Commission Regulation (EC) No 93/2007 of 30 January 2007 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)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-01-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU law, committee (EU), international standard, maritime law, maritime safety, pollution from ships, prevention of pollution

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Official Journal of the European Union

31.1.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 93/2007

of 30 January 2007

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)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of
European Parliament and the Council of 5 November 2002
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 (1),
and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 has established the
Committee on Safe Seas
Prevention of
Pollution from Ships (COSS).

and the

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

(3)

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

(4)

Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 789/2004 of
the
European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April
2004 on the transfer of cargo and passenger ships
between registers within the Community and repealing
Council Regulation (EEC) No 613/91 (2), Article 13 of
Directive 2005/35/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 7 September 2005 on ship-source
pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infrin-
gements (3) and Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No

(1) OJ L 324, 29.11.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 415/2004 (OJ L 68, 6.3.2004, p. 10).

(2) OJ L 138, 30.4.2004, p. 19.
(3) OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 11.

336/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council of
15 February 2006 on the implementation of the Inter-
national Safety Management Code within the Community
and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 3051/95 (4)
provides that the Commission shall be assisted by the
COSS for the implementation of those Regulations.

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

(6)

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 (COSS),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

‘(t) Regulation (EC) No 789/2004 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on the transfer of
cargo and passenger ships between registers within the
Community and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No
613/91 (*);

(u) Directive 2005/35/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 7 September 2005 on ship-source
pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infrin-
gements (**);

(v) Regulation (EC) No 336/2006 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 15 February 2006 on the imple-
mentation of the International Safety Management Code
within the Community and repealing Council Regulation
(EC) No 3051/95 (***).

___________

(*) OJ L 138, 30.4.2004, p. 19.
(**) OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 11.
(***) OJ L 64, 4.3.2006, p. 1.’

(4) OJ L 64, 4.3.2006, p. 1.

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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 30 January 2007.

For the Commission

Jacques BARROT
Vice-President