IT-FLAG-L3.3

The EU/EEA Master Rule and the Italian-Law Exam

IT-FLAG-M3 · Crew · IT-FLAG-M3-A Minimum crew and safe manning, who may be crew on an Italian-flag commercial yacht, and why the master's chair is reserved to EU/EEA nationals.

On an Italian-flag ship the master, and a chief mate acting as master, must be an **EU/EEA national** who has shown enough Italian law and language to keep the papers. Here is the rule, the exam in outline and the open questions for yachts.

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