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Fees

 A.i   The fee on registration and the annual fee for all ships shall be as follows: 

Ship 

Fee on registration 

Annual

Basic fee

Tonnage Tax

 (i) Ships less than 24 metres length overall

Fishing vessels of category A, B and C

€70

 €25

 €36

 Commercial yachts

€115 

 €105

€175 

 All other ships less than 24 metres length overall   

 Less than 50 gross tonnage

  €115

€25 

€175  

 of 50 gross tonnage or more

 €105

 Ships of 24 metres length overall or more   

 (ii) Pleasure yachts

23 cents per net tonnage subject to minimum of €172.50

 €220

35 cents per net tonnage subject to minimum of €350

 (iii) Commercial yachts which do not fall under category (iv)

Rates as appear in para B

€590 for year of registration

Rates as appear in para B

€1060 thereafter 

 (iv) Non-propelled barges, bareboat charter registered in a foreign registry, laid up or under construction excluding ships in category (ii)

  Rates as appear in para B subject to reduction as appear in para C

 €115

 Rates as appear in para B subject to reduction as appear in para C

 (v) Commercial vessels and fishing vessels less than 2500 gross tonnage, and do not fall under categories (ii), (iii) and (iv) above

 €220

 (vi) All other ships of 24 metres length overall or more and do not fall under categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above

Ships less than 300 gross tonnage

 Rates as appear in para B subject to reduction as appear in para C

 €335 for year of registration

Rates as appear in para B subject to reduction or increase as appear in para C

 €805 thereafter

Ships of 300 gross tonnage or more 

 €590 for year of registration

€1060 thereafter

A.ii Subject to the provisions of article 7(4) of this Act, when there is a change in the particulars or category of a registered ship and the new applicable fee payable on registration or annually is higher than that already payable, the provisions of articel 19(7) of this Act in respect of laid up vessels shall apply mutatis mutandis.

B. The rates per net tonnage payable on registration and annual tonnage tax when referred to in paragraph A 

Ship of Net Tonnage (NT)

Fee on Registration

Annual Tonnage Tax

Exceeding

Not Exceeding

0

2,500

€575

€875

2,500

8,000

€575 plus 23 cents for every NT in excess of 2,500 NT

€875 plus 35 cents for every NT in excess of 2,500 NT

8,000

10,000

€1,840 plus 7 cents for every NT in excess of 8,000NT

€2,800 plus 19 cents for every NT in excess of 8,000 NT

10,000

15,000

€1,980 plus 7 cents for every NT in excess of 10,000 NT

€3,180 plus 14 cents for every NT in excess of 10,000 NT

15,000

20,000

€2,330 plus 7 cents for every NT in excess of 15,000 NT

€3,880 plus 12 cents for every NT in excess of 15,000 NT

20,000

30,000

€2,680 plus 7 cents for every NT in excess of 20,000 NT

€4,480 plus 9 cents for every NT in excess of 20,000 NT

30,000

50,000

€3,380 plus 7 cents for every NT in excess of 30,000 NT

€5,380 plus 7 cents for every NT in excess of 30,000 NT

Exceeding 50,000

€4,780 plus 7 cents for every NT in excess of 50,000 NT

€6,780 plus 5 cents for every NT in excess of 50,000 NT

C. Reduction or increase on the rates per net tonnage on registation and annual tonnage tax, when referred to in paragraph A:

Age of Ship

Reduction on Fee on Registration
%
Reduction or Increase on Annual Tonnage Tax
%

Equal to or Exceeding

Less   Than  

   Years

0

5

50

-30

5

10

25

-15

10

15

-

-

15

20

-

 +5

20

25

-

+10

Subject to a minimum increase of €1164.69

25

30

-

+25

Equal to or exceeding 30

-

+50

D. Registration fees for any one year paid after the anniversary of registration for that year shall be increased by ten per cent.

Pre-registration inspections are subject to a minimum charge of €2,330.

The unit of currency is the Euro.

 

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