Translation. Only the Danish document has legal validity.
Order no. 1305 of 5 December 2019 issued by the Danish Maritime Authority

Order on the qualification requirements of cooks not holding a Danish
certificate of competency as a ship's cook in order to serve as a ship's cookon merchant ships registered in the Danish International Ship Register 1
In pursuance of section 8(3), section 18, section 24b, section 24d, section 24f, section 24g and section 25(4) of
the act on the manning of ships (lov om skibes besætning), cf. consolidated act no. 74 of 17. January 2014,
following consultation with the shipowner and seafarer organizations, following authority under section 1(1)(ii) oforder no. 744 of 24 June 2013 on transfer of certain powers to the Danish Maritime Authority and on the right ofappeal, etc., the following provisions are laid down:«

Part 1
Qualifications for certificates of endorsement
Section 1. In ships registered in the Danish International Ship Register (DIS) persons may serve in prescribed
positions as ship's cooks without holding a Danish certificate of competency as a ship's cook if they hold avalid certificate of endorsement pursuant to this order.
Section 2. Certificates of endorsement may be issued to persons who are able to document apprenticeship in
the cooking profession for 48 months, at least 24 months of which shall have been on board seagoing ships,
cf. however section 8.
Subsection 2. Certificates of endorsement may also be issued to persons who are able to document: 1)
satisfactory completion of a cook training programme;
2)
service as a cook on board a seagoing ship for at least five months following completion of a cooktraining programme; and3)
having passed the test described in section 4, cf. however section 4(2).
Subsection 3. Persons applying for a certificate of endorsement pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 shall,furthermore, hold:1)
a health certificate valid for the position in which the holder is to serve on board; and2)
documentation of having passed a course meeting the requirements of regulation VI/1 of the STCW
Convention (International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for
Seafarers) and section A-VI/1, paragraph 2, of the STCW Code on "Basic training".
Section 3. The cook training programme pursuant to section 2(2) shall have been completed in a country:1)
that has ratified the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) or ILO Convention no. 69 on the issue ofcertificates of competency to ship's cooks; and1

This order contains provisions implementing parts of Council Directive 2009/13/EC of 16 February 2009
implementing the Agreement concluded by the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and theEuropean Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, and amending
Directive 1999/63/EC, Official Journal 2009, no. L 124, pp. 30-50.

12)that the IMO Maritime Safety Committee and the European Commission have informed that thecertificate issuing country through its informative material has stated that it has fully and completelyimplemented the STCW Convention.
Subsection 2. An overview of the countries mentioned in subsection 1 shall be available from the webpage of
the Danish Maritime Authority.
Section 4. The form and contents of the test mentioned in section 2(2)(iii) shall be determined by the Danish
Maritime Authority. The test shall consist of an operational interview ensuring that the necessary competences
as a ship's cook are met within the fields of practical cooking, food hygiene, personal hygiene, the storage offood, stores control as well as environmental protection, health, nutrition and food safety.
Subsection 2. The Danish Maritime Authority may grant exemptions from the requirement to complete a testwhen the Danish Maritime Authority has special, detailed knowledge about the training and certificate issuingsystem of the certificate issuing country or about the training institution where the holder of the certificate hascompleted the training programme. The Danish Maritime Authority shall publish on its webpage in whichcases it shall be possible to grant exemptions from the requirement to complete a test and, after having
consulted the seafarer and shipowner organisations that the issue concerns, how such especially detailed
knowledge is acquired.

Part 2
Application and issue
Section 5. Applications for being issued with a certificate of endorsement for foreign ship's cooks shall beforwarded to the Danish Maritime Authority. Applications may be made via the webpage of the Danish
Maritime Authorities website or the so-called "Kvikskranken" on the Danish Business Authorities website.
Applications shall be forwarded by the shipping company that would like to engage the person concerned as aship's cook, cf. however section 8(2).
Subsection 2. The application shall be accompanied by a statement from the shipping company that it will
engage the person concerned as a ship's cook on board a ship registered in the Danish International Ship
Register, cf. however subsection 8(2).
Section 6. Applications will be considered in accordance with order in force on the recognition of certain
educational and professional qualifications, etc., as amended (gældende bekendtgørelse om anerkendelse afvise uddanelses- og erhversmæssige kvalifiaktioner m.v. med eventuelle senere ændringer).
Section 7. A certificate of endorsement shall be issued with a validity of no more than five years. However, aperiod of validity shall not exceed a possible date of expiry of a foreign certificate as a ship's cook or otherendorsements.
Subsection 2. A foreign certificate of recognition or endorsement shall not be used as the basis for the issue ofa Danish certificate of endorsement.

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Especially for persons meeting the EU directiveon the recognition of professional qualifications
Section 8. Persons meeting the provisions of the EU directives on the introduction of generalarrangements on mutual recognition of examination certificates for qualifying training programmes, cf. acts
in force on recognition of certain educational and professional qualification (gældende bekendtgørelse om
anerkendelse af vise uddanelses- og erhversmæssige kvalifiaktioner), may forward applications for
performing as a ship's cook accompanied by appropriate documentation directly to the Danish MaritimeAuthority.
Subsection 2. The application shall be accompanied by the following:1)
proof of nationality, such as a copy of an ID card or passport;
2)
a certificate of authorisation or any other certificate of qualification providing access to the profession(if the profession is regulated in the country of the applicant);
3)
training certificates of relevance to the applicant’s profession;4)
the applicant’s contact details: first name and surname, address, telephone number and e-mail address,
if relevant. If somebody else than the applicant forwards the documents, for example a company
forwarding documents on the applicant’s behalf: the name, address, telephone number and e-mailaddress, if relevant, of the submitter;5)
medical certificate of physical and mental health; 6) original
certificateofcompetency;
7)
documentation of duration of service.
Subsection 3. The provisions of sections 2, 5, 7 and 14 shall not apply to persons covered by subsection 1.

