EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 6.6.2016

COM(2016) 369 final

2016/0170(COD)

Proposal for a

DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

amending Directive 2009/45/EC on safety rules and standards for passenger ships

{SWD(2016) 189 final}
{SWD(2016) 190 final}

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL

1.1Reasons for and objectives of the proposal

1.2Consistency with existing policy provisions in the policy area

1.3Consistency with other Union policies

2.LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY

2.1Legal basis

2.2Subsidiarity

2.3Proportionality

As evidenced by the accident statistics, the existing legislation has achieved a high level of passenger safety. The regulatory cost related to EU safety standards have not proved to be disproportionate in comparison to national standards that would have been needed otherwise. The estimated differences in regulatory costs represent merely a minor fraction compared to the total construction, operation and maintenance costs.

Besides clarifying a number of definitions, the removal of some unnecessary requirements without compromising the high level of safety is one of the objectives of this simplification initiative. As a result, the proposal removes ships below 24 metres in length from the scope of Directive 2009/45/EC. Given that small ships are built mainly from materials other than steel, the vast majority of this fleet is currently not covered by the harmonised EU safety standards (96%). This implies that most of vessels below 24 m are already certified under national legislation.

Furthermore, the wide range of services that these vessels are built for (e.g. daily or overnight passages, touristic daily cruising, calling to ports with specific constrains or infrastructures) produces a very broad range of designs and technical solutions. This makes identifying a common set of detailed rules fitting such a variety of services for smaller vessels extremely challenging.

The current regulatory approach of Directive 2009/45/EC consisting in prescriptive standards designed primarily for steel (or aluminium) ships was therefore re-evaluated for such ships. In addition, accidents recorded for small ships outside the scope of EU standards do not demonstrate any specific safety concern (5 fatalities over the last 4 years, all of them occupational accidents). Furthermore, unlike for bigger ships, small ships tend to be operated in the same Member State until the end of their operational life and their transfer between Member States is limited.

2.4Choice of the instrument

3.RESULTS OF EX-POST EVALUATIONS, STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

3.1Ex-post evaluations/fitness checks of existing legislation

(a)Exclude passenger ships below 24 m in length from the scope of the Directive 2009/45/EC and consider developing guidelines or standards for small vessels and vessels built in non-steel or equivalent materials, based on functional requirements as part of a goal based standard framework.

(b)Clarify the scope of the Directive, namely:

Clarify that for the purposes of Directive 2009/45/EC aluminium is a material equivalent to steel and clarify the corresponding fire insulation requirements (e.g. definitions of spaces which should be additionally fire insulated).

Clarify that offshore service vessel for wind-farms fall outside the scope of Directive 2009/45/EC.

Clarify that traditional ships fall outside the scope of Directive 2009/45/EC and clarify their definition.

(c)Clarify and simplify the sea areas definition in Directive 2009/45/EC while:

Removing the reference to "where the shipwreck persons can land",

Removing the notion of "place of refuge".

3.2Stakeholder consultations

3.3Collection and use of expertise

3.4Impact assessment

3.5Regulatory fitness and simplification

3.6Fundamental rights

4.BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS

5.OTHER ELEMENTS

5.1Implementation plans and monitoring, evaluation and reporting arrangements

5.2Explanatory documents

5.3Detailed explanation of the specific provisions of the proposal

Definitions and scope

Classes of passenger ships and application

Safety requirements

Additional safety requirements, equivalents, exemptions and safeguard measures

Committee and amendment procedure

Articles 10 and 11 are brought in line with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in regard to powers of the Commission to adopt delegated and implementing acts. Article 10a has been added for the same reason (exercise of delegation power).

Certificates

Article 13 is amended to clarify that only ships fulfilling the requirements of this Directive are provided with a Passenger ship Safety Certificate, and to clarify that this certificate has to include all measures provided for under Article 9, not only the exemptions.

International dimension

Article 14 is amended in order to be brought in line with Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union concerning external representation.

Evaluation provisions

Article 16a has been added to specify the evaluation provisions.

