Regulation – Page 15
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Maltese yachting company seeks US$36m from insurers
Maltese business claims insurers understated yacht’s damage
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EU shows willingness to resolve trade issue, including retaliatory boat tariffs
NMMA applauds the move
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EBI issues update on Recreational Craft Directive review
In December 2020, European Boating Industry (EBI) and experts nominated by EBI members participated in videoconferences with the experts of the RCD (Recreational Craft Directive) consortium on the topics of exhaust emissions, evaporative emissions, and design categories. In each one of them, EBI was able to present its position, which ...
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Greece to introduce e-charter agreement
Initiative designed to protect against unfair competition and illegal chartering
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Spanish refit yard launches TPA service for non-EU vessels
Spanish refit and repair yard Varadero Valencia has launched a new TPA tax management service that allows non-EU owned and flagged vessels to avoid paying 21% VAT on repairs and maintenance, regardless of whether they are clients or not.
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Princess X95 receives UK’s first RCR certificate of conformity
The UK’s Princess Yachts has become the first boatbuilder to receive a UKCA RCR certificate of conformity from HPi-CEproof for its Princess X95 model.
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Decision on Cannes show ownership expected 15 April
After years of legal wrangling, French marine industry association FIN today announced that the appeal lodged by Reed Expositions France to be recognised as the owner of the Cannes Yachting Festival took place in the Court of Appeal last week (Thursday 21 January) in the presence of FIN president Yves ...
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EU extends, raises Covid aid for companies across 27-nation bloc
Seeing no easing of the Covid-19 crisis, the EU has extended by six months its aid for companies across the 27-nation European Union. It has also agreed to more than double some aid, allow other aid to be converted into grants, and has exempted all assistance from its state subsidy ...
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No significant movement on trade expected early from Biden administration
Don’t expect any significant movement on trade in the first 100 days of US President Joe Biden’s new administration, as the focus of the White House becomes the Covid-19 pandemic, the economy and the environment – three areas that have and will continue to affect the US recreational boating industry, ...
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Wake surf challenges in US “a perennial threat”
A move in the state of Virginia to keep wake surf boats 200ft from shore failed to gain enough support for full consideration by the legislature, but across the US in the state of Oregon, a decision is expected tonight to ban all tow sports on a 20-mile stretch of ...
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Global Covid-19 update | 26 January
The International Council of Marine Industry Association (ICOMIA) and its member associations have posted updates to a State of the Industry report tracking the latest regulations regarding COVID-19 and impacts on the boating sector in countries across the world.
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OXE Diesel engines receive EPA approval for 2021 model year
The OXE Diesel engine series (OXE125-200) from Sweden’s OXE Marine AB has received approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the 2021 model year. In line with OXE Marine’s ambition to transform the outboard motor, impacting the journey towards a more sustainable and ecologically positive marine environment, OXE ...
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EU: Post-Trump era signals US rejoining ‘circle of like-minded states’
Eliminating tariffs for industrial goods is high on the EU’s agenda
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US regulators continue to eye wake-boat rules
Virginia and Washington state governments look to restrict, ban wake-boats
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German Boat and Shipbuilders’ Association registers UK yards
The DBSV can issue British yards the Manufacturers Identity Code (MIC) needed to export boats and yachts to the EU
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Leading classification society announces name change
DNV GL will change its name to DNV from March 1
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Catching up with the America’s Cup: yacht traffic, revenue off; copyright claim filed over broadcast technology
Around 100 yachts have cancelled plans to attend this year’s America’s Cup in New Zealand
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UK boating industry: EU trade deal welcome, but more work to do
While British Marine, the trade body for the UK leisure marine industry, has welcomed the trade deal with the EU, it has warned that more work needs to be done and additional guidance is required from government in order to allow supply chains to operate as seamlessly as possible.
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IMCI opens UK office to certify recreational boats meet UKCA mark
The Brussels-based International Marine Certification Institute has founded IMCI (UK) in Liverpool to ensure that recreational boats placed on the British market meet the country’s post-Brexit technical, safety and environmental standards.
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EU, China sign tentative trade and investment accord
The deal still needs to be approved by the 27 EU governments and the European Parliament