Professional Competence Certificate Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Document type Regulation Date 1997 (2016) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleOrdinance on professional competence certificates. Subject Water Keyword Inland waters Navigation Authorization/permit Enforcement/compliance Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance implements the Inland Navigation Jurisdiction Act in its version of 4 August 1986 (BGBl. I p. 1270). In particular, the Ordinance lays down provisions relating to authorization and issuing of navigation authorization. The text consists of 29 articles divided into 4 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Authorization (II); Procedural matters (III); Penalties and final provisions (IV). Full text German Website www.bmj.de