2016/0170 (COD)

Proposal for a

DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

amending Directive 2009/45/EC on safety rules and standards for passenger ships

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 100(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee 14 ,

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions 15 ,

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure,

Whereas:

(1)To maintain a high level of safety provided by common safety standards defined by Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 16 and to preserve level playing field, the application of that Directive should be improved. Directive 2009/45/EC should apply only to passenger ships and craft for which its safety standards have been designed. A number of specific ship types should be therefore excluded from its scope, such as tenders, sailing ships or ships transporting trained personnel engaged in business of the ship or offshore installations.

(2)The Regulatory Fitness Programme (REFIT) 17 has shown that not all Member States certify aluminium ships under Directive 2009/45/EC. This creates an uneven situation that undermines the objective of achieving a common, high safety level for passengers sailing domestically in the Union. To avoid the non-uniform application arising from the interpretation of the Directive's scope related to the definition of aluminium as an equivalent material and the applicability of the corresponding fire safety standards, the definition of the equivalent material should be clarified.

(3)In view of increasing legal clarity and consistency, a number of definitions and references should be updated and further aligned with the related international or Union rules. In doing so, special care should be taken not to alter the existing scope and level of safety provided by Directive 2009/45/EC. In particular, the definition of traditional ship should be better aligned with Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 18 , while preserving the current criteria of the year of built and type of material. The definition of pleasure yacht and craft should be further aligned with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS Convention).

(4)In view of the principle of proportionality, the current prescriptive requirements derived from the SOLAS Convention have proven difficult to adapt to small passenger vessels below 24 meters in length. Furthermore, small ships are primarily built in other materials than steel and only a very limited number of such ships have been therefore certified under Directive 2009/45/EC. In the absence of specific safety concerns and adequate standards provided by the Directive, ships bellow 24 meters in length should be therefore excluded from its scope and should be subjected to specific safety standards determined by Member States that are better placed to assess the local limitations of navigation for these ships in terms of distance to coast or port and weather conditions.

(5)To further simplify the definitions of sea areas provided for by Directive 2009/45/EC and to minimise the disturbances for Member States, the redundant or inadequate criteria should be removed. While maintaining the safety level, the definition of sea areas in which ships of Class C and D may operate should be simplified by removing the criterion of 'where the shipwrecked persons can land' and by removing the 'distance to the place of refuge' for the purpose of defining the sea areas. The appropriateness of a particular coastline as a place of refuge is a dynamic parameter that should be assessed on a case by case basis by Member States and, where necessary, any operational restrictions related to the distance from a place of refuge for a particular ship should be noted in the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate.

(6)To remove unintended negative consequences of the current provisions whereby converted cargo ships may not be considered as new passenger ships, it should be clarified that the conversion requirements apply to any ship, not only existing passenger ships.

(7)To increase the transparency and to facilitate the notification of exemptions, equivalencies and additional safety measures by Member States, a database should be established and maintained for this purpose by the Commission. It should include the notified measures in their draft and adopted form.

(8)In view of the changes brought about by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the powers conferred on the Commission to implement Directive 2009/45/EC should be updated correspondingly. Implementing acts should be adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council 19 .

(9)In order to take account of developments at international level and experience and to increase transparency, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of excluding amendments to the international instruments from the scope of this Directive if necessary, updating the technical requirements and establishing conditions of use for the database kept by the Commission to host notifications by Member States of exemptions and requests for derogation in accordance with the present Directive. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.

(10)In order to establish a level playing field for passengers ships operating on voyages from and to Union ports, irrespective of the nature of the voyages they are engaged on, the Union action in view of expediting the ongoing work within the IMO to revise the regulations of the SOLAS Convention should be brought in line with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

(11)In view of the full monitoring cycle of European Maritime Safety Agency visits, the Commission should evaluate the implementation of Directive 2009/45/EC no later than [seven years after the date referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 2(1)] and report to the European Parliament and the Council thereon. Member States should cooperate with the Commission to gather all information necessary for this evaluation.

