✓ Official document verified: primary text downloaded and checked
article by article. 🔗 = official portal of the authority.
International regulations
| Source | Scope | Link |
|---|
| COLREG 72 (IMO) | Prevention of collisions at sea (lights, shapes, sounds, steering rules). ✓ | imo.org |
| IALA – Region A | Maritime buoyage (lateral, cardinal, isolated danger, safe water, special). ✓ | iala.int |
| CEVNI (UNECE) | Inland waterways (signs, signals, blue cones). ✓ verified verbatim | unece.org |
| ITU | Maritime radiocommunications (VHF, MMSI, DSC). 🔗 | itu.int |
🇫🇷 France
| Source | Scope | Link |
|---|
| Ministère de la Mer | Recreational licence, regulations, safety. 🔗 | mer.gouv.fr · démarches-plaisance |
| Division 240 | Recreational safety at sea (≤ 24 m): zones, equipment, pyrotechnics, extinguishers. ✓ JORF ed. 30/10/2024 | Official PDF |
| Légifrance | Consolidated regulatory texts. 🔗 | legifrance.gouv.fr |
🇧🇪 Belgium
| Source | Scope | Link |
|---|
| SPF Mobilité et Transports | Recreational boating, certificates, safety. 🔗 | mobilit.belgium.be |
| Royal Decree of 4 Aug. 1981 | Policing & navigation, territorial sea, ports & beaches (wind/Bft, 200 m, special lights…). ✓ upd. 8/6/2007 | mobilit.belgium.be |
| RPNE (CEVNI-based) | Policing regulation, Belgian inland waters. ✓ official vademecum | mobilit.belgium.be |
🇳🇱 Netherlands
| Source | Scope | Link |
|---|
| Rijksoverheid / CBR | Klein Vaarbewijs information & exams. 🔗 | rijksoverheid.nl · cbr.nl |
| Binnenvaartpolitiereglement (BPR) | Steering rules, signals, lights, signs (CEVNI transposition). ✓ BWBR0003628 | wetten.overheid.nl |
| Scheepvaartreglement Westerschelde 1990 (SRW) | Rules specific to the Westerschelde: scope, steering rules (art. 9–19), lights and shapes (art. 23–31), small craft (art. 41–42). Block E of the Klein Vaarbewijs 2. ✓ BWBR0005393 | wetten.overheid.nl |
| Scheepvaartreglement Eemsmonding (SRE) | Regime of the Ems estuary, from the NL–DE treaty; refers back to COLREG 1972. Block E.1. ✓ BWBR0004552 | wetten.overheid.nl |
| Scheepvaartreglement Kanaal Gent–Terneuzen (SRKGT) | Regime of the Ghent–Terneuzen canal (scope, art. 1). Block E.1. ✓ BWBR0005315 | wetten.overheid.nl |
| Binnenvaartregeling | Certificates, marine VHF, AIS. ✓ BWBR0025958 | wetten.overheid.nl |
| Binnenvaartwet | Framework act (vaarbewijs). ✓ BWBR0023009 | wetten.overheid.nl |
🇩🇪 Germany
🇮🇹 Italy
| Source | Scope | Link |
|---|
| MIT | Competent authority. 🔗 | mit.gov.it |
| D.M. 323/2021 | Exam programme and scoring for the patente nautica (art. 6, Allegato C). ✓ | gazzettaufficiale.it |
| D.D. n. 131 del 31.05.2022, Allegato A | Official national question list; the 1,351 quesiti the app serves are reproduced verbatim from it. ✓ | mit.gov.it |
| D.Lgs. 171/2005 | Codice della nautica da diporto: vessel categories, licence, duties of the skipper. ✓ | mit.gov.it |
| D.M. 146/2008 | Safety equipment by distance from shore. ✓ | mit.gov.it |
🇪🇸 Spain
| Source | Scope | Link |
|---|
| DGMM | Competent authority for recreational titles. 🔗 | transportes.gob.es |
| Real Decreto 875/2014 | Recreational titles (PNB, PER): conditions and prerogatives; annexes II and III are the theory syllabus. ✓ | boe.es |
| RIPA (COLREG 72) | COLREG 72 in Spanish, as published in the BOE: the terminology reference. ✓ | boe.es |
| Exam questions | no national catalogue is published; papers are set by the DGMM or the autonomous communities. | |
Weather · VHF · Cartography (educational references)
Weather: WMO, meteo.be,
meteofrance.com, dwd.de,
knmi.nl.
VHF: itu.int, imo.org.
Cartography: shom.fr,
vlaamsehydrografie.be,
bsh.de.
Method & authenticity
Sources marked ✓ were downloaded from the official portal of the
competent authority and checked against the app's content, point by point. Despite this care, only
official publications and the regulations currently in force are authoritative.
Last updated: June 2026 · ← We Boat Licence