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dossier	COM(2000)802-2 - Community monitoring, control and information system for maritime traffic.
document	COM(2000)802
date	June 27, 2002

ANNEX I

LIST OF INFORMATION TO BE NOTIFIED

1. Information to be notified in accordance with Article 4 - General information:

(a) ship identification (name, call sign, IMO identification number or MMSI number),

(b) port of destination;

(c) estimated time of arrival at the port of destination or pilot station, as required by the competent authority, and estimated time of departure from that port;

(d) total number of persons on board.

2. Information to be notified in accordance with Article 12 - Cargo information:

(a) the correct technical names of the dangerous or polluting goods, the United Nations (UN) numbers where they exist, the IMO hazard classes in accordance with the IMDG, IBC and IGC Codes and, where appropriate, the class of the ship needed for INF cargoes as defined in Regulation VII/14.2, the quantities of such goods and, if they are being carried in cargo transport units other than tanks, the identification number thereof;

(b) address from which detailed information on the cargo may be obtained.

3. Information to be notified in accordance with Article 13:

A. General information:

(a) ship identification (name, call sign, IMO identification number or MMSI number);

(b) port of destination;

(c) for a ship leaving a port in a Member State: estimated time of departure from the port of departure or pilot station, as required by the competent authority, and estimated time of arrival at the port of destination;

(d) for a ship coming from a port located outside the Community and bound for a port in a Member State: estimated time of arrival at the port of destination or pilot station, as required by the competent authority;

(e) total number of persons on board.

B. Cargo information:

(a) the correct technical names of the dangerous or polluting goods, the United Nations (UN) numbers where they exist, the IMO hazard classes in accordance with the IMDG, IBC and IGC Codes and, where appropriate, the class of the ship as defined by the INF Code, the quantities of such goods and their location on board and, if they are being carried in cargo transport units other than tanks, the identification number thereof;

(b) confirmation that a list or manifest or appropriate loading plan giving details of the dangerous or polluting goods carried and of their location on the ship is on board;

(c) address from which detailed information on the cargo may be obtained.

4. Information referred to in Article 5:

- A. ship identification (name, call sign, IMO identification number or MMSI number),

- B. date and time,

- C or D. position in latitude and longitude or true bearing and distance in nautical miles from a clearly identified landmark,

- E. course,

- F. speed,

- I. port destination and estimated time of arrival,

- P. cargo and, if dangerous goods present on board, quantity and IMO class,

- T. address for the communication of cargo information,

- W. total number of persons on board,

- X. various information:

- characteristics and estimated quantity of bunker fuel, for ships carrying more than 5000 tons of bunker fuel,

- navigational status.

5. The master of the ship must forthwith inform the competent authority or port authority concerned of any change to the information notified pursuant to this Annex.

ANNEX II

PRESCRIPTIONS APPLICABLE TO ON-BOARD EQUIPMENT

I. Automatic identification systems (AIS)

1. Ships built on or after 1 July 2002

Passenger ships, irrespective of size, and all ships of 300 gross tonnage and upwards built on or after 1 July 2002 which call at a port of a Member State of the Community are subject to the carrying requirement laid down in Article 6.

2. Ships built prior to 1 July 2002

Passenger ships, irrespective of size, and all ships of 300 gross tonnage and upwards built prior to 1 July 2002 which call at a port of a Member State of the Community are subject to the carrying requirement laid down in Article 6 according to the following timetable:

(a) passenger ships: not later than 1 July 2003;

(b) tankers: not later than the first survey for safety equipment after 1 July 2003;

(c) ships, other than passenger ships and tankers, of 50000 gross tonnage and upwards: not later than 1 July 2004;

(d) ships, other than passenger ships and tankers, of 10000 gross tonnage and upwards but less than 50000 gross tonnage: not later than 1 July 2005 or, as regards ships engaged in international voyages, any earlier date decided within the framework of the IMO;

(e) ships, other than passenger ships and tankers, of 3000 gross tonnage and upwards but less than 10000 gross tonnage: not later than 1 July 2006 or, as regards ships engaged in international voyages, any earlier date decided upon within the framework of the IMO;

(f) ships, other than passenger ships and tankers, of 300 gross tonnage and upwards but less than 3000 gross tonnage: not later than 1 July 2007 or, as regards ships engaged in international voyages, any earlier date decided upon within the framework of the IMO.

Member States may exempt passenger ships below 300 gross tonnage engaged in domestic trade from the application of the requirements concerning AIS laid down in this Annex.

II. Voyage data recorder (VDR) systems

1. Ships in the following classes must, inasmuch as they call at a port of a Member State of the Community, be fitted with a voyage data recorder system meeting the performance standards of IMO Resolution A.861(20) and the testing standards set by Standard No 61996 of the International Electronics Commission (IEC):

(a) passenger ships built on or after 1 July 2002, not later than 1 July 2002;

(b) ro-ro passenger ships built before 1 July 2002, not later than the first survey on or after 1 July 2002;

(c) passenger ships other than ro-ro passenger ships, built before 1 July 2002, not later than 1 January 2004;

(d) Ships other than passenger ships, of 3000 gross tonnage and upwards, built on or after 1 July 2002, not later than 5 August 2002.

2. Ships in the following classes and built before 1 July 2002 must, inasmuch as they call at a port of a Member State of the Community, be fitted with a voyage data recorder system meeting the relevant IMO standards:

(a) cargo ships of 20000 gross tonnage and upwards, not later than the date fixed by the IMO, or, in the absence of a decision in IMO, not later than 1 January 2007;

(b) cargo ships of 3000 gross tonnage and upwards but less than 20000 gross tonnage, not later than the date fixed by the IMO, or, in the absence of a decision in IMO, not later than 1 January 2008.

3. Member States may exempt passenger ships engaged only in domestic voyages in sea areas other than those covered by Class A, as referred to in Article 4 of Council Directive 98/18/EC of 17 March 1998 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships(1) from the voyage data recorder requirements laid down in this Directive.

(1) OJ L 144, 15.5.1998, p. 1.

ANNEX III

ELECTRONIC MESSAGES

1. Member States shall develop and maintain the necessary infrastructure to enable transmission, reception and conversion of data between systems using XML or EDIFACT syntax, based on Internet or X.400 communication facilities.

2. The Commission shall develop and maintain, in consultation with the Member States, an "Interface Control Document" which describes the system facilities in terms of the message scenario, the message functions and the relation between the messages. The message timing and performance shall be detailed, as well as data interchange protocols and parameters. The Interface Control Document shall further specify the data content of the required message functions and describe those messages.

3. These procedures and infrastructure should incorporate, whenever practicable, reporting and information exchange obligations resulting from other Directives, such as Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2000 on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues(1).

(1) OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 81.

ANNEX IV

Measures available to Member States in the event of a threat to maritime safety and the protection of the environment

(pursuant to Article 19(1))

Where, following an incident or circumstance of the type described in Article 17 affecting a ship, the competent authority of the Member State concerned deems, within the framework of international law, that it is necessary to avert, lessen or remove a serious and imminent threat to its coastline or related interests, the safety of other ships and their crews and passengers or of persons on shore or to protect the marine environment, that authority may, inter alia:

(a) restrict the movement of the ship or direct it to follow a specific course. This requirement does not affect the master's responsibility for the safe handling of his ship;

(b) give official notice to the master of the ship to put an end to the threat to the environment or maritime safety;

(c) send an evaluation team aboard the ship to assess the degree of risk, help the master to remedy the situation and keep the competent coastal station informed thereof;

(d) instruct the master to put in at a place of refuge in the event of imminent peril, or cause the ship to be piloted or towed.