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Date: 1989-05-19
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE concerning minimum requirements for vessels entering or leaving Community ports carrying packages of dangerous or polluting goods (presented by the Commission)

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                                                   COM(89)     07 final
                                                    Brussels , 19 May 1989
                              Proposai for a
                             COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
concerning minimum requirements for vessels entering or leaving Community
ports carrying packages of dangerous or polluting goods
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                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . After a long series of accidents had seriously polluted the Member
    States' seas and coasts , the April 1978 European Council meeting in
    Copenhagen stressed the Community 's role in making shipping safer and
    preventing pollution from this source *
2 . One measure subsequently adopted was Directive No 116 /79 concerning
    minimum requirements for tankers entering or leaving Community ports
    carrying oil , liquefied gas or chemicals in bulk.
3 . This was a valuable first response to the need to         improve safety
    standards in the seas around the Community . However ,   it left several
    gaps . The Directive fails to cover a large proportion   of shipments of
    dangerous goods , i.e. those in packages , containers ,   tanker wagons ,
    tanker lorries , mobile tankers , etc ., which have been growing year by
    year .
4 . This loophole in the legislation has prevented the Community 's measures
    to increase shipping safety and prevent pollution from bearing full
    fruit .
    Instead , the last few years have witnessed a spate of accidents
    involving vessels carrying packages of dangerous goods , each exposing
    the marine environment around the Member States to the risk , and often
    reality , of widespread pollution .
5 . Under these circumstances the objective of this proposal for a Directive
    is to equip the Community with appropriate legislation on the transport
    of packages of dangerous goods by sea . It is a further step towards the
    effective protection of the marine environment against the hazards
    inherent in the carriage of dangerous goods by sea .
6 . In due course the Commission will decide whether and to what extent the
    information and notification procedure Introduced by Directive 116 /79
    should be replaced by that provided for under this Directive .
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                                   FROPOSAL
                                    FOR A
                              COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
concerning minimum requirements for vessels entering or leaving Community
ports carrying packages of dangerous or polluting goods
                   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 84(2 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ,
Whereas   the volume of dangerous goods carried by sea has been growing
unabated , increasing the risk of accidents that could be on a catastrophic
scale ;
Whereas it is ncessary to minimize the risk of such accidents with their
potential of seriously injuring any person coming into contact with the
goods and damaging the marine environment ;
Whereas the accident risk is far higher with vessels in coastal waters ,
straits and the approaches to ports ;
                                                          • /.
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Whereas once polluting goods have entered the marine environment it is
difficult and costly to avoid pollution ; whereas therefore , efforts must
concentrate on the means to be deployed to avoid conditions likely to cause
accidents of this type ;
Whereas observance of certain navigation standards would help to reduce the
accident risk ;
Whereas the port authorities must be informed in good time of the dangerous
nature of the goods loaded , unloaded or moved in their port so that they
can take all the necessary measures considering the dangerous nature of
those goods ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                   ARTICLE 1
         The purpose of this Directive is to require vessels entering or
leaving Community ports carrying packages of dangerous goods to observe a
number of minimum standards designed to improve shipping safety , safeguard
human life and protect the marine environment .
                                   ARTICLE 2
For the purposes of this Directive :
   " vessels concerned " means vessels carrying dangerous goods in packages ,
   containers , mobile tankers , tanker lorries and tanker wagons ;
   " dangerous goods " means the substances , products , solutions and mixtures
   listed in Annex 4,1 to this Directive .
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Member States shall designate and inform the Commission of the competent
authority or authorities to which to address              the  information  and
notifications provided for by this Directive .
                                     ARTICLE 4
Member States shall take all necessary and appropriate measures to ensure
that the vessels concerned entering or leaving Community ports observe the
minimum requirements set out in Articles 5, 6 , 7 and 8 of this Directive .