(12)Directive 2009/45/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1
Amendments to Directive 2009/45/EC

Directive 2009/45/EC is amended as follows:

(1)Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a)point (a) is replaced by the following:

"(a)‘International Conventions’ means the following conventions together with the amendments thereto, i.e. in their up-to-date versions:

(i)the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (the 1974 SOLAS Convention); and

(ii)the 1966 International Convention on Load Lines and its Protocols;";

(b)point (b) is replaced by the following:

"(b)‘Intact Stability Code’ means the ‘Code on Intact Stability for all types of ships covered by IMO Instruments’ contained in IMO Assembly Resolution A.749(18) of 4 November 1993, or the 'International Code on Intact Stability, 2008' contained in IMO Resolution MSC.267(85) of 4 December 2008, in their up-to-date versions;";

(c)point (g)(ii) is replaced by the following:

"(ii) their maximum speed, as defined in Regulation 1.4.30 of the 1994 High Speed Craft Code and Regulation 1.4.38 of the 2000 High Speed Craft Code, is less than 20 knots;";

(d)point (m) is replaced by the following:

"(m)‘bow height’ means the bow height defined in Regulation 39 of the 1966 International Convention on Load Lines;";

(e)point (r) is replaced by the following:

"(r) 'port area' means an area other than a sea area listed pursuant to Article 4(2), as defined by the Member States, extending to the outermost permanent harbour works forming an integral part of the harbour system, or to the limits defined by natural geographical features protecting and estuary or similar sheltered area;";

(f)point (s) is deleted;

(g)point (u) is replaced by the following:

"(u)‘port State’ means a Member State to or from whose port(s) a ship or craft, flying a flag other than the flag of that Member State, is carrying out domestic voyages;";

(h)point (v) is replaced by the following:

"(v)‘recognised organisation’ means an organisation recognised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council*;

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* Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations (OJ L 131, 28.5.2009, p. 11).";

(i)point (y) is replaced by the following:

"(y)‘persons with reduced mobility’ means anyone who has a particular difficulty when using public transport, including elderly persons, disabled persons, persons with sensory impairments and wheelchair users, pregnant women and persons accompanying small children;"

(j)the following points are added:

"(z)‘sailing ship’ means a ship primarily propelled by sails even if fitted with mechanical propulsion for auxiliary and emergency purposes;

(za)‘equivalent material’ means aluminium alloy or any other non-combustible material, which maintains structural and integrity properties equivalent to steel at the end of the applicable exposure to the standard fire test due to the insulation provided;

(zb)‘standard fire test’ means a test in which specimens of the relevant bulkheads or decks are exposed in a test furnace to temperatures corresponding approximately to the standard time-temperature curve in accordance with the test method specified in the 2010 International Code for Application of Fire Test Procedures, contained in IMO Resolution MSC.307(88) of 3 December 2010, in its up-to-date version;

(zc) ‘traditional ship’ means any kind of historical passenger ship designed before 1965 and their replicas built predominantly with the original materials, including those designed to encourage and promote traditional skills and seamanship, that together serve as living cultural monuments, operated according to traditional principles of seamanship and technique;

(zd)‘pleasure yacht/craft’ means a vessel carrying no cargo and not more than 12 passengers not engaged in trade, regardless of the means of propulsion;

(ze)‘tender’ means a ship-carried boat used for transferring more than 12 passengers from a stationary passenger ship to shore and back;

(zf) ‘repairs, alterations and modifications of a major character’ means any of the following:

— any change that substantially alters the dimensions of a ship, e.g., lengthening by adding new midbody,

— any change that substantially alters the passenger-carrying capacity of a ship, e.g., vehicle deck converted to passenger accommodation,

— any change that substantially increases a ship's service life, e.g., renewal of passenger accommodation on one entire deck,

— any conversion of any type of ship into a passenger ship.";

(2)Article 3 is replaced by the following:

"Article 3
Scope

1.    This Directive applies to the following passenger ships and craft, regardless of their flag, when engaged on domestic voyages:

(a)new and existing passenger ships of 24 meters in length and above;

(b)high-speed passenger craft.

