Directive 2002/84 - Amendment of the Directives on maritime safety and the prevention of pollution from ships - Main contents

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Number legal act	Directive 2002/84
Original proposal	COM(2000)489
CELEX number i	32002L0084

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Directive 2002/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 amending the Directives on maritime safety and the prevention of pollution from ships (Text with EEA relevance)

Official Journal L 324 , 29/11/2002 P. 0053 - 0058

Directive 2002/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 5 November 2002

amending the Directives on maritime safety and the prevention of pollution from ships

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions(3),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(4),

Whereas:

• (1) 

  The Directives in force in the field of maritime safety make reference to the committee set up by Council Directive 93/75/EEC of 13 September 1993 concerning minimum requirements for vessels bound for or leaving Community ports and carrying dangerous or polluting goods(5) and, in certain cases, to an ad hoc committee set up by the pertinent directive. These committees were governed by the rules set out in Council Decision 87/373/EEC of 13 July 1987 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(6).

• (2) 

  Decision 87/373/EEC has been replaced by Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(7). The measures required to implement the Directives in force in the field of maritime safety should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC.

• (3) 

  Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002, establishing a Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS)(8) centralises the tasks of the committees established under the pertinent Community legislation on maritime safety, the prevention of pollution from ships and the protection of shipboard living and working conditions.

• (4) 

  Council Directives 93/75/EEC, 94/57/EC(9), 95/21/EC(10), 96/98/EC(11), 97/70/EC(12), 98/18/EC(13), 98/41/EC(14), 1999/35/EC(15), and Directives 2000/59/EC(16), 2001/25/EC(17) and 2001/96/EC(18) of the European Parliament and of the Council in the field of maritime safety should therefore be amended in order to replace the existing committees by COSS.

• (5) 

  The aforementioned Directives should also be amended in order to apply to them the amendment procedures laid down by Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 and the relevant provisions of that Regulation designed to facilitate their adaptation to take account of changes to the international instruments referred to in Community legislation in the field of maritime safety,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Purpose

The purpose of this Directive is to improve the implementation of Community legislation on maritime safety, the prevention of pollution from ships and shipboard living and working conditions:

(a) by making reference to the COSS;

(b) by accelerating the update and facilitating the amendment of such legislation in the light of developments in the international instruments applicable in the field of maritime safety, prevention of pollution from ships and shipboard living and working conditions, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002.

Article 2

Amendment to Directive 93/75/EEC

Directive 93/75/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

• 1. 

  in Article 2, points (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) shall be replaced by the following:

"(e) 'Marpol 73/78' means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended by the Protocol...

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