Practice of the marine chemist profession

Following the publication on 2/7/2011 of Law 3919/2011, "Principle of professional freedom, abolition of unjustified restrictions on access to and exercise of professions", (Government Gazette 32/A/2011), the license to practise the marine chemist profession is no longer issued.

According to Article 3 of Law 3919/2011, from 3/7/2011 the marine chemist profession is exercised freely after a period of three months from the announcement of its commencement, accompanied by the legal documents for the certification of the compliance with the legal conditions, in the Directorate of Energy Industrial and Chemical Products – Section A.

Postal Address: An. Tsoha 16 Athens, 115 21

Telephone: 210 64 79 250, 210 64 79 247

e-mail: petrochemicals@gcsl.gr

 

EXISTING LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
ProvisionTitleGovernment Gazette
Law 3919/2011Principle of professional freedom, abolition of unjustified restrictions on access to and pursuit of professions32/Α`/2011
Decision 3232/41/1989Establishment of a nine-member committee in the Piraeus – Drapetsona – Keratsini – Perama – Salamis shipyard area and procedure for controlling hazardous gases on ships and floating crafts400/Β`/1989
Decision 3011222/18/1992Granting, renewal and revocation of a marine chemist licence477/Β`/1992
Decision 30/005/2672011Completion of the procedure for issuing a Chemical Shipping Licence through the Citizens' Service Centres (CSCs) operating as Points of Single Contact (CSRs) and amendment of Article 1 par. 1b of the no. 3011222/318/7.7.92 477/Β/92) Joint Ministerial Decision "Granting, renewal and revocation of a Marine Chemist Licence"1234/Β`/2011
Decision Δ. ΟΡΓ. Α 1036960/2017

Organization of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR)

968/Β`/2017
  • All legislation governing marine chemists appears on the website of the Hellenic Institute for Occupational Health and Safety ELINYAE
INFORMATION REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

TITLE OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENT:

  1. Certified photocopy of a Chemistry degree for chemists or a TEE licence for chemical engineers. In the case of a qualification from non-EU institutions, a certificate issued by DOATAP or an equivalent institution of an EU Member State is also required, showing that the degree is equivalent and equivalent to those awarded by the respective EU institutions.
  2. Certification of the candidate's experience.
  3. Copy of a duplicate fee collection of one hundred and seventy-seven (177.00) Euros of the State Treasury.

COMMENTS:

Certificates of Experience

A) The certificates of experience will be issued either by  Marine Chemists who already have  the right to practice the profession or by ship repair companies. The certificate shall state that the applicant has at least one year's experience in inspecting hazardous gases on ships and floating constructions. The number of tankers, which the candidate should have inspected, will be at least sixty (60) different from each other.

Among these tankers, five (5) will be chemical cargo and one will be a liquefied gas tanker. The aforementioned certificate will be accompanied by a calendar of examined tankers which will include:

  • date / time of inspection
  • tanker name
  • registration number
  • anchorage
  • name of master
  • premises examined

The logbook will be signed for each tanker examined by the shipping chemist who already has   the right to practise the profession or responsible for the shipbuilding base.

B)  Candidates who have a certificate of experience of at least one year at
 a station of the Hellenic Navy or from Oil Refineries must, in addition,
 have inspected in cooperation with a marine chemist who already has   the right to practise the profession or at a ship repair baseof thirty (
30) at least tankers different from each other.

Of the tankers, these two (2) will be chemical cargo and one will be a liquefied gas tanker. And in the case of the Naval Base, the candidate will fill in the calendar of ships as above..

For refineries, the units inspected by the candidate, such as tanks, containers, reactors, pipes, etc. will be listed.

C) Until the issuance of an updated list, only the Marine Chemists listed below are entitled to issue certificates of experience to candidates for the chemical shipping profession

 

UPDATED LIST OF MARINE CHEMISTS

(VALID UP TO AND INCLUDING JUNE 2023)

Α/ΑFULL NAMEPRIOR LICENCE NUMBER
1Vasilopoulos Thodoris3
2Karagiannis Dimitris6
3Klimos Theofanis13
4Sarvanidis Simos27
5Kanatas Spiros33
6Paparounas Ilias35
7Kantas Georgios36
8VakontiosNikolaos37
9Chronis Georgios38
10Katopodis Nikos39
11Mikos Panagiotis40
12Karantzis Kyriakos41
13Κoklamanis Ioannis43
14Fetsis Konstantinos44
15Papageorgiou  Panagiotis-
16Klimos Panagiotis-
17Klimos Modestos-
18Evangelidis Pavlos1
19Tzanos Ioannis29
20Patrikalos Ioannis - Panagiotis -