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General Information for Greece
Geo-political:
Capital City: Athens. 37° 59.00′ N, 023° 44.00′ E
Nationality: (noun) Greek(s), (adjective) Greek.
Population: 10,607,051 (July 2020).
Communications:
International Direct Dial Code: 30.
Number of Internal Airports: 77 (2013).
Major Languages Spoken: Greek 99% (official) and others 1% (includes English and French).
Economy:
Currency: 1 Euro (EUR) of 100 Cents.
Exchange Rates:  (as of November 2020)
USD 1.00 = EUR 0.86
EUR 1.00 = USD 1.16
Exchange rates under licence from XE.com
Main Industries: Tourism, food, tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, metal products, mining and petroleum.
Agricultural Products: Wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine, tobacco, potatoes, beef and dairy products.
Imports: Machinery, transport equipment, fuels and chemicals.
Exports: Food, beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals and textiles.
Commodities: Crude: Production 4,100 bbl/d. Exports 3,229 bbl/d. Imports 484,300 bbl/d. Reserves 10,000,000 bbl. Products: Production 655,400 bbl/d. Exports 371,900 bbl/d. Imports 192,200 bbl/d. LNG: Production 8,000,000 cu.m.. Imports 4,984,000,000 cu.m.. Reserves 991,100,000 cu.m..
Environment:
Territorial Sea: 12 n.m.
Continental Shelf: Continental Shelf: 200 m.
Coastline Extent: 13,676 km.
Climate: Temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers.
Natural Resources: Lignite, petroleum, iron ore, bauxite, lead, zinc, nickel, magnesite, marble, salt and hydropower potential.
Natural Hazards: Severe earthquakes and Santorini (367 m) has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; although there have been very few eruptions in recent centuries, Methana and Nisyros in the Aegean are classified as historically active.
Terrain: Mountainous with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas or chains of islands.
Average Temperatures: 
Month High Low
January 12° C 7° C
June 30° C 20° C
September 26° C 18° C
PRE-ARRIVAL INFORMATION:  SafeSeaNet:  European Community Vessel Traffic Monitoring Information System (SafeSeaNet (SSN)) fully operational.
Access to the Greek national maritime single window (EENO) is available to registered users at nmsw.hcg.gr/en-GB/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2F T: +30 21 3137 1625. F: +30 21 3137 1102. [email protected]
Notification of Port Entry:  The National Single Window (NSW) supports the following formalities referred to in Directive 2010/65/EU:
  1. Notification for ships arriving in and departing from ports of the Member States (Directive 2002/59/EC)
  2. Border checks on persons (Regulation (EC) No 562/2006)
  3. Notification of dangerous or polluting goods carried on board (Directive 2002/59/EC)
  4. Notification of waste and residues (Directive 2000/59/EC)
  5. Notification of security information (Regulation (EC) No 725/2004)
Entry Summary Declaration (Regulation (EEC) 2913/92 and Regulation (EC) 450/2008), require the following forms to be completed:
  1. FAL 1 (General Declaration)
  2. FAL 2 (Cargo Declaration)
  3. FAL 3 (Ship′s Stores Declaration)
  4. FAL 4 (Crew Effects Declaration)
  5. FAL 5 (Crew List) FAL 6 (Passenger List)
  6. FAL 7 (Dangerous Goods)
  7. Maritime Declaration of Health.
It also handles the notifications required by Directive 2009/16/EC:
  1. Pre-arrival notification for ships eligible for expanded inspection
  2. Notifications of actual arrival and departure.
Information which shall be provided in accordance with national legislation may also be reported in the NSW prototype:
  1. cargo related formalities: Declaration of Temporary Storage, cargo manifest
  2. waste delivery receipt
  3. bunkers remaining on board
  4. CLC for oil pollution damage
  5. CLC for bunker oil pollution damage
  6. Ship defects.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTRE:  Hellenic Coastguard, Directorate of Search and Rescue. T: +30 (210) 419 1183. F: +30 (210) 413 2398. [email protected] www.hcg.gr
REGULATIONS:  EU MRV:  The EU MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, Verification) regulation entered into force on 1 July 2015, and it requires ship owners and operators to annually monitor, report and verify CO 2 emissions for vessels larger than 5,000 g.t. calling at any EU and EFTA (Norway and Iceland) port. Data collection takes place on a per voyage basis and started 1 January 2018.
The reported CO 2 emissions, together with additional data, are to be verified by independent certified bodies and sent to a central database managed by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). The aggregated ship emission and efficiency data will be published by the EC by 30 June 2019 and then every consecutive year.
Ship owners and operators shall monitor the CO 2 emissions of their vessels per voyage conducted into, between and out of EU (and EFTA) ports. A voyage is defined as any movement of a ship that originates from, or terminates in, a port of call (EU port) and that serves the purpose of transporting passengers or cargo for commercial purposes.
HOLIDAYS:  In addition to Sundays, local holidays: 1 January (New Year's Day); 6 January (Epiphany); Whit Monday; 25 March (Greek Independence Day); Good Friday; Easter Monday; 1 May (Labour Day); 15 August (Assumption of Mary); 28 October (Greek National Day); 24 December (Christmas Eve); 25 December (Christmas Day); 26 December (Boxing Day).
Cargo work possible on these days subject extra payment of 75%.
CUSTOMS:  If you are travelling from within the EU, there is no limit on the amount or value of goods you may import, providing your goods are for personal consumption. Goods imported for commercial purposes are subject to duty and the following guideline amounts are in place to determine whether this is the case:
  1. 800 cigarettes or 400 cigarillos or 200 cigars or 1 kg. of tobacco
  2. 10 litres of spirits over 22% volume, 20 litres of alcoholic beverages less than 22% volume, 90 litres of wine (no more than 60 litres of sparkling wine) and 110 litres of beer.
If you are arriving from a non-EU country, the following goods may be imported into Greece by travellers over 18 years of age without incurring customs duty:
  1. 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos or 50 cigars or 250 g. of tobacco
  2. 4 litres of wine (excluding sparkling wine) and 16 litres of beer and 1 litre of spirits over 22% volume or 2 litres of alcoholic beverages less than 22% volume
  3. other goods up to the value of EU430 for air and sea travellers and EU300 for other travellers.
It is not permitted to import meat or dairy products into Greece from outside the EU. Also prohibited are unauthorised firearms and ammunition.