Legal provisions of COM(2001)46 - Ing formalities for ships arriving in and departing from Community ports - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2001)46 - Ing formalities for ships arriving in and departing from Community ports. |
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document | COM(2001)46 ![]() |
date | February 18, 2002 |
Contents
Article 1 - Purpose
Article 2 - Scope
Article 3 - Definitions
(a) 'IMO FAL Convention' means the International Maritime Organisation's Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic adopted by the International Conference on Facilitation of Maritime Travel and Transport on 9 April 1965;
(b) 'IMO FAL forms' means A4 size standardised IMO model facilitation forms provided for under the IMO FAL Convention;
(c) 'reporting formality' means the information that, when required by a Member State, must be provided for administrative and procedural purposes when a ship arrives in or departs from a port;
(d) 'ship' means a seagoing vessel of any type operating in the marine environment;
(e) "ship's stores" means goods for use in the ship, including consumable goods, goods carried for sale to passengers and crew members, fuel and lubricants, but excluding ship's equipment and spare parts;
(f) "ship's equipment" means articles other than ship's spare parts which are on board a ship for use thereon and are removable but not of a consumable nature, including accessories, such as lifeboats, life-saving devices, furniture, ship's apparel and similar items;
(g) "ship's spare parts" means articles of a repair or replacement nature for incorporation into the ship in which they are carried;
(h) "crew's effects" means clothing, items in everyday use and other articles, which may include currency, belonging to the crew and carried on the ship;
(i) 'crew member' means any person actually employed for duties on board during a voyage in the working or service of a ship and included in the crew list.
Article 4 - Acceptance of forms
(a) the respective specifications set out in Annex I, Parts B and C, and
(b) the corresponding model forms set out in Annex II with their categories of data.
Article 5 - Amendment procedure
Article 6 - Committee
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Article 7 - Implementation
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 8 - Entry into force
Article 9 - Addressees