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Ändrat förslag till 
RÅDETS DIREKTIV 
om marin utrustning 
(framlagt av kommissionen i enlighet med artikel 189a.2 i Romfördraget) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
During its 28-30 November 1995 Plenary Session, the European Parliament approved, 
subject to a number of amendments, the Commission's proposal for a Council Directive on 
Marine Equipment1. 
Most of the amendments adopted by the Parliament do not affect the fundamental principles 
of the draft Directive; some of them are consistent with the aim of the proposal and indeed 
they bring an added value to it. Others, which the Commission could not accept, are based 
on technical misunderstandings, or weaken the provisions of the proposal, or finally duplicate 
equivalent provisions which already exist elsewhere. 
More precisely, the Commission could not accept: 
the amendment to the first recital, since the same principle is already expressed in 
other recitals of the original proposal; 
the amendment to Article 2, definition of" EU Ship", since it would imply a more 
restricted field of application than the proposal of the Commission; 
the amendment to Article 2, definition of "Testing Standards", since the reference to 
'the European standards organisation or other specialized organisation, according to 
the type of equipment' is far too vague; 
the amendment to Article 5, paragraph 3, since, after the date of entry into force of 
the Directive, the equipment should be manufactured in accordance with the 
provisions of the Directive, notwithstanding the fact that the two years' period 
allowed to Member States to adopt their national laws has not passed yet. 
Furthermore, this amendment would eliminate the interim period after adoption of 
the national laws during which manufacturers can still sell the equipment they have 
in stock; 
the amendment to Article 6, since it is contrary to the main principle of the proposal, 
that is making the International testing standards, and only them, compulsory in the 
Community. To accept to harmonise the implementation of the testing standards 
existing in the Member States would mean to change approach and allow Member 
States to continue to use their own standards, including those which are not at the 
required level; 
the amendment to Article 9, paragraph 2, which is redundant, since the Commission 
accepted to set out the principle of independence of the Notified Bodies in Annex C 
and not in Article 9 (see next page); 
O.J. N" C 218 of 23 August 1995, p. 9. 
the amendment to Annex B, module B, paragraph 2, since the procedures for the 
type-examination of the products are those applied in all the Community measures 
and the Commission intends to have a common Community approach in this field; 
the amendment to Annex C, paragraph 1, since the same principle is already taken 
up in substance in Annex C, indent 3. 
The Commission accepted without reservation the amendment to Article 2, definition of 
"New Ship", which constitutes a technical-legal improvement. 
Finally, the Commission accepted the substance of the following amendments, subject to 
drafting improvements: 
the amendment to Article 9, paragraph la (new) , which sets the principle that 
Member States have to undertake regular controls on the Notified Bodies; 
the amendment to Article 9, paragraph 2, which introduces the principle of 
independence of the Notified Bodies; the Commission considers more appropriate to 
lay down this provision in Annex C to the proposal; 
the amendment to Article 14, paragraph 2, which states that discrimination has to be 
avoided for equipment produced in other States, and not only other Member States, 
when carrying out trials of the equipment, as referred to in the first paragraph of this 
Article. 
Ändringsförslag till 
RÅDETS DIREKTIV 
om marin utrustning 
Ursprunglig lydelse Ändrad lydelse 
Artikel 2 
Nytt fartyg: Nytt fartyg: 
fartyg som den dag detta direktiv antogs 
eller därefter har kölsträckts eller 
befunnit sig på ett motsvarande 
konstruktionsstadium. I detta direktiv 
avser motsvarande konstruktionsstadium 
det stadium vid vilket 
i) konstruktionen av ett identifierbart 
fartyg påbörjas och 
ii) hopsättningen av detta fartyg har 
påbörjats och omfattar minst 50 ton eller 
en procent av den beräknade vikten av 
allt strukturellt material, varvid det lägre 
skall gälla. fartyg som den dag detta direktiv träder 
i kraft eller därefter har kölsträckts eller 
befunnit sig på ett motsvarande 
konstruktionsstadium. 1 detta direktiv 
avser motsvarande konstruktionsstadium 
det stadium vid vilket 
i) konstruktionen av ett identifierbart 
fartyg påbörjas och 
ii) hopsättningen av detta fartyg har 
påbörjats och omfattar minst 50 ton eller 
en procent av den beräknade vikten av 
allt strukturellt material, varvid det lägre 
skall gälla. 
Artikel 9.1 a (ny) 
Medlemsstaterna skall minst vartannat år, 
via behörig myndighet eller via opartiskt 
utomstående organ som utses av den 
behöriga myndigheten, utföra kontroll av 
de åligganden som för deras räkning 
utförs av anmälda organ. Kontrollen skall 
säkerställa att det anmälda organet 
fortfarande uppfyller de kriterier som 
anges i bilaga C. 
j, 
Ursprunglig lydelse Ändrad lydelse 
Artikel 14.2 
Sådana försöksförfaranden får inte 
särskilja mellan utrustning tillverkad i 
flaggstaten och utrustning tillverkad i 
andra medlemsstater. Sådana försöksförfaranden får inte 
särskilja mellan utrustning tillverkad i 
flaggstaten och utrustning tillverkad i 
andra stater. 
Bilaga Cl a (ny) 
Det anmälda organet skall vara 
oberoende och får inte kontrolleras av 
tillverkare eller leverantörer av 
utrustningen. 

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