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Practical Manual for Companies 2023.

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 shipping company registries referred to in the Revised 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 resident or domiciled in Spain or other States belonging to the European Economic Area will be authorized to obtain the registration and flag of civil vessels provided that, in the latter case, they appoint a representative in Spain.

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

    technical and crew management means the assumption of full 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.