Astrimare II

1.Smoking and wearing shoes are not permitted inside the yacht. 2.A crew gratuity of between 10% and 15% of the charter fee is customary; however, it is given at the Charterer's discretion 3.Use of a personal watercraft is only permitted subject to the operator having the appropriate license and meeting with local operating regulations. Any liability arising from non-compliance is entirely at the operator's risk. 4.Children are to be under the supervision of an adult in the charter party at all times. 5.Rendezvous diving only. 6.All incurred bank charges are at the Charterer's expense. 7.APA: Any outstanding accounts will be settled with the Captain, onboard and in cash prior to disembarkation. 8.It is highly recommended that the Charterer consider obtaining Personal Travel Insurance, Cancellation/Curtailment Insurance, and Charterer’s Liability Insurance. 9.Whilst every effort will be made to secure berthing in the chosen ports during the cruise, neither the Owner, Captain nor Stakeholder can be held responsible for the final allocation of any berth 10.It is the responsibility of the Charterer to ensure that he and his guests hold current, valid Visas for all countries visited 11.Any additional VAT due will be paid by the Charterer. 12.In case of delivery fee: to be calculated based on the current price and to be recalculated according to the fuel price at the time of charter. 13.Additional guests must be announced at least one week before the commencement of the charter date. 14.The Parties agree and acknowledge that Instalments are a guarantee deposit and the A.P.A. is a general deposit of funds to be used by the Charterer. Upon and subject to the performance of this Contract, as per clause 20 hereinafter, the Instalments become the payment of the total amount for Charter Fees. 15.The operating costs in accordance to Clause 8, will be on Charterer’s account and shall be deducted from the APA deposit; any operating costs eventually invoiced to the owning company in exemption of Vat will be charged to the Charterer and subject to the same VAT rate as applied to the charter fees and will be deducted from the APA deposit. 16. For charter starting in Italy: 22% Italian VAT is due on this contract according to the provision of the Law no.160 dated December 2nd 2019, art. 1 paragraph 725. Taxable base will be the portion of charter spent within the European Union territory. The portion of charter spent outside the European Union territory is not subject to the 22% Italian VAT, at the condition that official proof is provided, according to provision no. 341339/2020 issued on October 29th 2020 by the Italian Tax Authority, indicated the time spent outside the Union territory. 17. For charters starting in France: 20% French VAT is due on charter contracts concluded from November 1st, 2020, according to the provision of the French Tax Authority (BOI-TVA-CHAMP-20-50-30, para 40). The taxable base will be the portion of the time spent within the European Union territory. The portion spent outside the European Union territory is not subject to the 20% French VAT. The French Tax Authority requires submitting official proof (AIS and logbook) of the time spent outside the European Union territory. Upon receipt of official documentation (such as a tracking report of the vessel), documenting the time spent outside the Union territory, a revised VAT invoice will be issued, and the Charterer will be refunded the respective VAT portion. In case of any tax audit the the owning company ensures to prove by all means (such as a wire transfer, a fully signed VAT addendum recalculation, final APA accounts...) that the VAT reduction has been refunded to the charterer.