Document ID: 32015D0669
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>29.4.2015&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 110/24</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2015/669
of 24 April 2015
repealing Decision 2007/421/EC on the publication of the list of recognised organisations which have been notified by Member States in accordance with Council Directive 94/57/EC
(notified under document C(2015) 2596)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Commission Decision 2007/421/EC&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a> provided for the Director-General for Energy and Transport to publish in the<span>Official Journal of the European Union</span> an updated list of organisations recognised in compliance with Council Directive 94/57/EC&#160;<a>(<span>3</span>)</a> by 1 July each year.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>Directive 94/57/EC was recast in two separate Community legal documents, namely Directive 2009/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council&#160;<a>(<span>4</span>)</a> and Regulation (EC) No 391/2009. That Regulation contains provisions regarding the drawing up and updating of a list of recognised organisations.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>In accordance with Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 391/2009, the Commission draws up and regularly updates a list of the organisations recognised in accordance with that Article and that list is published in the<span>Official Journal of the European Union</span>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>Decision 2007/421/EC became obsolete and should therefore be repealed while an updated list of the organisations recognised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 should be published in the<span>Official Journal of the European Union</span> at regular intervals,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2007/421/EC is repealed.
Article 2
The Director-General for Mobility and Transport shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union by 31 August 2015, at the latest, a list of the organisations recognised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 which shall be updated whenever necessary to take into account changes in the legal entities included on that list.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 April 2015.
For the Commission
Violeta BULC
Member of the Commission
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( 1 ) OJ L 131, 28.5.2009, p. 11 .
( 2 ) Commission Decision 2007/421/EC of 14 June 2007 repealing Decision 96/587/EC on the publication of the list of recognised organisations which have been notified by Member States in accordance with Council Directive 94/57/EC ( OJ L 157, 19.6.2007, p. 18 ).
( 3 ) Council Directive 94/57/EC of 22 November 1994 on common rules and standards for ship inspections and survey organisations and for relevant activities of maritime administrations ( OJ L 319, 12.12.1994, p. 20 ).
( 4 ) Directive 2009/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations ( OJ L 131, 28.5.2009, p. 47 ).
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