Directive 2008/87 - Amendment of Directive 2006/87/EC laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels

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  3. Key dates
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Current status

This directive was in effect from September 23, 2008 until October  6, 2018 and should have been implemented in national regulation on December 30, 2008 at the latest.

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Key information

official title

Commission Directive 2008/87/EC of 22 September 2008 amending Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels
 
Legal instrument Directive
Number legal act Directive 2008/87
CELEX number i 32008L0087

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Key dates

Document 22-09-2008
Publication in Official Journal 23-09-2008; OJ L 255, 23.9.2008,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 07 Volume 007
Effect 23-09-2008; Entry into force Date pub. See Art 4
End of validity 06-10-2018; Implicitly repealed by 32016L1629
Transposition 30-12-2008; See Art 3

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Legislative text

23.9.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 255/5
 

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2008/87/EC

of 22 September 2008

amending Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels and repealing Council Directive 82/714/EEC (1), and in particular the first sentence of Article 20, paragraph 1, thereof,

Whereas:

 

(1)

Since the adoption of the Directive in December 2006 amendments to the Rhine Vessel Inspection Regulation have been agreed pursuant to Article 22 of the Revised Convention for Rhine Navigation. It is therefore necessary to amend Directive 2006/87/EC accordingly.
 

(2)

It should be ensured that the Community vessel certificate and the vessel certificate delivered in accordance with the Rhine Vessel Inspection Regulation are issued on the basis of technical requirements which guarantee an equivalent level of safety.
 

(3)

In order to avoid distortions of competition as well as different levels of safety, the amendments to Directive 2006/87/EC must be implemented as quickly as possible.
 

(4)

The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 7 of Council Directive 91/672/EEC of 16 December 1991 on the reciprocal recognition of national boatmasters’ certificates for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Annex II to Directive 2006/87/EC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive.

Article 2

Annexes V and VI to Directive 2006/87/EC are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Directive.

Article 3

Member States which have inland waterways as referred to in Article 1(1) of Directive 2006/87/EC shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive with effect from 30 December 2008. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

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.

Article 4

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

Article 5

This Directive is addressed to the Member States which have inland waterways as referred to in Article 1(1) of Directive 2006/87/EC.

Done at Brussels, 22 September 2008.

For the Commission

Antonio TAJANI

Vice-President

 
 

ANNEX I

Annex II to Directive 2006/87/EC is amended as follows:

 

1.

The table of contents is amended as follows:

 

(a)

The title of Article 2.18 is replaced by:

‘Article 2.18 — Unique European Vessel Identification Number’.
 

(b)

The title of Article 6.09 is replaced by:

‘Article 6.09 — Acceptance and periodical inspections’.
 

(c)

The following Article 10.03c is inserted:

‘Article 10.03c — Permanently installed firefighting systems for protecting objects’.
 

2.

In Article 2.07, paragraph 1, the term ‘official number’ is replaced by ‘European Vessel Identification Number’.
 

3.

Article 2.17 is amended as follows:

 

(a)

In paragraph 2 the...


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