Charter operations in Greece.

[nimbusgb]

If I wanted to charter my British registered boat out, me on board as skipper, in Greece what sort of Greek bureaucracy would I have to deal with? Anyone got an idea on where to even start looking for help?

 

[ThereAndBack]

I have limited knowledge but I am pretty sure your boat would have to Greek registered/flagged, to begin with.
Alan

 

[retsina]

What makes you think that we are bureaucrats? We just enjoy paperwork!!

 

[Tranona]

The law has been changed and in principle you can charter your boat in Greece under British flag. It must have a Greek charter licence, and although I do not have direct experience of getting this, the consensus seems to be that it is much easier to operate through a Greek company and have the boat flagged as Greek. There are many British owned charter boats that operate in this way in Greece.

 

[nimbusgb]

Found this. Thanks

HPYO

 

[jimbaerselman]

The procedure is almost exactly the same whether Greek flag or other EU flag. Either way, the commercial activity has to be conducted through a Greek tax registered 'body', whether person or company.

Don't even think of chartering without a licence (skippered or bare) - it's a quick way to lose the boat.