                                     ARTICLE 5
The vessels concerned shall :
    ( i ) communicate to the competent authority in the Member State in which
          the port of berthing or departure is located , either directly or via
          agents representing their line , the information listed in Annex 1 to
          this Directive .  This information must be submitted not later than
          24 hours before the vessel berths or sets sail ( or in good time for
          short-sea sailings );
  ( ii ) establish as soon as possible radiotelephone communication with the
          coastal radio stations in the Member State concerned - in particular
          with the nearest radar station , if there is one - and maintain such
          communication ;
( iii ) make use of the services provided by the radar stations , especially
          in conditions of restricted visibility , or by the local VTS if there
          is one ;
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  ( iv ) avail themselves of the pilot services available on the spot and
         provide the pilot - and , on request , the competent authority in the
         Member State in which the port is located - with a check list based
         on the model in Annex 2 to this Directive plus a copy of the list or
         manifest mentioned in point 1.8 of Annex 1 .
                                     ARTICLE 6
Before entering the territorial waters of a Member State or , if they are
already there , immediately , the vessels concerned shall notify the
competent authorities in the Member State or Member States concerned of :
-    any   deficiencies  or  incidents   which may  decrease  the normal  safe
     manoeuvrability of the vessel , affect the safety and flow of traffic or
     constitute real or potential hazard to the marine environment or coastal
     areas ;
     any leak of dangerous goods within the vessel and any discharges at sea
     of such goods , particularly of goods listed in Annex 4,11 .         This
     notification must be based on the model set out in Annex 3 .
                                     ARTICLE 7
Pilots engaged in the berthing or departure of the vessels concerned shall
immediately inform the competent authority in the Member State in which the
port is located whenever they learn of any deficiencies which may prejudice
the safe navigation of the vessel or cause pollution of the marine
environment .
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The shipping authorities in the coastal State shall inform all vessels
sailing in their territorial waters , and likely to be concerned , of the
presence in the area of vessels known to be carrying dangerous goods and
shall alert them to keep a closer watch and adopt the most appropriate
measures called for by the presence of these vessels and by the dangerous
nature of their cargo .
                                   ARTICLE 9
The provisions laid down in this Directive shall not apply to :
( a) warships and other official vessels used for non-commercial purposes ;
( b ) stores and equipment for use on board vessels .
                                   ARTICLE 10
Whenever appropriate , the Council shall decide , on a    proposal from the
Commission , on the system to replace the information      and notification
procedure introduced by this Directive in the light        of technological
progress in information exchanges between vessels           and shore-based
installations .
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 1 . The Member States shall bring into force the laws ,       regulations and
     administrative provisions necessary to comply with     this Directive no
     later  than  .              and   shall forthwith inform   the  Commission
     thereof .
 2.  The Member States shall  communicate to the Commission no later than ...
     the text of the basic provisions of national law which they adopt in the
     field covered by this Directive .
3 - The provisions adopted pursuant to the first sub paragraph shall make
     express reference to this Directive .
     This Directive is addressed to the Member States-
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Information on vessels carrying packages of dangerous goods
   1.1 . Name and call sign of the vessel
   1.2 . Nationality of^the vessel
   1.3 . Length and draught of the vessel
   1.4 . Port of destination
   1.5 . Estimated time of arrival at the port of destination or pilot
         station , as required by competent authority
   1.6 . Estimated time of departure
   1.7 . Precise nature of the dangerous goods carried , based on the lists
         set out in Annexes 4, 4a and 4b , numbers and quantities involved
         and location on the vessel
   1.8 . Confirmation that a list or manifest or appropriate loading plan is
         on board giving details of the dangerous goods carried and of their
         location on the vessel .
