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News, interviews and announcements from the European Committee for Professional Yachting.

15 January 2026 · Industry

ECPY Biodiesel XTL

Dive into Sustainability with Biodiesel XTL

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1 October 2025 · Industry

ECPY x ULTIM 2024

ECPY is an official partner of the race Finistère Atlantique!

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1 July 2025 · Industry

VAT increase in Turkey

As per the Presidential Decree No. 7346 published in the Official Gazette dated 7 July 2023, general VAT and reduced VAT rate and VAT rates applicable on certain deliveries have be...

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1 July 2025 · Industry

2024 CALENDAR EVENTS IN MARINA PORT DE CANNES

We are happy to share with you the Marina Port de Cannes events calendar for 2024

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1 July 2025 · Industry

Board of Directors

Minutes of the ECPY Board of Directors of June 15, 2023

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1 July 2025 · Industry

ECPY OPEN DAYS: SAVE THE DATES !

It's time to register for the next ECPY Open Days!

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1 July 2025 · Industry

CRAZY SEPTEMBER IS OVER!

Thank you for visiting our booth at the Monaco Yacht Show and your attendance to all our events in September!

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1 July 2025 · Industry

Construction project in the Old Port of Cannes

Please find the latest news from the Old Port of Cannes

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1 January 2025 · Industry

Mooring of yachts in Ramatuelle & Corsica

You will find attached the prefectoral decree amending prefectoral decree no. 025/2023 of February 16, 2023 regulating the anchoring and stopping of vessels with an overall length ...

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1 September 2024 · Industry

Greece: Specified Period Charter Permission & New Cruising Taxes

NEW LAW 4926/2022

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1 June 2024 · Industry

Article 257 (DTA)

The clarification of the regime of Article 257 of the Customs Code concerning the issuance of Determined Transport Authorizations has been given by the Directorate General for Mari...

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1 June 2024 · Industry

EU recognition of UK system for training and certifying seafarers

We are pleased to share wih you the official EU recognition of UK system for training and certifying seafarers.

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1 March 2024 · Industry

ECPY ‘s Open day: Impressive 17 yachts up to 73m on display in the port of Nice visited by 150 professional brokers.

ECPY organised on the 9th of June their third Open day out of five this year with a great participation of professional yacht brokers in the port of Nice on the Quay of Commerce.

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1 March 2024 · Industry

ECPY will attend the Cannes Yachting Festival &Monaco Yacht Show

The event,marketing/communication committee has decided to participate this year at the Cannes Yachting festival and the iconic Monaco Yacht Show.

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1 March 2024 · Industry

Launch of the ECPY Transport Agreement Platform

We are proud to officially announce the launch of the 3.0 ECPY Transport Agreement Platform. What a revolutionary change in the way you will generate your contracts daily!

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1 March 2024 · Industry

UPDATE ON THE 25% ADDITIONAL DUTY ON US-BUILT YACHT

As you may remember, there is a 25% duty ad valorem

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1 March 2024 · Industry

The 2022 Monaco Yacht Show is just around the corner...

We are pleased to announce you that ECPY is going to attend the iconic Monaco Yacht Show next week from September 28th - October 1st. We will be pleased to welcome you in our booth...

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1 March 2024 · Industry

Joins us during the Cannes Yachting Festival in Port Canto - broker 110

We are pleased to announce you that ECPY is going to attend the Cannes Yachting Festival next week from September 6th-11th. We will be pleased to welcome you in Port Canto in our b...

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1 March 2024 · Industry

Suspension of the 25% duty on US-built yachts

As you may remember, there was 25% duty ad valorem applicable to yachts built int the United-States since June 2018.

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1 October 2023 · Industry

Events in the port of Cannes

The concession of the port of Cannes will end in December 2021.

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1 October 2023 · Industry

ITALY

The Court of Justice of the European Union has condemned Italy for violating EU laws by supplying excise duty free fuel to yachts that were chartered and used by end-users who were...

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1 October 2023 · Industry

POSIDONIA

The associations representing the yachting industry were received by Mr. Laurent Isnard, Vice Admiral and Préfet Maritime of the Mediterranean, during a lunch on July 15th.

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1 October 2023 · Industry

Anchorage Areas

Last June 28th, Thierry Voisin, President ECPY went to the convocation of the Maritime Prefecture in Toulon to exchange on the anchorage areas. Please find here the report of this ...

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1 March 2023 · Industry

TRANSPORT AGREEMENT

ECPY is extremely concerned about the circular 038/2021 of FEDERAGENTI (relayed by Italian professionals) and its allegations on a supposed "inappropriate use" of the yachting tran...

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1 March 2023 · Industry

COVID-19

As travel restrictions and sanitary measures are starting to be lifted in France and throughout Europe, ECPY thought it was time to make a summary of the remaining restrictions in ...

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1 March 2023 · Industry

Events

The CANNES LIONS 2021 that was to take place in Cannes from 21st to 25th June 2021 has been cancelled and will take place online on the Cannes Lions

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1 March 2023 · Industry

Mooring

To follow up on the interventions we have made since the promulgation of the Premar decree 090/2021, a new decree has been published today 094/2021

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1 June 2022 · Industry

QH 2021 Price Raise

We have negotiated with the harbour director the following...

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