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Document 31999L0035
Mandatory checks on regular ro-ro ferries and high-speed passenger craft
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Mandatory checks on regular ro-ro ferries and high-speed passenger craft
SUMMARY OF:
SUMMARY
WHAT DOES THIS DIRECTIVE DO?
It provides for mandatory surveys of regular roll-on-roll-off (ro-ro) ferries* and high-speed passenger craft using EU ports to ensure that they satisfy applicable safety standards.
KEY POINTS
Related legislation on port state control aims to outlaw substandard shipping in the EU. It requires all vessels to comply with EU and international safety standards, as contained in the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) for instance.
FROM WHEN DOES THE DIRECTIVE APPLY?
It has applied from 1 June 1999. EU countries had to incorporate it into national law by 1 December 2000.
KEY TERM
* ro-ro ferry: a seagoing passenger vessel with facilities to enable road or rail vehicles roll on and roll off, and carrying more than 12 passengers.
ACT
Council Directive 1999/35/EC of 29 April 1999 on a system of mandatory surveys for the safe operation of regular ro-ro ferry and high-speed passenger craft services (OJ L 138, 1.6.1999, pp. 1-19)
Successive amendments to Directive 1999/35/EC have been incorporated in the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
RELATED ACTS
Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on port State control (OJ L 131, 28.5.2009, pp. 57-100). See consolidated version.
last update 19.04.2016