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Council Decision (EU) 2022/1962 of 13 October 2022 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the European Committee for drawing up Standards in the field of Inland Navigation and within the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine on the adoption of standards concerning inland navigation vessels and river information services| Legal instrument | Decision |
|---|---|
| Number legal act | Decision 2022/1962 |
| Regdoc number | ST(2022)12317 |
| Original proposal | COM(2022)394  |
| CELEX number i | 32022D1962 |
| Document | 13-10-2022; Date of adoption |
|---|---|
| Publication in Official Journal | 18-10-2022; OJ L 270 p. 62-64 |
| Effect | 13-10-2022; Entry into force Date of document See Art 4 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
18.10.2022 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 270/62 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/1962
of 13 October 2022
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the European Committee for drawing up Standards in the field of Inland Navigation and within the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine on the adoption of standards concerning inland navigation vessels and river information services
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91(1), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The Revised Convention for Rhine Navigation of 17 October 1868, as amended by the Convention amending the Revised Convention for the Navigation of the Rhine, signed in Strasbourg on 20 November 1963 (the ‘Convention’), entered into force on 14 April 1967. |
(2) |
Pursuant to the Convention, the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (‘CCNR’) is able to adopt technical requirements for inland navigation vessels for the certificates issued under Article 22 of the Convention. |
(3) |
Under the Convention, the CCNR is able to modify its regulatory framework related to river information services (‘RIS’) by referring to the standards adopted by the European Committee for drawing up Standards in the field of Inland Navigation (‘CESNI’) and making those standards mandatory in the framework of the application of the Convention. |
(4) |
The CESNI was created on 3 June 2015 in the framework of the CCNR in order to develop technical standards for inland waterways in various fields, in particular as regards vessels, information technology and crew. |
(5) |
Action by the Union in the sector of inland navigation should aim to ensure uniformity in the development of technical requirements and specifications applied in the Union, in particular as regards inland navigation vessels and RIS. |
(6) |
For the purpose of efficient transport and safe navigation on the inland waterways, it is important that the technical requirements for vessels and RIS are compatible and as harmonised as possible under different legal regimes in Europe. In particular, Member States which are also members of the CCNR should support decisions harmonising the CCNR rules with those applied in the Union. |
(7) |
The CESNI, in its next meeting on 13 October 2022, is expected to adopt the European Standard laying down Technical Requirements for Inland Navigation vessels 2023/1 (‘ES-TRIN 2023/1’) and the European Standard for River Information Services 2023/1 (‘ES-RIS 2023/1’). |
(8) |
ES-TRIN 2023/1 lays down uniform technical requirements necessary to ensure the safety of inland navigation vessels. It includes provisions regarding shipbuilding, fitting out and equipment for inland navigation vessels, special provisions regarding specific categories of vessels such as passenger vessels, pushed convoys and container vessels, provisions regarding the automatic identification system equipment, provisions regarding vessel identification, a model of certificates and register, transitional provisions, as well as instructions for the application of the technical standard. |
(9) |
Annex II to Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) refers to the technical requirements for craft as being those provided in ES-TRIN 2021/1. The Commission is empowered to update this reference in Annex II to that Directive to the most recent version of the ES-TRIN standard and to set the date of its application. Therefore, ES-TRIN 2023/1 will affect Directive (EU) 2016/1629. |
(10) |
It is therefore appropriate to establish the position... |
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