Commission Regulation (EC) No 415/2004 of 5 March 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS) and amending the regulations on maritime safety and the prevention of pollution from ships (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU law, International Maritime Organisation, committee (EU), international standard, maritime law, maritime safety, pollution from ships, prevention of pollution

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 415/2004

of 5 March 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council estab-
lishing a Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS) and
amending the regulations on maritime safety and the prevention of pollution from ships

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 estab-
lishing a Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollu-
tion from Ships (COSS) and amending the regulations on mari-
time safety and the prevention of pollution from ships (1), and
in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 has established the
COSS Committee.

The role of the COSS Committee is to centralise the
tasks of the committees set up under the Community
legislation on maritime safety, the prevention of pollu-
tion from ships and the protection of shipboard living
and working conditions.

All new Community legislation adopted in the field of
maritime safety should provide for recourse to the
COSS.

for

ships

Article 6 of Directive 2002/6/EC of the European Parlia-
the Council of 18 February 2002 on
ment and of
reporting formalities
arriving in and/or
departing from ports of the Member States of the Com-
munity (2) provides that the Commission shall be assisted
by the Committee set up pursuant to Article 12(1) of
Council Directive 93/75/EEC (3). That Committee has
been replaced by the COSS under Regulation (EC) No
2099/2002.

Article 28 of Directive 2002/59/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 estab-
lishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and infor-
mation system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/
EEC (4) provides that the Commission shall be assisted by
a Committee.

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 782/2003 of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council of 14 April 2003 on
the prohibition of organotin compounds on ships
provides that the Commission shall be assisted by the
COSS (5).

(1) OJ L 324, 29.11.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 67, 9.3.2002, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 247, 5.10.1993, p. 19.
(4) OJ L 208, 5.8.2002, p. 10.
(5) OJ L 115, 9.5.2003, p. 1.

(7)

(8)

(9)

Article 11 of Directive 2003/25/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 14 April 2003 on
specific stability requirements for ro-ro passenger ships
provides that the Commission shall be assisted by the
COSS (6).

Pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002,
Article 2(2) of that Regulation should be amended in
order to include a reference to the Community acts
conferring implementing powers on COSS that have
entered into force following the adoption of that Regu-
lation.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Safe
Seas,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following points shall be added to Article 2(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2099/2002:

‘(p) Directive 2002/6/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 18 February 2002 on reporting
formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from
ports of the Member States of the Community (*);

(q) Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a Com-
munity vessel
traffic monitoring and information
system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC (**);

(r) Regulation (EC) No 782/2003 of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 14 April 2003 on the
prohibition of organotin compounds on ships (***);

(s) Directive 2003/25/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 14 April 2003 on specific stability
requirements for ro-ro passenger ships (****).

(*) OJ L 67, 9.3.2002, p. 31.
(**) OJ L 208, 5.8.2002, p. 10.
(***) OJ L 115, 9.5.2003, p. 1.
(****) OJ L 123, 17.5.2003, p. 22.’

(6) OJ L 123, 17.5.2003, p. 22.

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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 5 March 2004.

For the Commission

Loyola DE PALACIO

Vice-President