Directive 2016/1629 - Technical requirements for inland waterway vessels

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Current status

This directive has been published on September 16, 2016, entered into force on October  6, 2016 and should have been implemented in national regulation on October  7, 2018 at the latest.

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Key information

official title

Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, amending Directive 2009/100/EC and repealing Directive 2006/87/EC
 
Legal instrument Directive
Number legal act Directive 2016/1629
Original proposal COM(2013)622 EN
CELEX number i 32016L1629

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Key dates

Document 14-09-2016; Date of signature
Publication in Official Journal 16-09-2016; OJ L 252 p. 118-176
Signature 14-09-2016
Effect 06-10-2016; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 39
Deadline 07-10-2021; Review See Art 34
End of validity 31-12-9999
Transposition 07-10-2018; At the latest See Art 37.1

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Legislative text

16.9.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 252/118

 

DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/1629 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 14 September 2016

laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, amending Directive 2009/100/EC and repealing Directive 2006/87/EC

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2),

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (3),

Whereas:

 

(1)

Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) establishes harmonised conditions for issuing technical certificates for inland waterway vessels throughout the Union's inland waterways.

 

(2)

The technical requirements for vessels navigating on the Rhine river are established by the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR).

 

(3)

The technical requirements set out in the Annexes to Directive 2006/87/EC incorporate most of the provisions laid down in the Rhine Vessel Inspection Regulations, in the version approved in 2004 by the CCNR. The conditions and technical requirements for issuing inland navigation certificates under Article 22 of the Revised Convention for Rhine Navigation are updated regularly and are recognised as reflecting current technological developments.

 

(4)

Given the different legal frameworks and timeframes for the decision-making procedures, it is difficult to maintain the equivalence between the Union inland navigation certificates issued pursuant to Directive 2006/87/EC and the certificates issued pursuant to Article 22 of the Revised Convention for Rhine Navigation. This results in a lack of legal certainty, which has a potentially negative impact on navigation safety.

 

(5)

In order to achieve harmonisation at Union level, and to prevent distortions of competition and varying levels of safety, the same technical requirements should be applied to the whole of the Union's inland waterways and should be updated regularly.

 

(6)

Since the CCNR has built up significant expertise in developing and updating technical requirements for inland navigation vessels, that expertise should be fully used to benefit the inland waterways in the Union. A European Committee for drawing up Standards in Inland Navigation (CESNI), acting under the auspices of the CCNR and open to experts from all Member States, is responsible for drawing up the technical standards in the field of inland navigation to which reference should be made by the Union.

 

(7)

Union inland navigation certificates attesting that craft are fully compliant with the technical requirements should be valid on all Union inland waterways.

 

(8)

There should be greater harmonisation of the conditions for the issuing, by Member States, of supplementary Union inland navigation certificates for operations on Zone 1 and 2 waterways (estuaries) and for operations on Zone 4 waterways.

 

(9)

In the interest of safety, standards should be harmonised to a high degree and in such a way that there is no reduction in safety standards on the Union inland waterways. However, Member States should be allowed, after consulting the Commission, to establish specific provisions concerning additional or reduced technical requirements for certain zones, provided that such measures are limited to the specific subjects set out in Annexes III and IV.

 

(10)

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