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| 3.4.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 84/361 |
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3.4.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

CE 84/361

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(2004/C 84 E/0419)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0325/04

by Willi Piecyk (PSE) to the Commission

(10 February 2004)

Subject:   Transposition of Directive 2002/25/EC

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Directive 2002/25/EC (1) of 5 March 2002 amending Council Directive 98/18/EC (2) on safety rules and standards for passenger ships states that its provisions are to be applied from 1 January 2003, unless otherwise specified in the Annex.

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| 1. | Which Member States have correctly transposed this directive into national law so far? |
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Which Member States have correctly transposed this directive into national law so far?

| 2. | Are the Member States having any difficulties in transposing it? |
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Are the Member States having any difficulties in transposing it?

| 3. | If so, what kind of difficulties and what will the Commission do to help solve them? |
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If so, what kind of difficulties and what will the Commission do to help solve them?

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(10 March 2004)

(10 March 2004)

Commission Directive 2002/25/EC of 5 March 2002 amended the technical provisions (Annex 1) of Council Directive 98/18/EC of 17 March 1998 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships, in order to take into account the developments at international level (revision of the SOLAS Convention (3)).

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The deadline for the transposition of this Directive was 1 January 2003 and today all Member States have transposed it into their national law.

Regarding earlier problems faced by Member States in the transposition of the Directive, the Commission can report the following:

| — | after the adoption of Directive 2002/25/EC, a number of Member States requested further clarity with regard to the provisions of a particular section of Annex 1 to the Directive (Chapter III, Section 5-1); |
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after the adoption of Directive 2002/25/EC, a number of Member States requested further clarity with regard to the provisions of a particular section of Annex 1 to the Directive (Chapter III, Section 5-1);

| — | this section, referring to the life saving appliance on board roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) ships, had to be improved in order to make a clear distinction of standards applicable to ro-ro ships built before 1 January 2003 and those built after 1 January 2003, in line with the relevant international provisions; |
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this section, referring to the life saving appliance on board roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) ships, had to be improved in order to make a clear distinction of standards applicable to ro-ro ships built before 1 January 2003 and those built after 1 January 2003, in line with the relevant international provisions;

| — | this issue was addressed in the context of Comitology [Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002, establishing a Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (4)] and lead to the adoption of Commission Directive 2003/75/EC of 29 July 2003 amending Annex I to Council Directive 98/18/EC (5); |
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this issue was addressed in the context of Comitology [Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002, establishing a Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (4)] and lead to the adoption of Commission Directive 2003/75/EC of 29 July 2003 amending Annex I to Council Directive 98/18/EC (5);

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| — | the Commission is not aware of any other problems relating to the implementation of this Directive by Member States. |
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the Commission is not aware of any other problems relating to the implementation of this Directive by Member States.

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(1)  OJ L 98, 15.4.2002, p. 1.

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(2)  OJ L 144, 15.5.1998, p. 1.

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(3)  International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974.

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(4)  OJ L 324, 29.11.2002.

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(5)  OJ L 190, 30.7.2003.

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