Part 4
Transfer of powers
Section 9. The Danish Maritime Authority may authorise a company, institution or person holding a Danish
certificate of competency as a ship's cook to carry out the test pursuant to section 2(2)(iii) on the condition thatthe company or the institution:1)
is not engaged in recruitment services;2)
has in-depth knowledge of the cook training programme and the requirements made on ship's cooks;
and3)
can carry out operational tests in a satisfactory manner in accordance with the guidelines of the DanishMaritime Authority.
Section 10. In order to keep the authorisation pursuant to section 10, the company, institution or ship's cook
shall be audited by the Danish Maritime Authority. During this audit, the company, institution or the ship's
cook shall prove that the conditions for being authorised are still met.
Subsection 2. The Danish Maritime Authority may impose specific initiatives and actions on the company,
institution or ship's cook that are necessary to meet the conditions of the authorisation and decide when theyshall have been implemented.
Subsection 3. If the Danish Maritime Authority, based on an overall consideration, estimates that a company,
institution or ship's cook does not meet the conditions of the authorisation and does not follow orders to rectify
this within a fixed deadline, the approval shall be withdrawn.

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Subsection 4. The Danish Maritime Authority may acquire information from the company, institution or ship'scook about all conditions pertaining to the test mentioned in section 2(2)(iii), including about the qualifications
and equipment of the tester, for use when carrying out inspection and quality assurance.

Part 5
Withdrawal of certificates of endorsement
Section 11. The Danish Maritime Authority shall withdraw a certificate of endorsement if the holder – throughthe service on board – has presented a direct threat to human lives or if it is – due to the mental or bodily stateof the holder – considered reckless to let the person concerned continue to function in the position for which
the endorsement entitles him.
Subsection 2. The certificate of endorsement may also be withdrawn if the basis of the issue has been wrong
so that the conditions of keeping the endorsement were not present at the time of the application and are still
not present.
Subsection 3. If the holder of a certificate of endorsement is still employed on board a ship belonging to theshipping company concerned, the shipping company shall be responsible for handing over a withdrawn
certificate to the Danish Maritime Authority.
Subsection 4. When it has been decided to withdraw a certificate of endorsement, the Danish Maritime
Authority shall inform the certificate issuing country about the decision.

Part 6
Service without a certificate of endorsement
Section 12. Service in a position for which a certificate of competency as a ship's cook is prescribed shall bepermitted without an endorsement for a period of no more than three months – however not for longer than theduration of the engagement – if:1)
the country in which the cook training programme has been completed is mentioned on the list
mentioned in section 3(2);2)
the conditions for the annulment of the test requirements stipulated in section 4(2) are met; and3)
an application for a certificate of endorsement as mentioned in section 2 has been forwarded to theDanish Maritime Authority in accordance with the guidelines in force and receipt hereof has been
confirmed by the Danish Maritime Authority before commencing service.

Part 7
Complaint provisions, etc.
Section 13. The person concerned by decisions made by the Danish Maritime Authority pursuant to section
2(1) and (2), section 8(1), section 9 and section 10(3) may bring these decisions before the Danish ShippingTribunal established pursuant to the act on safety at sea (lov om sikkerhed til søs).
Subsection 2. The decision by the Danish Maritime Authority to withdraw a certificate ofendorsement pursuant to the provisions of section 8(1) and (2) may be brought before the Danish Shipping
Tribunal by the holder or the shipowner.
Subsection 3. The time-limit for complaining about the decisions mentioned in subsections 1 and 2 shall be 4
weeks. The Danish Shipping Tribunal may disregard this time-limit for special reasons.

4Part 8Fees
Section 14. A fee, set by the Danish Martime Authority, shall accompany the application for a certificate ofendorsement. The fee shall be determined in accordance with the regulations on price calculation in connection
with fee calculations published by the Ministry of Finance and shall be published on the webpage of the Danish
Maritime Authority.

Subsection 2. Applications shall be considered when the fee mentioned in subsection 1 has been paid to theDanish Maritime Authority.
Subsection 3. In connection with tests before the Danish Maritime Authority pursuant to section 2(2)(iii) or
before an authorised company pursuant to section 10, a separate fee may be required the size of which shall be
determined by the Danish Maritime Authority on the basis of the scope and holding of the test.
Subsection 4. In connection with requests pursuant to section 4(2), the Danish Maritime Authority may require
payment for covering its expenses for investigations, including any necessary inspections on the spot.

Part 9
Entry into force
Section 15. This order shall enter into force on 1 July 2019.
Subsection 2. Persons who have acquired a right to work as a prescribed cook on board Danish ships pursuant
to section 8(2) of the act on the manning of ships (lov om skibes besætning) before the entry into force of theact shall keep this right.
Subsection 3. Persons covered by subsection 2 shall be considered to meet the requirements stipulated in theorder for the issue of certificates of endorsement that the persons concerned shall hold.
Subsection 4. Order no. 290 of 20 March 2013 Order on the qualification requirements of cooks notholding a Danish certificate of competency as a ship's cook in order to serve as a ship's cook on merchantships registered in the Danish International Ship Register, are repealed.

Danish Maritime Authority, 20 March 2013
Per Sønderstrup / Jørgen Løje

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