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2002/259/DK
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08-Jul-2002
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End of Standstill Period
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07-Oct-2002
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Issue of comments by: COMMISSION
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Message 002
Communication from the Commission - SG(2002) D/51290
Directive 98/34/EC
Translation of the message 001
Notification: 2002/259/DK
(MSG: 200201290.EN)
1. Structured Information Line
MSG 002 IND 2002 0259 DK EN 08-07-2002 DK NOTIF
2. Member State
Denmark
3. Department Responsible
Erhvervsfremme Styrelsen
3. Originating Department
Søfartsstyrelsen, Vermundsgade 38 C, Postboks 2605, 2100 København Ø
4. Notification Number
2002/259/DK - T00T
5. Title
Notice from the Danish Maritime Authority D. Technical regulation on the construction and equipment etc. of ships, Chapters I, IV and VI
6. Products Concerned
Passenger ships in national service
7. Notification Under Another Act
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8. Main Content
Chapter I: The provision makes the requirements of Council Directive 98/18/EC on safety rules and standards for passenger ships applicable to passenger ships built using materials other than steel or equivalent materials.
Chapter IV: Requirements stipulating that existing passenger ships less than 24 metres in length shall have GMDSS equipment by 1 February 2003 at the latest.
Chapter VI: The amendment shall ensure that on passenger ships in national service there are fixed procedures for the securing of cargo and cargo units.
9. Brief Statement of Grounds
Chapter I:
Council Directive 98/18/EC on safety rules and standards for passenger ships exempts passenger ships built using materials other than steel.
Before the Directive entered into force, the national requirements for passenger ships in Danish national service applied, irrespective of the material with which they were constructed. In practice, this prohibited the construction of passenger ships using flammable materials. These national requirements still apply to passenger ships built using materials other than steel. The purpose of the provision is to clarify that it is still prohibited to build passenger ships for Danish national service using flammable materials.
Chapter IV: Ever since all new passenger ships, irrespective of length, and existing ships of 24 metres or more in length converted to GMDSS with the Passenger Ship Directive of 1 February 1999, the plan has been that the all other passenger ships would convert to GMDSS in 2003, so that all ships are covered by the same emergency, distress and safety system.
Chapter VI: The amendment shall ensure that on passenger ships in national service there are fixed procedures for the securing of cargo and cargo units. In the meantime it has been decided that requirements regarding an approved manual on the securing of cargo would result in a disproportionate financial burden for passenger ships in national service when the requirement is related to the protected waters which most of these passenger ships navigate. Passenger ships in national service already use an approved safety management system (the ISM Code), which, depending on the crossing and the nature of the waters, contains procedures for securing cargo units and other goods. Even though the ISM is approved by the Administration, the individual procedures and instructions will only rarely be examined and approved as independent elements. Nevertheless, they must be taken as a manifestation of how the shipping company/ship, on the basis of a thorough knowledge of the ship and the local conditions, will make sure that cargo and cargo units are not displaced during transportation at sea. In the case of passenger ships which only navigate routes in protected waters (areas B, C and D), it is therefore sufficient for these procedures and instructions to be included in the ship's safety management system. In the same way as ships in international service, passenger ships which navigate open waters (area A) must have an approved manual on the securing of cargo.
10. Reference Documents - Basic Texts
Act on safety at sea
Notice from the Danish Maritime Authority D. Technical regulation on the construction and equipment etc. of ships, passenger ships in national service. The regulation contains provisions transposing Council Directive 98/18/EC of 17 March 1998 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships, as amended by Commission Directive 2002/25/EC.
11. Invocation of the Emergency Prodecure
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12. Grounds for the Emergency
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13. Confidentiality
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14. Fiscal measures
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David O'Sullivan
Secretary-General
European Commission
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BundesMinisterium für Wirtschaft Referat VD2
Frau Christina Jäckel
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit - Abteilung C2/1
Frau Brigitte WIKGOLM
Departement of Trade and Industry - Stan dards and Technical Regulations - Dir 2
Mrs Brenda O'Grady
Délégation Interministérielle aux Normes
Mme Piau
EFTA Surveillance Authority
Mr. Gunnar Thor PETURSSON
ELOT
Mr E. Melagrakis
Erhvervs- og Boligstyrelsen
Lene Hald Nielsen
European Free Trade Association
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Institut Belge de Normalisation
Mme F. Hombert
Instituto Portugês da Qualidade
Sra. Candida Pires
Kauppa-ja teollisuusministeriö
Mr Petri Kuurma
Kommerskollegium
Mme Kerstin Carlsson
Min. de Asuntos Exteriores
Esther Perez Pelaez
Min. of Industry, Energy & Technology
Mr K. Polychronidis
Ministerie van Financien Belastingsdienst - Douane / CDIU
De Heer IJ.G. van der Heide
Ministero dell'Industria, del commercio e dell'artigianato
Signor P. Cavanna
Ministère des Affaires Economiques
Mme Descamps
NSAI
Mr Tony Losty
SPERATI Marie
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Service de l'Energie de l'Etat
Mr J.-P. Hoffmann
David O'Sullivan
General Secretary
European Commission
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Departement of Trade and Industry - Stan dards and Technical Regulations - Dir 2
Mrs Brenda O'Grady
EC
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EFTA Surveillance Authority
Mr. Gunnar Thor PETURSSON
ELOT
Mr E. Melagrakis
European Free Trade Association
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Kauppa-ja teollisuusministeriö
Mr Petri Kuurma
Kommerskollegium
Mme Kerstin Carlsson
Min. of Industry, Energy & Technology
Mr K. Polychronidis
Ministerie van Financien Belastingsdienst - Douane / CDIU
De Heer IJ.G. van der Heide
NSAI
Mr Tony Losty
Représentation Permanente de l'Irlande
Denis Colfer
Représentation Permanente du Royaume-Uni
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