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                                    CHECKLIST FOR VESSELS CARRYING PACKAGES OF DANGEROUS GOODS
A. Vessel identification
   Name of vessel                                      Owner                                   Year built
   Flag                                                Call sign                               Gross tonnage
   Port of registry                                    Length overall
   Classification society
   Class notation                                                     Machinery
   Propulsion machinery                                Output
   Agent
   Draught                                             forward        amidships      aft
   Kind of cargo loaded ( according to loading plan)   Nature         Volume of cargo loaded
B. Safety installations aboard
                                                                   In good working order          Defldencies
                                                                   yes                   no
   1 . Construction and technical equipment
       Main and auxiliary engines
       Main steering gear
       Auxiliary steering gear
       Anchor gear
       Fixed fire-extinguishing system
   2 . Navigational equipment
       Manoeuvring characteristics available
       First radar installation
       Second radar installation
       Gyro compass
       Standard magnetic compass
       Radio direction-finding apparatus
       Echo-sounding device
       Other electronic position-fixing aids
   3   Radio equipment
       Radiotelegraphy installation                                                                                  0
       Radiotelephony installation (VHF )
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C  Safety certificates and other documents
                                                                                         Certificats / documents valid on board
                                                                                                  Yes                No
    Cargo ship safety construction certificate
   Cargo ship safety equipment certificate
    Cargo ship safety radiotelegraphy certificate
   Cargo ship safety radiotelephony certificate
   Load line certificate
   Classification certificate
    Pollution risk insurance certificate
D. Officers and ratings Certificate of competency ( detailed description and serial number )
                          Name , place , country of issuing authority
                                                                     Yes                   No
   Master
       Chief mate
       Second mate
       Third mate
   Chief engineer
       First engineer officer
       Second engineer officer
       Third engineer officer
   Radio officer
   Total number of ratings                                    Deck                     Engine room
   Deep-sea pilot taken aboard
Date
                                                              Signature of the master or , if he is Indisposed , of the deputy
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                                                          DETAILED NOTIFICATION
A. Name , call sign or identity of the ship 's station and flag
 B. Date and time of incident
C. Position
 D. Name of stations / frequencies
E. Maximum draught ( in metres ), vessel length and width , gross tonnage , class
F   Description of the dangerous goods lost at sea
    - exact technical designation of the goods ;
    - name of makers if known , or of the consignor or consignee ;
    - description of the packaging , including any identification marks , specifying whether the goods were transported in a mobile
       tanker or tanker vehicle or in packages in a vehicle , container or other unit ;
    - estimated quantity and likely state of the goods ;
    - details of whether the goods lost floated or sank ;
    - details of whether the losses were stopped ;
    - cause of the loss ;
    - estimated path of the goods discharged or lost , indicating the currents , where known , and sea conditions *
G. Meteorological conditions
H * Full name and address of , the vessel owner and /or his representative
I. Doctors or nurses on board
J * Assistance requested from or given by other vessels or bodies
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Dangerous goods covered by this Directive
-  Explosives
-  Gases : compressed , liquefied or dissolved under pressure
-  Flammable liquids
-  Flammable solids and other substances liable to spontaneous combustion
-  Flammable solids and other substances releasing flammable gases on
   contact with water
-  Oxidizing substances
-  Organic peroxides
-  Toxic substances and infectious materials
-  Radioactive    materials    with   a   specific  activity  greater      than
   0.002 microcuries per gram
-  Corrosives
-  Polluting substances    on the list set out in Annex 4.11
-  Wastes on the list set out in Annex 4 . Ill
-  Miscellaneous dangerous substances , that is , any other substance which
   experience has shown , or may show , to be of such a dangerous character
   that the provisions of this Directive ought to apply to it .
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                           List of polluting substances
Acetone cyanohydrin , stabilized
Acrolein , stabilized
Aldrin
Ammonium arsenate
Antiknock mixtures for motor fuels
Antimony  compounds , inorganic , n.o.s .
Antimony  lactate
Antimony  pentachloride , liquid
Antimony  pentachloride , solid
Antimony  pentafluoride
Antimony  potassium tartrate
Antimony trichloride ( a) solid
Antimony trichloride ( b) liquid
Arsenic
Arsenic acid , liquid
Arsenic acid , solid
Arsenic bromide
Arsenic  compounds
Arsenic  compounds , liquid , n.o.s .
