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The SISTE (Central Telematic System for Pleasure Boating) became fully operational from 1 January 2021 and involves all operations relating to pleasure boats, new or used, CE marked or not, which must be registered in the Central Telematic Archive of the units (ATCN) through the Sportello Telematico del Diportista (STED).

To register a boat with STED and therefore obtain the Italian flag, it is necessary to produce this documentation:

1. PROPERTY TITLE consisting of one of the following:
   to. sentence or order
   b. public deed, registered and stamped
   c. private deed with authenticated or judicially ascertained signatures, registered and with stamp duty
   d. unilateral declaration of sale with authenticated, registered and stamped signature
   And. sales invoice with signature, for receipt, of the authenticated, registered and stamped seller
   f. extract from the register of ships under construction (in the event that the vessel has been entered under construction in this register)
   g. for self-built boats: substitutive declaration of notary deed with authenticated, registered and stamped signature, accompanied by the tax documentation certifying the purchase of the materials necessary for the construction
   h. for units coming from one of the public registers of a Member State of the European Union, instead of the title of ownership, it is sufficient to present the certificate of cancellation from the register of the State of origin or a certificate from the competent authority, with a maximum validity of six months, from which the cancellation procedure is initiated. The owner's personal details and the identification elements of the unit must always appear from the cancellation certificate or from the provisional certificate
   the. for new boats whose registration is requested by the shipyards: the shipyard that built, completed or assembled the unit
   presents, instead of the title deed, submits a substitutive declaration of the deed of notoriety pursuant to art. 47 of the Presidential Decree
   no. 445/2000, in which he self-certifies that he has built, completed or assembled the unit and that the pleasure craft is his exclusive property
   ownership, also indicating the name, the technical characteristics of the model and the identification code of the hull
   
   
2. CONSTRUCTION OR IMPORT DECLARATION (DCI)
   
   
3. TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
   a. to. for units equipped with CE marking (marketed after 16 June 1998): EU declaration of conformity (for units from a Member State of the European Union, equipped with CE marking, the certificate of cancellation from the register where the unit was registered , if showing the technical data, replaces the EU declaration of conformity)
   b. for units not bearing the CE marking, even if coming from another Member State, or for units coming from a third country built, placed on the market or put into service in one of the Member States of the European Economic Area (EEA) before 16 June 1998 , or for self-built unit: certification of suitability issued by a notified/authorized technical body The owner delivers the hull and engine documents to STED
   
   
4. POWER STATEMENT FOR INBOARD OR STERNDRIVE ENGINES 
   (can be replaced by the homologation certificate accompanied by the declaration of conformity or by the power certificate issued before 10 May 2000)
   
   
5. CERTIFICATE OF CANCELLATION FROM THE REGISTER OF ORIGIN
   for units coming from a member state of the European Union, equipped with CE marking, if the legislation of the country of origin does not provide for registration in the registers, the certificate of cancellation
   is replaced by a specific declaration from the owner of the unit or his legal representative.
   
   
6. SUBSTITUTE DECLARATION OF CERTIFICATION
   pursuant to article 46 of Presidential Decree No. 445/2000:
   to. made by the owner (or by each co-owner), if a natural person, and certifying the citizenship, residence, marital status and patrimonial regime of the assets;
   b. made by the legal representative, if the owner is a legal person, and certifying the data resulting from the Register of Legal Persons or, in the case of companies, from the Business Register held by the IAA Chamber of Commerce; Foreigners and foreign companies, if they do not have domicile or headquarters in Italy, must elect it from the consular authority of the State to which they belong in the ways and forms provided for by the legislation of the State itself or from their own representative who has domicile in Italy
   
   
7. COPY OF THE IDENTITY DOCUMENT OF THE OWNER OR OF EACH JOINT OWNER, IF A NATURAL PERSON, OR CAMERA REGISTRATION ACCOMPANIED BY A DOCUMENT OF THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE, IF A LEGAL PERSON.
   
   
8. LEGALIZATION AND TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENTS
   

   a. to. Legalization - The signatures of documents formed abroad by foreign authorities must be legalized by the Italian diplomatic or consular representations in the foreign country. Deeds and documents issued abroad by the nations adhering to the Hague Convention of 10.5.1961 are exempt from the legalization of the signature, provided that they bear the "Apostille". The following also apply: the Brussels Convention of 25 May 1987; the Italy-Germany agreement of 7 June 1969; the Italy-Hungary agreement of 26 May 1977.

   b. Translation – Documents drafted in a foreign language presented for publicity are accompanied by a translation into Italian certified as conforming to the foreign text by the competent diplomatic or consular representation, by an official translator (list of translators at the Registry of the Court) or a sworn translation at the Court.

   c. in the event of a deed drawn up by a foreign notary, it is necessary to deposit it in advance with a notary operating in Italy (art. 106 Law n. 89/1913)

N.B.: REGISTRATION WITH THE REVENUE AGENCY - In the event of a public deed received in the State or a sentence pronounced by a State judicial authority, the transcription can be requested prior to the payment of the registration tax to which the title is subject. In this case, together with the double transcription note, the interested party presents a third note on unstamped paper, which is forwarded to the competent Revenue Agency by the conservator. In other cases (private deed, etc.) the transcription can be performed upon presentation of the receipt certifying the payment of the registration tax to which the title is subject. In this case, the person concerned presents the title registered by the Revenue Agency to the office from which the transcription has been requested, as soon as it is perfected.

N.B. 2: in case of prior registration in the Register of Ships under Construction, the STED communicates the registration in the ATCN to the Maritime Authority which holds the Register of Ships under Construction in which the vessel is registered. On the same date, the Maritime Authority canceled the construction from the Ship Under Construction Register.

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