps

Other information

Official title

High-speed craft operator licence

Languages supported

Greek

Registries updated

Legislation

Categories

Trigger

Applied for

Trigger (submission method)

Application (digital), Application (handwritten)

Type

Outgoing

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   gov.gr, SDG
   Digital supporting Document, Supporting document

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1 Age Applicants must be at least 18 years of age. Age is calculated based on date (rather than year) of birth.

No No

2 Health The applicant must be healthy and know how to swim.

No No

3 Educational The applicant must have received a minimum of twelve (12) hours of theoretical and practical training in any approved school for training of candidate high-speed craft operators, as follows: (a) at least six (6) hour-long classes in theoretical training and (b) at least six (6) hour-long classes in practical training, of which two (2) must take place on the open sea outside the port entrance boundary.

No No

4 Educational The applicant must have passed the Port Authority exam. In order to sit the examination on a given date, one of the following procedures shall be followed: (a) the application is submitted directly by the applicant or by a legally authorised person, who comes in person to the port authority for this purpose, or (b) an electronic booking of a seat shall be made for that date, via the High-Speed Craft Operator Licensing Information System, which can be accessed via the Hellenic Coast Guard web portal.

Link https://adeies.hcg.gr/

No No

5 Administrative The following persons shall be exempt from the examinations: - Holders of a Merchant Marine deck or engine or radio Officer licence. - Holders of a ship’s master licence or holders of a special ship’s master licence of Presidential Decree 260/2001. - Yachtmasters of Presidential Decree 264/1977. - Holders of a certificate of competency to perform duties as bridge or engine officer under Presidential Decree 435/1978. - Holders of a Merchant Marine Boatswain or Seaman licence. - Seamen who have total seagoing service as engineer or Economic Officer or Electrician of more than five (5) years. - Active or retired Hellenic Navy career line or technical Officers who are Naval Academy graduates. - Active or retired Hellenic Navy career Warrant Officers or NCOs specialising as boatswains mate and Hellenic Navy Officers who are serving or have served as captain of Hellenic Navy ships or launches, as evidenced by a certificate from the competent Department. - Active or retired Coast Guard officers, graduates of a Naval Academy and holders of a patrol boat captain’s (skipper’s) licence issued by a Hellenic Coast Guard school, regardless of rank. - Active or retired Hellenic Coast Guard Officers or Warrant Officers or NCOs or Port Guards who are serving or have served as skippers of HCG patrol vessels and have total experience at sea on those boats of over six (6) months. A certificate from the competent Directorate of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs shall serve as proof of such experience. - Active or retired Special Forces personnel who hold High-speed Craft Skipper licences from the Army General Staff’s Special Forces Training Centre. - Active or retired Hellenic Navy career Officers, Warrant Officers or NCOs who are graduates of the School for Operators of Unconventional Warfare Craft and High-speed Craft of the Navy Midshipmen Academy.

Alternative condition of 4

Yes Yes

6 Tax The applicant must have a Greek tax identification number (TIN).

No No

7 Possession of passwords to enter software Digital submission of the application and supporting documents requires TAXISnet codes.

Link https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/stoikheia-polite-kai-tautopoietika-eggrapha/elektronike-eggraphe-diakheirise-kodikon-taxisnet

No No

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

Cost Calculation One-off

Method of Payment Bank cashier, Digital (web banking)

Type of Cost Administrative Fee (not provided by e-paravolo webpage)

No

2 High-speed craft operator licence (issuing of new licence, copy, renewal). 15 €

e-Administrative Fee code 4830

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=2

No

Ministerial Decision 2133.1/28057 2019 1628 Β

Description General Ports Regulation No 50.

Legal references http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wFqnM3eAbJzrXdtvSoClrL86k-uc3ngztjuFUDqazHcNeJInJ48 97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnTy36MacmUFCx2ppFvBej56Mmc8Qdb8ZfRJqZnsIAdk8Lv e6czmhEembNmZCMxLMtRlZcUSGuVxhRBcY2CZRF56XWc8C0Xsv6guR3Ib2kR1V

1 Starting the procedure

No No

0 0

2 Submission of application and supporting documents

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description The application shall be submitted directly by the applicant or by a legally authorised person who comes in person to the Port Authority for this purpose. Submission shall be made at least seven (7) calendar days before the date of the examination.

Yes No

10 5

1

3 Electronic submission of applications and supporting documents

Description The application can also be submitted digitally via the Gov.gr portal.

Yes No

15 10

1

4 Vetting of supporting documents – issue of examination entry note

Μethod of Implementation Inspection

Description The port authority shall register the application via the High-Speed Craft Operator Licensing Information System, and, after checking the completeness of the supporting documents, it shall issue a note to the applicant for admission to the examinations.

Notes An online booking for the examination may be made up to ten (10) calendar days before the date of the examination. After the expiration of this deadline, applications may be submitted only in person.

