Document ID: 32020D1122
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>30.7.2020&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 245/15</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/1122
of 28 July 2020
on the recognition of DNV GL AS as a classification society for inland waterway vessels in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to 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 ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 21(1) thereof,
After consulting the Committee established pursuant to Article 7 of Council Directive 91/672/EEC of 16 December 1991 on the reciprocal recognition of national boat masters’ certificates for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway ( 2 ) ,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Germany has submitted to the Commission an application for the recognition of DNV GL AS as a classification society in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/1629.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>Germany has also submitted the necessary information and documentation in order to enable the Commission to check that the criteria for recognition are met.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>DNV GL AS is a new classification society, which was formed following the merger of two classification societies, Det Norske Veritas AS and Germanischer Lloyd SE, in 2013.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>Germanisher Lloyd SE had been previously granted recognition as a classification society for inland waterway vessels in accordance with Directive 2006/87/EC.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>DNV GL AS, as a new legal entity established as a consequence of the merger, should be recognised by the Commission as a new classification society in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/1629.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(6)</p></td><td><p>The Commission assessed the information and documentation accompanying the application for recognition, which confirms that DNV GL AS meets the criteria set out in Annex VI to Directive (EU) 2016/1629,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
DNV GL AS shall be recognised as a classification society for inland waterways vessels in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/1629.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Done at Brussels, 28 July 2020.
For the Commission
Adina VĂLEAN
Member of the Commission
<note>
( 1 ) OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, p. 118 .
( 2 ) OJ L 373, 31.12.1991, p. 29 .
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