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From: Raul Tell Sent: 4. oktoober 2016 15:35 To: [email protected] Subject: Pilot exemption certificate Dear Mr Lehmann, Thank you for the letter and in answer to you request: Pilot exemption certificate acquisition is regulated by the Maritime Safety Act, �� 571, 572 and 573. We will provide you an extract from the legislation. According to the data of the Marine Staff Certification and Register Bureau (MBD), there are only three masters who are holding pilot exemption certificate for the port of P�rnu. If you wish their contact information or you have any questions, please contact directly with MBD : telephone +372 6205545 or + 372 6205546, e-mail: [email protected]. Extract from the Maritime Safety Act: � 571. Pilot exemption certificate and conditions for issue thereof (1) A pilot exemption certificate provides a ship with a right to navigate in a compulsory pilotage area without using the pilotage service. The ships specified in clauses 57 (1) 1), 2) and 4)�7) and in subsections 57 (2) and (5) of this Act that are exempt from compulsory pilotage need not have the pilot exemption certificate. (2) An operator shall file with the Maritime Administration an application for the issue of a pilot exemption certificate to be granted to the master or in the case of a passenger ship to the master and chief mate of the passenger ship. (3) If a pilot exemption certificate is applied for to the master and chief mate of a passenger ship, the master and chief mate, each in his or her position, is required to have called at the same port at least ten times under the guidance of a pilot during the last twelve months. (4) If a pilot exemption certificate is applied for to the master, the master is required to have called at the same port at least ten times under the guidance of a pilot during the last twelve months. (5) Calling at a port within the meaning of subsections (3) and (4) of this section means one entry into and leaving the port, while the ship is manoeuvred only by only the master or chief mate to whom the pilot exemption certificate is applied for. (6) In order to obtain a pilot exemption certificate, the master or chief mate shall pass an examination for free pilotage. Examinations for free pilotage are organised by the Maritime Administration. The examination for free pilotage consists of a theoretical and practical part. The examination is taken in the Estonian language. (7) A pilot exemption certificate is valid for five years. (8) A pilot exemption certificate is valid only in the port regarding which the examination for free pilotage was passed. (9) The procedure for the issue, renewal, suspension and revocation of a pilot exemption certificate, the procedure for examination of a master and chief mate and the format of the certificate shall be established by the minister responsible for the area. https://www.riigiteataja.ee/akt/127092011006 (10) A state fee shall be paid for administering an examination for free pilotage and for the issue and renewal of a pilot exemption certificate. [RT I, 22.12.2010, 1 � entry into force 02.01.2011] � 572. Renewal of pilot exemption certificate When applying for the renewal of a pilot exemption certificate, the theoretical part of the examination for free pilotage shall be taken for the renewal of the pilot exemption certificate. [RT I, 22.12.2010, 1 � entry into force 02.01.2011] � 573. Refusal to issue or renew pilot exemption certificate; suspension and revocation of pilot exemption certificate (1) The Maritime Administration shall refuse to issue or renew a pilot exemption certificate if: 1) the master or chief mate does not conform to the requirements provided for in legislation; 2) the master or chief mate does not pass the examination for free pilotage; or 3) if in the last twelve months a marine casualty or marine incident has taken place with the ship or the maritime safety requirements regarding free pilotage were violated by the fault of the master of chief mate. (2) The Maritime Administration may suspend a pilot exemption certificate for up to six months if a marine incident took place or the maritime safety requirements regarding free pilotage were violated as a result of an act or omission of the holder of the pilot exemption certificate. (3) If the holder of the pilot exemption certificate does not exercise free pilotage for a continuous period of over twelve months, the pilot exemption certificate is automatically suspended. (4) If a pilot exemption certificate is suspended or automatically suspended, both the theoretical part as well as the practical part of the examination for free pilotage shall be taken in order to reinstate the validity of the pilot exemption certificate. (5) The Maritime Administration may revoke a pilot exemption certificate if a marine casualty takes place with a ship as a result of an act or omission of the holder of the pilot exemption certificate. [RT I, 22.12.2010, 1 � entry into force 02.01.2011] https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/ee/Riigikogu/act/514042016001/consolid e Best regards Raul Tell Head Seafarers Certification and Maritime Educational Institutions Supervision Department