Each Member State, in its capacity as port State, shall ensure that passenger ships and high-speed passenger craft, flying the flag of a State which is not a Member State, fully comply with the requirements of this Directive, before they may be engaged on domestic voyages in that Member State.

2.    This Directive does not apply to:

(a)ships which are:

(i)ships of war and troopships;

(ii)sailing ships and ships not propelled by mechanical means;

(iii)vessels constructed in material other than steel or equivalent and not covered by the standards concerning High Speed Craft (Resolution MSC 36(63) or MSC.97(73)) or Dynamically Supported Craft (Resolution A.373(X));

(iv)wooden ships of primitive build;

(v)traditional ships;

(vi)pleasure yachts;

(vii)ships exclusively engaged in port areas;

(viii)ships referred in Regulation 1.2.3 of Chapter I of the Code of Safety for Special Purpose Ships, IMO Resolution MSC.266(84) of 13 May 2008, in its up-to-date version; or

(ix)tenders;

(b)high-speed craft which are:

(i)craft of war and troopcraft;

(ii)pleasure craft;

(iii)craft exclusively engaged in port areas; or

(iv)craft referred in Regulation 1.2.3 of Chapter I of the Code of Safety for Special Purpose Ships, IMO Resolution MSC.266(84) of 13 May 2008, in its up-to-date version.";

(3)Article 4 is amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

";

(b) in paragraph 2, point (a) is replaced by the following:

"(a) establish, and update when necessary, a list of sea areas under its jurisdiction, delimiting the inner border of the sea area in which ships of Class D may operate, zones for all-year-round operation and, where appropriate, restricted periodical operation of the classes of ships, using the criteria for classes set out in paragraph 1;";

(4)Article 5 is amended as follows:

(a)in paragraph 2, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"Each Member State, acting in its capacity as port State, shall recognise the High Speed Craft Safety Certificate and Permit to Operate issued by another Member State for high-speed passenger craft, when engaged on domestic voyages, or the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate referred to in Article 13 issued by another Member State for passenger ships when engaged on domestic voyages.";

(b)paragraphs 3 and 4 are replaced by the following:

"3.    A port State may inspect a passenger ship or a high-speed passenger craft, when engaged on domestic voyages, and audit its documentation, in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*.

4.    Marine equipment complying with the requirements laid down pursuant to Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council** shall be considered to be in conformity with the requirements laid down pursuant to this Directive.

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* 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, p. 57).

** Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 146).";

(5)Article 6 is amended as follows:

(a)paragraph 1 is amended as follows:

(i) point (a) is replaced by the following:

"(a) the construction and maintenance of the hull, main and auxiliary machinery, electrical and automatic plants shall comply with the standards specified for classification by the rules of a recognised organisation, or equivalent rules used by an Administration in accordance with Article 11(2) of Directive 2009/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*.

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* Directive 2009/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations (OJ L 131, 28.5.2009, p. 47).";

(ii) point (c) is deleted;

(b)in point (b) of paragraph 2, point (ii) is deleted;

(c)paragraph 3 is amended as follows:

(i)points (c) and (d) are replaced by the following:

"(c)existing passenger ships of Classes C and D shall comply with the specific relevant requirements in this Directive and in respect of matters not covered by such requirements with the rules of the Administration of the flag State; such rules shall provide an equivalent level of safety to that of Chapters II-1 and II-2 of Annex I, while taking into account the specific local operational conditions related to the sea areas in which ships of such classes may operate;

before existing passenger ships of Classes C and D can be engaged on regular domestic voyages in a port State, the Administration of the flag State shall obtain concurrence of the port State on such rules;

(d)where a Member State is of the view that rules required by the Administration of the port State pursuant to point (c) of this paragraph are unreasonable, it shall immediately notify the Commission thereof. The Commission shall decide, by means of an implementing act, whether the rules of the Administration of the port State are reasonable. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).";

(ii)points (e) and (f) are deleted;

(d)paragraph 4 is amended as follows:

(i)in point (a), the third indent is replaced by the following:

"— they fully comply with the requirements of the Code of Safety for Dynamically Supported Craft (DSC Code) in IMO Resolution A.373(10), in its up-to-date version;";

