Council Directive 2008/59/EC of 12 June 2008 adapting Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania
Date: 2008-06-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Community certification, Romania, accession to the European Union, inland waterway shipping, maritime safety, technical standard, vessel

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DIRECTIVES

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2008/59/EC

of 12 June 2008

adapting Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical
requirements for inland waterway vessels, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria
and Romania

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Directive 2006/87/EC is hereby amended as follows:

Article 1

Having regard to the Act of Accession of 2005, and in
particular Article 56 thereof,

1. Annex I shall be amended as follows:

(a)

in Chapter 2, Zone 3:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Pursuant to Article 56 of the Act of Accession of 2005,
where a Council act adopted prior to accession requires
adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary
adaptations have not been provided for in the Act of
Accession or its Annexes, the necessary acts are to be
adopted by the Council.

Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 12 December 2006 laying down technical
requirements for inland waterway vessels (1) was adopted
prior to the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the
European Union and requires adaptation by reason of
this accession.

Directive 2006/87/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

the Interinstitutional
In accordance with point 34 of
Agreement on Better Law-making, Member States are
encouraged to draw up,
themselves and in the
for
interests of the Community, their own tables illustrating,
as far as possible, the correlation between this Directive
and the transposition measures, and to make them
public (2),

(i) between the entries for the Kingdom of Belgium and
the Czech Republic the following entry shall be
inserted:

‘Republic of Bulgaria
Danube: from rkm 845,650 to rkm 374,100’;

(ii) between the entries for the Republic of Poland and
the Slovak Republic the following entry shall be
inserted:

‘Romania

from the Serbian–Romanian border (km
to the Black Sea on the Sulina Channel-

Danube:
1 075)
branch

Danube–Black Sea Canal (64,410 km length): from
the junction with the Danube river, at km 299,300
of the Danube at Cernavodă (respectively km 64,410
of the Canal), to the Port of Constanta South–Agigea
(km “0” of the Canal)

Poarta Albă–Midia Năvodari Canal
(34,600 km
length): from the junction with the Danube Poarta
Albă–Midia Năvodari Canal
(34,600 km length):
junction with the Danube–Black Sea
from the
Canal at km 29,410 at Poarta Albă (respectively
km 27,500 of the Canal) to the Port of Midia (km
“0” of the Canal)’;

(1) OJ L 389, 30.12.2006, p. 1. Directive as amended by Directive

2006/137/EC (OJ L 389, 30.12.2006, p. 261).

(2) OJ C 321, 31.12.2003, p. 1.

(b) in Chapter 3, Zone 4, between the entries for the
Republic of Poland and the Slovak Republic
the
following entry shall be inserted:

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‘Romania
All other waterways not listed in Zone 3’;

(ii) between the entries for Latvia and Lithuania the

following entry shall be inserted:

2. Annex IX shall be amended as follows:

‘34 = Bulgaria’.

(a)

in part I, Chapter 4, Article 4.05:

Article 2

(i) between the entries for Denmark and Poland the

following entry shall be inserted:

‘19 = Romania’;

(ii) between the entries for Latvia and Lithuania the

following entry shall be inserted:

‘34 = Bulgaria’;

(b) in Part III, Chapter 1, Article 1.06:

(i) between the entries for Denmark and Poland the

following entry shall be inserted:

‘19 = Romania’;

(ii) between the entries for Latvia and Lithuania the

following entry shall be inserted:

‘34 = Bulgaria’;

1. Member States which have inland waterways as referred to
in Article 1(1) of Directive 2006/87/EC shall bring into force
the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
comply with this Directive with effect from 30 December 2008.
They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

When they are adopted by Member States, these measures shall
contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by
such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The
methods of making such reference shall be laid down by
Member States.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the
text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in
the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

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

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

(c)

in Part IV, Chapter 1, Article 1.06:

Done at Luxembourg, 12 June 2008.

(i) between the entries for Denmark and Poland the

following entry shall be inserted:

‘19 = Romania’;

For the Council
The President

A. VIZJAK