Order of ships registration in bareboat charter register was set

We take notice of shipowners and lawyers working in the sphere of maritime
law that Methodical recommendations on perfection of the order of making
decisions concerning temporary granting the right for sailing under the
state flag of the Russian Federation to the vessels registered in shipping
registers of foreign states and decisions of temporary transfer of the
vessels under the flag of the foreign state were approved by Order No.
AH-69-p(fs) of the Federal Service of Supervision in Transport Sphere dated
April 06, 2005.

In Methodical recommendations list of documents was set to be sent to the
Federal Service of Supervision in Transport Sphere for making decisions of
temporary granting the right for sailing under the state flag of the Russian Federation and temporary transfer of the vessel under the flag of the foreign state. List of documents set by Methodical recommendations is
significantly wider than the list stipulated by Article 15 of the Merchant
Shipping Code of the Russian Federation that is why during preparation of
the documents one should be guided by the provisions of these
recommendations. Besides that, Methodical recommendations contain
declarations forms in accordance to which one should apply to the Federal
Service of Super-vision in Transport Sphere.

Methodical recommendations fix certain requirements concerning age of the
vessel. In particular, it was determined that possibility of granting the
right for sailing under the state flag of the Russian Federation to the
vessels of 20 and more years old is subject of special consideration by the
Federal Service of Supervision in Transport Sphere and it may be done only
with conclusion of the Russian Register of Shipping of the vessel’s
conformity to applicable requirements of International Conventions, level of technical condition of the vessel and its maintenance. Beyond that point, prohibition for granting the right for sailing under the state flag of the Russian Federation for the vessels over 25 years was established.

Besides that, in Methodical recommendations they stipulated cases in accordance to which Federal Service of Supervision in Transport Sphere has
the right to annul its decision of granting a vessel the right for sailing
under the state flag of the Russian Federation.