#2015-723Decree No. 2015-723 on Maritime Professional Training and Onboard Functions
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This French decree outlines the maritime professional training and sets the qualifications needed to perform various roles onboard different vessels. It affects individuals seeking employment in maritime sectors by specifying the certifications and attestations required for positions in commerce, leisure, fishing, and marine cultivation. Compliance with this law ensures sailors have the necessary credentials to work legally on ships flying the French flag.
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Key Changes
- Specifies required maritime professional certifications
- Defines roles and responsibilities for onboard functions
- Establishes compliance requirements for maritime sectors
Obligations
What this law requires
Individuals must obtain and hold the specific maritime professional certificate or brevets listed in Annexe I that corresponds to their intended onboard function (e.g., certificat de matelot pont, brevet de capitaine 500, brevet de chef mécanicien) before performing that function on French-flagged vessels.
Individuals must hold a brevet de capitaine 200 or higher-ranked bridge qualification to exercise the function of Officier chargé du quart à la passerelle (Bridge Watch Officer) on commercial vessels with gross tonnage less than 200 operating within 20 nautical miles of coast.
Individuals must hold a brevet de capitaine 3000 or brevet de second capitaine 3000 to exercise captain or second captain functions on commercial vessels with gross tonnage of 3000 or greater.
Individuals must hold the appropriate machine-room certificate or brevet corresponding to the vessel's propulsive power (250 kW, 750 kW, 3000 kW, or 8000 kW categories) to exercise machine officer, second engineer, or chief engineer functions.
Individuals must hold a brevet de capitaine 200 pêche or higher-ranked fishing certificate to command or serve as second captain on fishing vessels of less than 24 meters operating within 100 nautical miles of coast.