Frequently Asked Questions
The REJA 24 registration system is an innovative electronic registration system developed by Government of Poland to provide a fast and economical way to register pleasure yachts under 24 metres in hull length.
To charter a commercial yacht under the Polish flag the vessel must hold a valid Karta Bezpieczeństwa Jachtu Morskiego (Yacht Safety Certificate).
The first step of the certification process is the performance of a technical inspection. For yachts under 15.00 metres in length the inspection is carried out by the Zespół Techniczny Polskiego Związku Żeglarskiego (Offshore Technical Committee of Polish Yachting Association) or for yachts over 15.00 metres in length by the Polski Rejestr Statków (Polish Register of Shipping).
The yacht must then be equipped depending upon vessel length and sailing area as detailed in the relevant merchant shipping legislation. All yachts to be commercially registered must undergo a final Port State Control inspection to confirm compliance with the applicable regulations.
In order to register under polish flag you have to choose one of its see ports. Those are as follows:
- Gdańsk
- Gdynia
- Hel
- Kołobrzeg
- Sopot
- Szczecin
In case you also require an AIS & MMSI Radio Licence including ATIS, MMSI number and call sign, we can provide this for you without any problem.
Radio licences for Polish registered vessels are issued by the Office of Electronic Communications (Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej).
Radiolicences are valid for ten years.
Note that a Polish registered vessel must hold a Polish radio licence as opposed to a radio licence issued by any other radiolicensing authority – for example a radio licence issued by the UK radiolicensing authority OFCOM is not valid for use on a Polish registered vessel.
During the online registration process for a Polish boat registration, we require the following documents:
- Owner’s identity document in case of a private individual or proof of identity of all directors in case of a company
- Proof of ownership / sale agreement (invoice, sales agreement, bill of sale or notary statement)
- Scan of one of the following documents:
- CE certificate of the yacht
- OR tonnage certificate
- OR builders certificate
- OR survey report
- OR yacht manual
- Photo of the engine number and hull number
- CE Design category (A, B, C, D)
- In case of a previous registry, we require a copy of the deletion document
The advantage of the Polish boat registration, is that you will receive a temporary registration within 5-7 working days from the time of submitting the application. This means you can use the Polish boat registration almost instantly. The final registering takes 3-4 weeks.
There is no requirement to have a European passport to register a yacht under the Polish flag. We can and successfully register yachts whose owners are citizens of countries outside Europe.