(ii)point (c) is replaced by the following:

"(c)the construction and maintenance of high-speed passenger craft and their equipment shall comply with the rules for the classification of high-speed craft of a recognised organisation, or equivalent rules used by an Administration in accordance with Article 11(2) of Directive 2009/15/EC.";

(e)the following paragraphs 5 and 6 are added:

"5.With regard to new and existing ships repairs, alterations and modifications of a major character and outfitting related thereto shall be in compliance with the requirements for new ships as prescribed in point (a) of paragraph 2; alterations made to a ship which are intended solely to achieve a higher survivability standard shall not be regarded as modifications of a major character.

6.Ships built in an equivalent material before the entry into force of this Directive shall comply with its requirements by [5 years after the date referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 2(1)].";

(6)in Article 7, paragraph 2 is deleted;

(7)Article 8 is amended as follows:

(a)in paragraph 3, the second subparagraph is deleted;

(b)paragraph 4 is deleted;

(8)Article 9 is amended as follows:

(a)paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

"2.    A Member State may, subject to the procedure laid down in paragraph 4, adopt measures allowing equivalents for certain specific requirements of this Directive, provided that such equivalents are at least as effective as such requirements.";

(b)paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

"4.    A Member State which avails itself of the provisions of paragraph 1, 2 or 3 shall proceed in accordance with the second to fifth subparagraphs of this paragraph.

The Member State shall notify the Commission of the measures which it intends to adopt, including particulars to the extent necessary to confirm that the level of safety is adequately maintained.

If, within a period of six months from the notification, the Commission decides, by means of an implementing act, that the proposed measures are not justified, the said Member State shall be required to amend or not to adopt the proposed measures. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).

The adopted measures shall be specified in the relevant national legislation and communicated to the Commission and to the other Member States.

The measures referred to in the second and fourth subparagraph shall be notified by means of a database established and maintained by the Commission for such purpose. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a concerning the conditions of access to this database.";

(c)in paragraph 5, point (c) is replaced by the following:

"(c) the Commission shall decide, by means of an implementing act, whether or not the decision of the Member State to suspend the operation of such ship or craft or to impose the additional measures is justified for reasons of serious danger to safety of life or property, or to the environment, and, if the suspension or the measures are not justified, that the Member State concerned shall be required to withdraw the suspension or the measures. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2)."; 

(9)Article 10 is amended as follows:

(a)in paragraph 1, point (d) is replaced by the following:

"(d) the specific references to the ‘International Conventions’ and IMO resolutions referred to in points (g), (m) and (q) of Article 2, point (a) of Article 3(2), point (b) of Article 6(1) and point (b) of Article 6(2).";

(b)paragraphs 3 and 4 are replaced by the following:

"3.The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a in order to adopt amendments referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.

4.The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a, amending this Directive in order to exclude from its scope any amendment to the international instruments referred to in Article 2 only if, on the basis of an evaluation by the Commission, there is a manifest risk that the international amendment will lower the standard of maritime safety, of prevention of pollution from ships or of protection of shipboard living and working conditions established by Union maritime legislation, or be incompatible with the latter.";

(10)the following Article 10a is inserted:

"Article 10a
Exercise of delegation

1.    The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 9(4), 10(3) and 10(4) is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 9(4), 10(3) and 10(4) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from [the date of entry into force].

3.    The delegation of power referred to in Articles 9(4), 10(3) and 10(4) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

4.    Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016.

5.    As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

6.    A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 9(4), 10(3) or 10(4) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

7.    A delegated act excluding from the scope of this Directive any amendment to the international instruments in accordance with Article 10(4) shall be adopted at least three months before the expiration of the period established internationally for the tacit acceptance of the amendment concerned or the envisaged date for the entry into force of said amendment. In the period preceding the entry into force of such delegated act, Member States shall refrain from any initiative intended to integrate the amendment in national legislation or to apply the amendment to the international instrument concerned."; 

(11)Article 11 is amended as follows:

(a)paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

"2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council* shall apply.