Arsenic  compounds , solid , n.o.s .
Arsenic  pentoxide
Arsenic trichloride
Arsenic trioxide
Azinphos-methyl
Barium compounds , n.o.s .
Barium cyanide
Benzyl chloroformate
Butylphenols , liquid
Butylphenols , solid
Butyltoluenes
Cacodylic acid
Cadmium compounds
Calclum arsenate
Calcium arsenate and calclum arsenite , mixtures , solid
Campheclor
Camphor oil
Carbaryl
Carbophenothion
Chlorine
Chloroditroben zene
Chloronitroanilines
Chlorophenols , liquid
Chlorophenols , solid
Chlorophenyltrichlorosilane
Chlorotoluenes ( o-, m-, p– )
Chromyl chloride
Cocculus , solid
Copper acetoarsenite
Copper arsenite
Copper cyanide
Cresols ( o-, m-, p- )
Cupriethylenediamlne solution
Cyanogen bromide
Cyanogen chloride , stabilized
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DDT
Diazinon
Dichloroanilines
Dichloroethyl ether
Dichlorophenols , liquid
Dichlorophenols , solid
Dichlorophenyltrichlorosilane
Dichlorvos
Dimethoate
Dinitro- o- cresol , liquid
Dinitro- o-cresol, solid
Dinitrophenol solutions in water or in a flammable liquid
Diphenylamine chloroarsine
Diphenylchloroarsine
Disulf oton
DNOC
Endosulfan
Endrin
Ethyl acrylate , stabilized
Ethyldichloroarsine
Ferric arsenate
Ferric arsenite
Ferrous arsenate
Heptachlor
Hexachlorobutadiene
Hexaethyl tetraphosphate
Hydrocyanic acid , aqueous solutions with not more than 2Z hydrocyanic acid
Hydrogen cyanide , anhydrous , stabilized
Hydrogen cyanide , anhydrous , stabilized , absorbed in a porous inert
material
Isopropenylben zene
Lead acetate
Lead arsenates
Lead arsenites
Lead compounds , soluble , n.o.s .
Lead cyanide
Lead nitrate
Lead perchlorate
Lindane
Magnesium arsenate
Maneb or maneb preparations , stabilized against self-heating
Maneb or maneb preparations with not less than fiOZ maneb
Mercuric arsenate
Mercuric chloride
Mercuric nitrate
Mercuric potassium cyanide
Mercuric sulphate
Mercurous nitrate
Mercurous sulphate
Mercury acetates
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Mercury ammonium chloride
Mercury    benzoate
Mercury    bisulphate
Mercury    bromides
Mercury    cyanide
Mercury    gluconate
Mercury iodide
Mercury oleate
Mercury oxide
Mercury oxycyanide , desensitized
Mercury potassium , iodide
Mercury salicylate
Mercury thiocyanate
alpha-Methylstyrene
Mevinphos
Naphtalene , crude or refined
Naphtalene , molten
Nickel cyanide
Nickel tetracarbonyl
Nitrobenzylidene fluorides
3-Nitro 4-chloro benzylidene fluoride
Nitrocresols
Nitroxylenes
Osmium tetroxide
Parathion
Parathion-methyl
Perchloromethyl mercaptan
Phenylmercuric hydroxide
Phenylmercuric nitrate
Phorate
Phosphorus , white , molten
Phosphorus , white or yellow
( a ) dry
Phosphorus , white or yellow
( b) under water
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Potassium arsenate
Potassium arsenite
Potassium cyanide
Selenic acid
Silver arsenite
Silver cyanide
Sodium arsanilate
Sodium arsenate
Sodium arsenite
Sodium    arsenite , aqueous solutions
Sodium    arsenite , solid
Sodium    cacodylate
Sodium    cuprocyanide , solid
Sodium    cyanide
Sodium    pentachlorophenate
Strontium arsenite
Strychnine
Sulfotep
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                                                                               I
                                                  Annex  A. II ( cont 'd 3 )
TEPP ( tetraethyl pyrophospate )
Tetraethyl dithiopyrophosphate , solid , liquid or mixtures
Tetraethyl lead
Tetramethyl lead
Thallium chlorate
Thallium compounds , n.o.s .
