EC Directives and Regulations

EC Regulations and Directives are legally enforceable rules adopted by the Member States and implemented via UK Regulations.

DIRECTIVES

Directives are instructions to agreements made by EU Member States and must be transposed into UK law by Statutory Instruments before being legally enforceable.

Directive 1982/714/EEC

Laying down Technical Requirements for Inland Waterway Vessels

Directive 1994/57/EC

Common rules and standards for ship inspections and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations

Directive 1996/98/EC

Marine equipment

Directive 1997/58/EC

Amending Council Directive 94/57/EC on the common rules and standards for ship inspections and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations

Directive 1997/70/EC

Setting up a harmonised safety regime for fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and over

Directive 1998/18/EC and Corrigenda

Safety rules and standards on passenger ships

Directive 1998/34/EC

Laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations

Directive 1998/85/EC

Amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment (Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 1999/19/EC

Amending Council Directive 97/70/EC setting up a harmonised safety regime for fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and over (Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 1999/35/EC

On a system of mandatory surveys for the safe operation of regular ro-ro ferry and high-speed passenger craft services

Directive 2001/53/EC

Amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment (Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 2001/105/EC

Amending Council Directive 94/57/EC on the common rules and standards for ship inspections and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations

Directive 2002/25/EC

Amending Council Directive 98/18/EC on safety rules and standards for passenger ships

Directive 2002/35/EC

Amending Council Directive 97/70/EC setting up a harmonised safety regime for fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and over (Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 2002/75/EC

Amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment (Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 2002/84/EC

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

Directive 2003/24/EC

Amending Council Directive 98/18/EC on safety rules and standards for passenger ships

Directive 2006/87/EC

Technical requirements for Inland Waterways vessels

Amendment 2006/137/EC
Amendments to Directive 2006/87/EC technical requirements for Inland Waterways vessels, chiefly concerns EC committee procedures, with only a  few changes to the technical standards.

Amendment 2008/87/EC

Amendments to Directive 2006/87/EC on technical requirements for Inland Waterways vessels

Directive 2008/126/EC

Amendments to Directive 2006/87/EC on technical requirements for Inland Waterways vessels

Directive 2009/46/EC

Amendments to Directive 2006/87/EC on technical requirements for Inland Waterways vessels

REGULATIONS

Regulations are enforceable in their own right within EU Member States without needing to be transposed into UK law.

Regulation (EC) 417/2002

On the accelerated phasing-in of double hull or equivalent design requirements for single hull oil tankers and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2978/94

Regulation (EC) 725/2004

Enhancing Ship and Port Facility Security

Regulation (EC) 336/2006

Implementation of the International Safety Management Code within the Community

Regulation (EC) 540/2008

Amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 336/2006 on the implementation of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code within the Community