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Announcement of Commencement of the Profession as a Marine Chemist

Basic information

Institutional Body

INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY FOR PUBLIC REVENUE

Organizational unit of an institutional body

GENERAL CHEMICAL STATE LABORATORY OF GREECE

Description

The process concerns the announcement of commencement of the profession as a Marine Chemist. All ships and vessels are required to obtain a GAS-FREE certificate in order to be allowed to enter a repair base. The Marine Chemist is the holder of the special licence for the issuance of such a certificate. Concerns citizens.

At a glance

Points of ServicePoints of Single Contact (ΚΕΠ – EKE), Chemical Services, GENERAL CHEMICAL STATE LABORATORY OF GREECE
Number of Documents0
Cost177 €
Deadline of Implementation1 month
Process Diagram

Conditions

Specialty of Chemistry or Chemical Engineering

Training in general safety principles for tankers and other ships, general knowledge of hazardous cargo, gas measurements, use of laboratory equipment, and knowledge of the contents of JMD 3232/41/89. Ascertained by oral examination; a report is issued by the competent committee.

At least one year of experience in hazardous gas inspections on ships and vessels. -The candidate shall have inspected at least sixty (60) distinct tankers. Among these, five (5) shall be chemical cargo and one LPG. -Candidates possessing an attestation of experience of at least one year from a Navy naval base or from Oil Refineries, shall also have inspected, in cooperation with a Marine Chemist who is already entitled to practice the profession, or in a shipbuilding base, at least thirty (30) distinct tankers. Of these tankers, two (2) will be chemical cargo and one LPG.

Existence of shipbuilding and repair facilities and completeness and good operation of the equipment, as defined in Article 5 of the Annex of JMD 3232/41/89. -Ascertained by an on-site inspection by the Chemical Service

Fees / Imposts

  • Fee in favor of the Greek State (along with the announcement is also submitted copy of duplicate receipt of administrative fee):
    Payment type
    Tax Office cashier
    Type
    Administrative Fee (not provided by e-paravolo webpage)

What you will need

Identification and signature verification means
Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes
  • Application – Solemn declaration for the granting of a licence of a Marine Chemist
    Filed by
    Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
    Applicant status
    Persons
Announcement of Commencement of the Profession as a Marine Chemist
What you will need
1Certified photocopy of Chemistry degree for chemists or Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) professional license for chemical engineers. In the case of a degree from an institution from a non-EU country, an attestation from DOATAP or a corresponding body of an EU Member State is required, showing that the degree is equivalent and corresponds to those awarded by the respective EU institutions.Proof of Study
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Persons
2Attestation of experience of the candidate.Certificate
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Persons
Notes
-Attestations of experience shall be issued either by Shipping Chemists who are already entitled to practice the profession or by shipbuilding and repair companies. Certificates of experience from licensed Shipping Chemists who are not licensed in Greece or from another country of the European Union or from shipbuilding companies operating in countries outside the European Union shall not be accepted, unless otherwise required by transnational agreements. -The above attestation shall be accompanied by a dated logbook of inspected tankers which shall include: - date / time of inspection - name of tanker - ship register number - anchorage - captain’s name - ship areas examined -The logbook shall be signed for each tanker in question by the marine chemist who is already entitled to practice the profession or the person in charge of the shipbuilding and repair base. -For refineries, the units inspected by the candidate shall be mentioned, such as Tanks, Containers, Reactors, Pipelines, etc.

Online request

Submit a new application for the selected procedure.

Legislation

  • Description
    Carrying out the process of granting licence for the profession of the Marine Chemist via KEP-EKE (Κ.Ε.Π.) and Amending article 1 par.1b of JMD 3011222/318/7.7.92 (GG 477/Β/92) «Issuance, renewal and revocation of Marine Chemist licence».
    Legal references
  • Description
    Procedure and required documents Amended as follows: - JMD 30/005/267/2011 (Β 1234) -Amending par. 1b article 1 of JMD 3011222/318/7.7.92 (certificate of studies) - JMD 3022115/1230/93/1994 (Β 59) -Amending par. 4&6 article 1 of JMD 3011222/318/7.7.92 (fee)
    Legal references
  • Description
    Annex "Hazardous gas inspections on ships and vessels" Article 4: Issuance and revocation of Marine Chemists licence by Directorate of Energy, Industrial and Chemical Products of Ministry of Finance.
    Legal references
  • Description
    Opinion of the Hellenic Competition Commission according to article 23 of Law 3959/ 2011, as still in force, upon request for opinion from Ministry of Finance regarding the profession of Marine Chemist.
    Legal references
  • Description
    Practice of the profession as a Marine Chemist, following the implementation of Law 3919/2011‐ Updated List of Marine Chemists
    Legal references

About

Process code
360787
NACE code
71.2
Description of NACE code
Technical testing and analysis
Legal means of protection or appeal
Other Administrative Redress
Rules for non-response by the competent authority and legal consequences
Tacit approval

In case no response has been provided before the above deadline, it is considered that the application of the interested party has been implicitly accepted (tacit approval) and the licence has been issued, according to par. 4 of article 14 of Law 3844/2010 (GG 63/A/2010). The applicant, in the aforementioned case of tacit approval, may request a relevant certificate from the administrative authority responsible for issuing the act, in accordance with paragraph 4 of article 10 of 3230/2004 (Government Gazette 44/A/2004).

Other Information

Languages supported
English

Remarks

Within 30 days after the successful completion of the oral exams and under the condition that the candidate has the required equipment of paragraphs 1 and 2 of article of the Annex provided in the JMD 3232/41/89 (the deadline regards the authority that issues the final act)

ID: 360787

Name: Announcement of Commencement of the Profession as a Marine Chemist