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Practical Manual of Companies 2022.

Subjective delimitation

Regulation: Article 113.1 LIS

The following may benefit from this special regime provided for in Chapter XVI of Title VII of said Law:

  1. The entities registered in any of the registries of shipping companies referred to in the Consolidated Text of the Law on State Ports and the Merchant Navy, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 2/2011, of September 5, whose activity includes the operation of own or leased vessels.

    Natural or legal persons residing or domiciled in Spain or other States belonging to the European Economic Area will be entitled to obtain the registration and flag of civil vessels provided that, in the latter case, they designate a representative in Spain.

  2. The entities that carry out, in their entirety, the technical and crew management of vessels included in this special regime.

    technical and crew management is understood as the assumption of complete responsibility for the nautical operation of the vessel, as well as all duties and responsibilities imposed by the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and the Prevention of Pollution adopted by the International Maritime Organization through Resolution A 741.