The Department of Merchant Shipping recently issued an updated list of countries whose certificates of competency are recognised by Cyprus under the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, as amended.
The only change from the previous list, issued in November 2014, is the addition of Jordan.
The complete list is now as follows:
Algeria |
Denmark |
Indonesia |
Morocco |
Singapore |
Argentina |
Egypt |
Iran |
Myanmar |
Slovakia |
Australia |
Estonia |
Ireland |
the Netherlands |
Slovenia |
Bangladesh |
Ethiopia |
Israel |
New Zealand |
South Africa |
Belgium |
Finland |
Italy |
Nigeria(1) |
South Korea |
Brazil |
France |
Jamaica |
Norway |
Spain |
Bulgaria |
Georgia |
Japan |
Pakistan |
Sri Lanka |
Canada |
Germany |
Jordan |
Peru |
Sweden |
Cape Verde |
Ghana |
Latvia |
the Philippines |
Turkey |
Chile |
Greece |
Lithuania |
Poland |
Ukraine |
China |
Hong Kong |
Malaysia |
Portugal |
the United Kingdom |
Croatia |
Hungary |
Malta |
Romania |
Uruguay |
Cuba |
Iceland |
Mexico |
Russia |
the United States |
the Czech Republic |
India |
Montenegro |
Serbia |
Vietnam |
For further information on this topic please contact Costas Stamatiou at Elias Neocleous & Co LLC by telephone (+357 25 110 110) or email ([email protected]). The Elias Neocleous & Co LLC website can be accessed at www.neo.law.
Endnotes
(1) Under evaluation by the European Commission.
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