Greece 2017!
With lots of rumours going about regards the new tax on boats cruising Greek waters and having to hand in your old DEPKA and buy a new one, this is what we found returning back to Greece in March 2017.
We returned in a different boat without a DEKPA.
Clearing-in in the Ionian, Preveza
On visiting the port police in Preveza we were given a form to take to the tax office next to the National bank of Greece on the waterfront. Within 10 minutes we had left that office with another document in the shape of an invoice to take to any bank and pay. The fee was 50 Euros.
With receipt in hand, we had to return to the port police.
We then had to produce the boat registration, insurance, skipper licence, crew list and passport – and a DEKPA was then handed over.
We also had to pay 15 Euros to the port police for entering Greece.
We were then told to return back next year for another stamp.
The new DEKPA
The new DEKPA is very different from the old one.
It only has five places where it can be stamped. In other words, it will only last five years.
There was no mention of any new tax.
We also know other cruisers in other parts of Greece who still had the old DEKPA. When reporting at the port police on arrival in Greece, they had their DEKPA stamped and were also told to return back next year for another stamp. No new DEKPA issued.
Since being here three weeks now, we have met and spoken to people who have returned to Greece like us. So far, everyone, we have spoken to have had their old DEKPA stamped. But that’s not to say this will be the case everywhere in Greece.
There are whispers that the reason for the new DEKPA is so every boat is on a register for when they decide to begin charging the new cruising tax fee.
Who knows – after all, this is Greece!
Bluewatersailor
For further information about the DEKPA see Noonsite/Greece/Formalities/Documents
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