DEKPA stamps

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So, we are now "fully" legalised with our very own DEKPA thingymadoodah. Very pleasant lady officer in the Corfu Town PP office sorted it for me, even after I knocked over her cup of coffee all over her desk. Eeek!

I've looked it over, and am trying to work out what my obligations are, if any. The lady officer has stamped us as arriving in Corfu from Italy when we got the DEKPA a few days ago (Even though we've been here since October, but who cares!). She asked me what our next port of call would be, and I said we didn't really know, we'd just be ambling around Corfu for a couple of weeks or so, before sailing south. As a result, she said she wouldn't stamp the exit box.

Looking through the document, it's essentially in/out stamps that it's looking for.

1) What the heck is the point of this for cruisers who are just ambling about?!

2) Should I get the exit stamp before we leave Corfu, or will the next PP to check it not give a hoot?
 
Generally speaking when visiting the PP with your DEPKA the idea is to get you entry and exit stamps. So you tell the lady you're leaving today...... She stamps it up and then one month later you go and visit the PP again. They will stamp your DEPKA again and so the show continues....... There is little point to the ritual; the PP don't much like being distracted by your getting the stamps, you don't like having to get them but this is Greece!

As far as I understand the rules, you should get the thing stamped once a month. We visit the PP about that frequently unless we get summoned to visit the office when moored to a quay side somewhere. We tell them we arrived that day and that we will depart the following day and they stamp the thing accordingly. Even if you don't have an exit stamp, the next lot won't particularly care, they'll simply stamp the next vacant box showing your arrival.

The important thing is not to stress too much about it. Have another beer.
 
As of 14th April 2014 it is only necessary for Greek flagged and EU flagged boats to obtain a DEKPA stamp once per calendar year (this will be when you pay the cruising tax - whenever they start collecting that). The law is number 4256/2014 and the main points that affect private cruising boats are:

Greek flagged and EU flagged boats only need to visit the port police on first entry to Greece and then only once per calendar year (Chapter D Article 10.1a).

Greek flagged and EU flagged boats do not need to report to the port police on entry or exit to/from any Greek ports (Chapter D Article 10.2).

The above was taken from a professionally prepared translation of the original Greek law that was prepared for The Cruising Association.
 
Tony Cross said:
As of 14th April 2014 it is only necessary for Greek flagged and EU flagged boats to obtain a DEKPA stamp once per calendar year (this will be when you pay the cruising tax - whenever they start collecting that). The law is number 4256/2014 and the main points that affect private cruising boats are:

Greek flagged and EU flagged boats only need to visit the port police on first entry to Greece and then only once per calendar year (Chapter D Article 10.1a).

Greek flagged and EU flagged boats do not need to report to the port police on entry or exit to/from any Greek ports (Chapter D Article 10.2).

The above was taken from a professionally prepared translation of the original Greek law that was prepared for The Cruising Association.
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Yay, the law has caught up with our reality at last!
 
Agree with Duncan - just chill and offer the DEPKA every few weeks
BTW - PP in Kalymnos hadn't heard of the new cruising tax when I was there yesterday :)
 
My advice is to get the EXIT stamp always then you do not have to worry. WSe only once did not get the exit stamp and the ker****le? when we had to check in was unbelievable. They were calling all kind of people into the office. Anyway they wrote all over the area and stamped it and then stamped us in and out. Job done
 
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