Registering recreational boats

All recreational crafts (as defined below) should be registered either in the Register of Cyprus Ships (these vessels are permitted to sail in national and international waters) or in the Register of Small Vessels (these vessels are permitted to sail only in the territorial waters of the Republic of Cyprus).

1. Recreational Craft and partly completed boats
2. Personal watercraft – Jet Skis
3. Components referred to in Annex II when placed on the Community Market
   separately and when intended for installation
4. For Propulsion Engines- Compression ignition (diesel) and four- stroke spark
   ignition (petrol) engines

All recreational crafts including personal watercraft (jet skis) as well as all propulsion
engines for recreational craft, which have been manufactured in Cyprus or in any other
country of the European Union or have been imported from a third country and which
will be placed on the Cyprus market after the 1st January 2006 need to comply with the
provisions of the Basic Requirements Regulations of 2004.

Boats that are not registered in Registry of Cyprus Ships are

• boats having an overall length less than thirteen (13) meters, employed solely in
  navigation on the coast of the Republic or of the Sovereign Base Areas;
• boats not having a whole or fixed deck and employed solely in fishing, lightering or
  trading coastwise on the shore of the Republic or of the Sovereign Base Areas or within
  such a radius therefrom as may be prescribed.

The following craft are excluded from the scope of the regulations

• craft intended solely for racing, including rowing racing boats and training rowing boats, labelled as such by the manufacturer;
• canoes and kayaks, gondolas and pedalos;
• sailing surfboards;
• surfboards, including powered surfboards;
• original historical craft and individual replicas thereof designed before 1950, built predominantly
• with the original materials and labelled as such by the manufacturer;
• experimental craft, provided that they are not subsequently placed on the Community market;
• craft built for own use, provided that they are not subsequently placed on the Community market during a period of five years;
• craft specifically intended to be crewed and to carry passengers for commercial purposes, without prejudice to paragraph 3(a), in particular those defined in Council Directive 82/714/ EEC of 4 October 1982 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels (1), regardless of the number of passengers;
• submersibles;
• air cushion vehicles;
• hydrofoils;
• external combustion steam powered craft, fuelled by coal, coke, wood, oil or gas;