"Steve" wrote in message
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Hi,

Whenever I have tried to hire a boat in Spain or Greece with a
motor larger than 25hp, I have always been asked to provide a
licence. Being from the UK I was obviously surprised by this.

You sound like a perfect example of why licences are sensibly required by
these countries. Every year in the Med people are killed by holidaymakers
who hire speedboats with either false qualifications, or hire them from
dodgy cowboys who don't check.