Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1122 of 28 July 2020 on the recognition of DNV GL AS as a classification society for inland waterway vessels in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Date: 2020-07-28
Institutions: Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Subjects: European standard, harmonisation of standards, inland waterway fleet, inland waterway shipping, maritime safety, network of navigable waterways, safety standard, ship's passport, technical specification, technical standard








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30.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 245/15








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/1122
of 28 July 2020
         
on the recognition of DNV GL AS as a classification society for inland waterway vessels in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, amending Directive 2009/100/EC and repealing Directive 2006/87/EC (1), and in particular Article 21(1) thereof,


After consulting the Committee established pursuant to Article 7 of Council Directive 91/672/EEC of 16 December 1991 on the reciprocal recognition of national boat masters’ certificates for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway (2),

Whereas:







(1)


Germany has submitted to the Commission an application for the recognition of DNV GL AS as a classification society in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/1629.












(2)


Germany has also submitted the necessary information and documentation in order to enable the Commission to check that the criteria for recognition are met.












(3)


DNV GL AS is a new classification society, which was formed following the merger of two classification societies, Det Norske Veritas AS and Germanischer Lloyd SE, in 2013.












(4)


Germanisher Lloyd SE had been previously granted recognition as a classification society for inland waterway vessels in accordance with Directive 2006/87/EC.












(5)


DNV GL AS, as a new legal entity established as a consequence of the merger, should be recognised by the Commission as a new classification society in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/1629.












(6)


The Commission assessed the information and documentation accompanying the application for recognition, which confirms that DNV GL AS meets the criteria set out in Annex VI to Directive (EU) 2016/1629,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
DNV GL AS shall be recognised as a classification society for inland waterways vessels in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/1629.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 28 July 2020.


For the Commission

Adina VĂLEAN
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, p. 118.

(2)  
            OJ L 373, 31.12.1991, p. 29.