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* Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).";

(b)paragraph 3 is deleted;

(12)Article 12 is amended as follows:

(a)paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

"1. Each passenger ship shall be subjected by the Administration of the flag State to the surveys specified in points (a), (b) and (c):

(a) an initial survey before the ship is put into service;

(b) a periodical survey once every 12 months; and

(c) additional surveys, as the occasion arises.";

(b)paragraph 2 is deleted;

(13)Article 13 is amended as follows:

(a)paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

"1.    All new and existing passenger ships, fulfilling the requirements of this Directive, shall be provided with a Passenger Ship Safety Certificate in compliance with this Directive. The certificate shall have a format as laid down in Annex II. This certificate shall be issued by the Administration of the flag State after an initial survey, as described in point (a) of Article 12(1), has been carried out.";

(b)in paragraph 3, the third subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"Before issuing the Permit to Operate for high-speed passenger craft engaged on domestic voyages in a port State, the Administration of the flag State shall concur with the port State on any operational conditions associated with operation of the craft in that State. Any such conditions shall be shown by the Administration of the flag State on the Permit to Operate.";

(c)paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

"4.    Additional safety measures, equivalences and exemptions granted to ships or craft under and in accordance with the provisions of Articles 9(1), 9(2) and 9(3) shall be noted on the ship's or the craft's certificate.";

(14)Article 14 is replaced by the following:

"Article 14
1974 SOLAS Convention regulations

1.    With regard to passenger ships engaged on international voyages the Union shall submit proposals to the IMO to expedite the ongoing work within the IMO to revise the regulations of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, in its up-to-date version, containing issues left to the discretion of the Administration, to establish harmonised interpretations for those regulations and to adopt amendments to the latter accordingly.

2.    The proposals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made to the IMO on the basis of the harmonised regulations laid down in Annex I.";

(15)the following Article 16a is inserted:

"Article 16a
Review

The Commission shall evaluate the implementation of this Directive and submit the results of the evaluation to the European Parliament and the Council no later than [seven years after the date referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 2(1)].";

(16)Annex I is amended as follows:

(a)in paragraph 13.1 of Part A of Chapter II-2, the sixth sentence is replaced by the following:

"In the case the ship is engaged on domestic voyages in another Member State, a translation into the official language of that port State, if this language is neither English nor French, shall be included.";

(b)in the first paragraph of footnote 1 to the table in paragraph 2 of Chapter III, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:

"Survival craft may be lifeboats or life rafts or a combination of them in compliance with the provisions in Regulation III/2.2. When justified by the sheltered nature of the voyages and/or the favourable climatic conditions of the area of operation, having regard to the recommendations in IMO MSC/Circ.1046, the Administration of the flag State may accept, if this is not rejected by the port Member State:".

Article 2
Transposition

1.Member States shall adopt and publish, by [12 months after the entry into force] at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

They shall apply those provisions from [12 months after the entry into force].

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3
Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4
Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels,

(1) The results of which have been reported to the European Parliament and the Council on 16 October 2015 (COM(2015)508).

(2) Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (OJ L 163, 25.6.2009, p. 1).

(3) I.e. Directive 98/18/EC of which Directive 2009/45/EC is a recast.

(4) Council Directive 98/41/EC of 18 June 1998 on the registration of persons sailing on board passenger ships operating to or from ports of the Member States of the Community (OJ L 188, 2.7.1998, p. 35).

(5) 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, p. 1).

(6) White Paper 'Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system' (COM/2011/0144).

(7) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Strategic goals and recommendations for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018 (COM/2009/0008).

(8) http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/roadmaps/index_en.htm.

(9) SWD(2015)197.

(10) Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC (OJ L 208, 5.8.2002, p.10).

(11) 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, p. 57).

(12) Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 146).

(13) Directive 2009/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations (OJ L 131, 28.5.2009, p. 47).

(14) OJ C , , p. .

(15) OJ C , , p. .

(16) Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (OJ L 163, 25.6.2009, p. 1).

(17) COM(2015)508.

(18) Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC (OJ L 208, 5.8.2002, p. 10).

(19) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).