Commission Regulation (EC) No 2172/2004 of 17 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankersText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: maritime safety, oil pollution, prevention of pollution, tanker, technical regulations

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2172/2004

of 17 December 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the
accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 is amended as follows:

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 18 February 2002 on the
accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design
tankers (1), and in particular
requirements for single-hull oil
Article 11 thereof,

1. Article 3 is amended as follows:

Whereas:

(a)

In point 2, the reference to ‘Resolution MEPC 94(46) of
27 April 2001 which enters into force on 1 September
2002’
is replaced by a reference to ‘Resolution MEPC
111(50) of 4 December 2003 which enters into force
on 4 April 2005’.

Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 is based on the definitions
and standards detailed in Annex I of the International
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
(hereinafter ‘the Marpol Convention’’).

(b) In point 7, the following sentence is added:

the Marine Environment
On 4 December 2003,
International
(MEPC) of
Protection Committee
adopted
of
number
Maritime Organisation
amendments to Annex I
to the Marpol Convention.
Those amendments will come into force on 5 April
2005.

the
a

‘any Category 2 oil
tanker
segregated ballast tanks protectively located (SBT/PL)’.

shall be provided with

(c) Point 10 is replaced by the following:

The references in Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 to
Annex I to the Marpol Convention have to be updated
in the light of those amendments.

‘10.

“double-hull oil tanker” shall mean:

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Safe
Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships,

(1) OJ L 64, 7.3.2002, p.1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1726/2003 (OJ L 249, 1.10.2003, p. 1).

a) an oil tanker of 5 000 tonnes deadweight and
above, meeting the double-hull or equivalent
design requirements of Regulation 13F of
Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 or fulfilling the
requirements of Paragraph 1(c) of the revised
Regulation 13G of Annex I of MARPOL
73/78; or

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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b) an oil tanker of 600 tonnes deadweight and
above but less than 5 000 tonnes deadweight,
fitted with double bottom tanks or
spaces
complying with the provisions of regulation
13F (7)(a) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78, and
wing tanks or spaces arranged in accordance
with regulation 13F (3)(a) and complying with
the requirement as to distance w as referred to
in regulation 13F (7)(b) of Annex I of MARPOL
73/78;’.

99(48) of 11 October 2002 and by MEPC Resolution
112(50) of 4 December 2003’.

3. In Article 11, the reference to ‘Resolutions MEPC 94(46) and
is replaced by a reference to ‘Resolutions MEPC
95(46)’
111(50) and MEPC Resolution 94(46) as amended by
MEPC Resolution 99(48) and MEPC Resolution 112(50)’.

Article 2

2. In Article 6, the reference to ‘MEPC Resolution 94(46) of 27
April 2001’ is replaced by a reference to ‘MEPC Resolution
94(46) of 27 April 2001 as amended by MEPC Resolution

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2004.

For the Commission

Jacques BARROT
Vice-President