On the 8th of July, the plenary session of the Congress approved the final text of the Law of Maritime Navigation, putting an end, at least from the legal point of view to the dependency of the recreational yachting from the maritime transport.
With the entering into force of this law, the legal framework for the activities of our sector will be regulated, our legislation will be modernized and the recreational yachting will be specifically recognized as an independent activity from the transport sector.
The participation of ANEN in the elaboration of the said text has been crucial and very active. The majority of presented allegations have been attended, some of them of special relevance for the future of our sector, like the redaction of a specific chapter that regulates the charter activity, the definition of a recreational vessel or the extension of responsibility of the seller or the constructor of a recreational vessel.
It is worth mentioning our intervention against the amendment to the Draft of Law, presented by the Parliamentary Group of the Popular Party, to modify the article 69 which dealt with the obligation of all the vessels to be signed up in the registry of personal property regardless of their length or activity. The incorporation of the amendment would have meant making all the sales contracts of public status, paying a Stamp Duty and the tariffs of the personal property registry, apart from a delay in the inscription of a vessel in the personal property registry for the lack of coordination with the maritime registry. In practical terms, the sales operations could have become approximately 5% more expensive.
In the end, ANEN managed to get this amendment eliminated from the final text, a result of intense work with the parliamentary groups, the Directorate General of the Merchant Navy and the Ministry of Justice. Eventually, the final text of the Law states that the inscription of a vessel in the personal property registry is optional, not obligatory.
With the entering into force of this law, the legal framework for the activities of our sector will be regulated, our legislation will be modernized and the recreational yachting will be specifically recognized as an independent activity from the transport sector.
The participation of ANEN in the elaboration of the said text has been crucial and very active. The majority of presented allegations have been attended, some of them of special relevance for the future of our sector, like the redaction of a specific chapter that regulates the charter activity, the definition of a recreational vessel or the extension of responsibility of the seller or the constructor of a recreational vessel.
It is worth mentioning our intervention against the amendment to the Draft of Law, presented by the Parliamentary Group of the Popular Party, to modify the article 69 which dealt with the obligation of all the vessels to be signed up in the registry of personal property regardless of their length or activity. The incorporation of the amendment would have meant making all the sales contracts of public status, paying a Stamp Duty and the tariffs of the personal property registry, apart from a delay in the inscription of a vessel in the personal property registry for the lack of coordination with the maritime registry. In practical terms, the sales operations could have become approximately 5% more expensive.
In the end, ANEN managed to get this amendment eliminated from the final text, a result of intense work with the parliamentary groups, the Directorate General of the Merchant Navy and the Ministry of Justice. Eventually, the final text of the Law states that the inscription of a vessel in the personal property registry is optional, not obligatory.
*Information provided by ANEN.
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