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.

- Presidential Decree No. 55/1998 (Official Gazette A’ No. 58/1998): “Protection of the Marine Environment”  (Codification of Law 1269/1982 “On protection of the marine environment and regulation of relevant matters”).

- 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)]

- Presidential Decree No. 11/2002 (Official Gazette A’ No. 6/2002): “National Contingency Plan for dealing with incidents of pollution from oil and other harmful substances”.

- 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)]

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