. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EEC/402 
14 September 2011  
 (11-4438) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Recreational craft. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a Directive 
of the European Parliament and of the Council on recreational craft and personal watercraft 
(COM(2011) 456) (80 pages, in E nglish, French and Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  This proposal revises Di rective 94/25/EC on recr eational craft.  The 
proposal introduces new stricter exhaust emissi on limits for the recreational marine engines.  
The proposal contains an alignment to th e Decision 768/2008/EC introduced as the New 
Legal Framework (NLF).  The most important ch anges are the introduction of the obligations 
of economic operators and the setting up of the rules for notified bodies and market 
surveillance authorities.  
The proposal clarifies the scope and definitions of  the Directive, the status of private importer 
and the scope of the post construction assessmen t (PCA).  Finally, it clarifies the essential 
safety requirements for r ecreational craft with regard to buoy ancy and flotation, escape means 
and discharge prevention.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and safety as well as prot ection of environment.   G/TBT/N/EEC/402 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
- Directive 94/25/EC (OJ No L 164/15, 30.6.1994; consolidated version: 
"http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ /LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSL EG:1994L0025:20031120:en:PDF) " 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    End of 2012 
20 days from publication in  the Official Journal 
of the EU (about a month after adoption)  
10. Final date for comments:  90 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available in English, Fren ch and Spanish on the EU-TBT Website :  
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/    
and at  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0456:FIN:EN:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0456:FIN:FR:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0456:FIN:ES:PDF  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/EEC/11_2959_00_e.pdf