2005/623/EC: Commission Decision of 3 August 2005 on the extension of the limited recognition of the Hellenic Register of Shipping (notified under document number C(2005) 2940)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-08-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, Greece, maritime safety, maritime transport, prevention of pollution, roadworthiness tests, vessel

24.8.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 August 2005

on the extension of the limited recognition of the Hellenic Register of Shipping

(notified under document number C(2005) 2940)

(Only the Greek text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/623/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 94/57/EC of 22 November
1994 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and
survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime
administrations (1) and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Having regard to the letter dated 2 April 2004 from the Cypriot
authorities, requesting the extension to Cyprus of the limited
recognition of the Hellenic Register of Shipping (hereinafter
HRS) pursuant to Article 4(2) of Directive 94/57/EC,

Having regard to the letter dated 7 September 2004 from the
Greek authorities, requesting the unconditional extension of the
limited recognition of HRS pursuant to Article 4(3) of that
Directive,

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Whereas:

(1)

The limited recognition under Article 4(3) of Directive
94/57/EC is a recognition granted to organisations
known as classification societies, which fulfil all criteria
other than those set out under paragraphs 2 and 3 of the

(1) OJ L 319, 12.12.1994, p. 20. Directive as last amended by Directive
2002/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 324, 29.11.2002, p. 53).

‘General’ section A of the Annex thereto, but limited in
time and scope in order for the organisation concerned
to gain further experience.

Commission Decision 2001/890/EC (2) recognised HRS
for Greece on the basis of Article 4(3), for a period of
three years from 13 December 2001.

The Commission has verified that HRS meets all criteria
of the Annex to Directive 94/57/EC other than those set
out under paragraphs 2 and 3 of the ‘General’ section A
of that Annex.

The assessment carried out by the Commission has
furthermore revealed signs that HRS needs to keep
developing its system of quality indicators in order to
enhance its ability to measure both risk and performance.

The organisation’s
safety and pollution performance
records as published by the Paris Memorandum of
Understanding, albeit poor during the period 2000 to
2002, showed a trend towards moderate improvement
in 2003 and HRS has committed itself to the objective of
bringing its performance records into line with the
average of the recognised organisations.

(6)

The measures provided for
in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the COSS Committee
set up by Article 7 of Directive 94/57/EC,

(2) OJ L 329, 14.12.2001, p. 72.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 3

Article 1

This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic and the
Republic of Cyprus.

The limited recognition of the Hellenic Register of Shipping
granted by Decision 2001/890/EC is extended for a period of
three years as from the date of adoption of this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 3 August 2005.

Article 2

The effects of the extended recognition are limited to Greece
and Cyprus.

For the Commission

Jacques BARROT
Vice-President