Legal Framework
- Law 1269/1982: “Ratification of the International Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution from Ships, 1973, and its Protocol of 1978”, as amended.
- Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2000 “on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues” as amended [endorsed in Greek law system with Common Ministerial Decisions No.3418/07/2002 (Official Gazette B’ No. 712/2002) and No. 8111.1/41/2009 (Official Gazette B’ No. 412/2009)]
- Law 3104/2003 (Official Gazette A’ No. 28/1982): “Ratification of the Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1998 relating thereto”, as amended
- Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 “establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC” as amended [endorsed in Greek law system with Presidential Decrees No.49/2005 (Official Gazette A’ No. 66/2005), No.17/2011 (Official Gazette A’ No.37/2011) and No.78/2012 (Official Gazette A’ No.136/2012)]
- Directive 2005/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 “on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infringements” [endorsed in Greek law system with Law No. 4037/2012 (Official Gazette A’ No. 10/2012)]