Ship Safety Legislation

Ro-ro passenger ships

amended by:

Passenger ships

amended by:

  • Commission Directive 2002/25/EC of 5 March 2002 (OJ L 98 of 15.4.2002, p. 21)
  • Directive 2003/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 April 2003 amending Council Directive 98/18/EC on safety rules and standards for passenger ships  - OJ L 123, 17.05.2003, p.0018-0021.
  • Council Directive 98/41/EC of 18 June 1998 on the registration of persons sailing on board passenger ships  (OJ L 188 of 2.7.1998, p. 35).
  • Council Directive 99/35/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 of 1.6.1999, p.1).
  • Directive 2003/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 April 2003 on specific stability requirements for ro-ro passenger ships  (OJ L 123 of 17.5.2003, p.22).

Recast by:

  • 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).

amended by:

  • Commission Directive 2010/36/EU of 1 June 2010 amending Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety rules and standards for passenger ships.

Fishing vessels

  • Council Directive 93/103/EC of 23 November 1993 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for work on board fishing vessels (thirteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) OJ L 307, 13.12.1993, p. 0001-0017.
  • Council Directive 97/70/EC of 11 December 1997 setting up a harmonised safety regime for fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and over (OJ L 34 of 9.2.1998, p.1).

amended by:

Bulk carriers

  • Directive 2001/96/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 4 December 2001 establishing harmonised requirements and procedures for the safe loading and unloading of bulk carriers (OJ L 13 of 16.1.2002, p.9).

amended by:

Directive 2002/84/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 5 November 2002

Oil tankers

  • Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 February 2002 on the accelerated phasing-in of double hull or equivalent design requirements for single hull oil tankers and repealing Council regulation (EC) N° 2978/94 (OJ L 64 of 7.3.2002, p.1).

amended by:

  • Regulation (EC) No 1726/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 on the accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers.

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