No No

5 2

5 Conduct of examinations

Responsible for Implementation Collective body

Description a three-member examination committee appointed by the Head of each Port Authority carries out the (written or oral) examination of candidates, on the material included in the handbook approved by Decision of the Commandant of the Hellenic Coast Guard, and the practical examination. Candidates who correctly answer at least eighteen (18) of the twenty (20) questions pass the written test. Candidates who fail the theoretical test are not entitled to take the practical test. The applicant is considered to have passed the practical test if they has passed all stages of the practical test. For the re-examination of unsuccessful candidates in the theoretical or practical examination, an application shall be required at least seven (7) calendar days before the date of the examination.

Notes Candidates can retake the examination as many times as they wish until three (3) years from the date of their first failure.

No No

15 5

6 Successful candidates

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description Until the delivery of the high-speed craft operator licence, successful candidates shall be issued, by the relevant port authority, a temporary certificate for the operation of a high-speed craft, which shall be valid for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of its issue.

Yes Yes

2 1

5

7 Unsuccessful candidates

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description Candidates who fail the theoretical test are not entitled to take the practical test. The applicant is considered to have passed the practical test if they has passed all stages of the practical test. For the re-examination of unsuccessful candidates in the theoretical or practical examination, an application shall be required at least seven (7) calendar days before the date of the examination. Candidates can retake the examination as many times as they wish until three (3) years from the date of their first failure.

Yes Yes

2 1

5

https://www.gov.gr/upourgeia/upourgeio-nautilias-kai-nesiotikes-politikes/nautilias-kai-nesiotikes-politikes/adeia-kheiriste-takhuploou-skaphous Άδεια χειριστή ταχυπλόου σκάφους Πρόσβαση μέσω του gov.gr

High-speed craft operator licensing information system

https://adeies.hcg.gr/ High-speed craft operator licensing information system

Online registration of applications within the competence of the Port Police

https://edla.hcg.gr/apptypes/?category=17 Online registration of applications within the competence of the Port Police

1 A clear copy of an identity card or other identification document, such as a passport, a driving licence or an insurance card from one of the main insurance funds.

A clear copy of an identity card or other identification document, such as a passport, a driving licence or an insurance card from one of the main insurance funds.

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

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No Copy of document"Copy of document" is not a number.

2 Certificates from a pathologist or general practitioner and an ophthalmologist, in accordance with the provisions currently in force for the medical examination of candidate drivers of motor vehicles, motorcycles and mopeds (with the exception of active merchant seamen and Hellenic Navy and Coast Guard personnel).

Certificates from a pathologist or general practitioner and an ophthalmologist, in accordance with the provisions currently in force for the medical examination of candidate drivers of motor vehicles, motorcycles and mopeds (with the exception of active merchant seamen and Hellenic Navy and Coast Guard personnel).

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

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No Health certificate"Health certificate" is not a number.

3 Valid driving licence for motor vehicles or motorcycles or mopeds.

Valid driving licence for motor vehicles or motorcycles or mopeds.

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

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: In this case, the applicant is not obliged to attach medical certificates, instead attaching a copy of the abovementioned licence.

Document submitted under requirements: No

Alternative document of: 3

Yes Permit"Permit" is not a number.

4 A solemn declaration of Article 8 of Law 1599/1986 (A 75), stating the following: ‘I am a good swimmer and have received theoretical training of (...) hours and practical training of (...) hours at the ............ training school for candidate high-speed craft operators.’

A solemn declaration of Article 8 of Law 1599/1986 (A 75), stating the following: ‘I am a good swimmer and have received theoretical training of (...) hours and practical training of (...) hours at the ............ training school for candidate high-speed craft operators.’

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

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

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No Solemn Declaration"Solemn Declaration" is not a number.

5 A certificate from the training school for candidate high-speed craft operators, accompanied by photocopies of the legal proof of payment of tuition fees issued by an approved training school for candidate high-speed craft operators, the owner of which signs and stamps, with the school stamp, the above certificate and photocopies of the supporting documents.

A certificate from the training school for candidate high-speed craft operators, accompanied by photocopies of the legal proof of payment of tuition fees issued by an approved training school for candidate high-speed craft operators, the owner of which signs and stamps, with the school stamp, the above certificate and photocopies of the supporting documents.

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

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No Certificate"Certificate" is not a number.

6 A copy of a certificate/licence certifying exemption.

A copy of a certificate/licence certifying exemption.

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

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: If the applicant is exempt from taking the exam.

Document submitted under requirements: No

Alternative document of: 6

Yes Certification"Certification" is not a number.

7 Two (2) recent colour ID card-type photographs and a corresponding digital file.

Two (2) recent colour ID card-type photographs and a corresponding digital file.

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

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No Photographs"Photographs" is not a number.