Thallium nitrate
Thallium sulphate
Tricresyl phosphate with more than 3 % ortho isomer
Vinyltoluenes , stabilized , mixed isomers
Zinc arsenate , zind arsenite or zinc arsenate and zinc arsenite mixtures
Zinc chloride , anhydrous
Zinc chloride , solution
Zinc cyanide
Zinc phosphide
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                       GENERIC TYPES OF DANGEROUS WASTES
                (WASTES MAY BE IN LIQUID , SLUDGE OR SOLID FORM)
Part A
Wastes consisting of , derived from or residues of :
-  Anatomical substances ; hospital wastes or wastes from other medical
   activities
-  Pharmaceuticals , drugs , medicines and veterinary compounds
-  Wood préservât ives
-  Biocides and plant protection substances
-  Residues from substances employed as solvents
-  Halogenated organic substances not employed as solvents
-■ Quenching salts containing cyanide
-  Oils and oily substances , e.g. cutting sludges
-  Oil/water and hydrocarbon /water mixtures and anulsions
-  Substances containing PCBs and/ or PCTs , e.g. dielectrics
-  Tarry materials arising from refining , distillation and any pyrolytic
   treatment , e.g. stillslag
-  Inks , dyes , pigments , paints , lacquers and varnishes
- Resins , latex , plasticizers , glues / adhesives
   Chemical substances arising from research and developments or teaching
   activities which are not identified and / or are new and whose effects on
   man and/ or the environment are not known , e.g. laboratory wastes .
-  Pyrotechnics and propellant materials
-  Materials from photographic laboratories
-  Any material contaminated with any congenor of polychlorinated
   dibenzo-furan
-  Any material contaminated with any congenor of polychlorinated
   dibenzo- p-dioxin
-  Any other wastes containing any of the substances referred to in Part B
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Part B
Wastes having as constituents :
-  Beryllium , beryllium compounds
-  Vanadium compounds
-  Chromium ( VI ) compounds
-  Cobalt compounds
-  Nickel compounds
-  Copper compounds
-  Zinc compounds
-  Arsenic ; arsenic compounds
-  Sélénium ; sélénium compounds
-  Silver compounds
-  Cadmium; cadmium compounds
-  Tin compounds
-  Antimony ; antimony compounds
-  Tellurium ; tellurium compounds
-  Barium compounds , excluding barium sulphate
-  Mercury ; mercury compounds
-  Thallium ; thallium compounds
-  Lead ; lead compounds
-  Inorganic sulphides
-  Inorganic fluorine compounds , excluding calcium fluoride
-  Inorganic cyanides
-  The following alkaline or alkaline earth metals ; lithium , sodium ,
   potassium , calcium , magnesium in uncombined form
-  Acidic solutions or solids
-  Basic solutions or solids
-  Asbestos ( dust and fibres )
   Phosphorus ; phosphorus compounds , excluding mineral phosphates
-  Metal carbonyls
-  Peroxides
-  Chlorates
-  Perchlorates
-  Azides
-  PCBs and/ or PCTs
-  Pharmaceutical and veterinary compounds
-  Biocides and plant protection products , e.g . pesticides
-  Infectious substances
-  Creosotes
-  Isocyanates and thiocyanates
-  Organic cyanides , e.g. nitriles
-  Phénols ; phénol compounds
-  Halogenated solvents
-  Organic solvents , excluding halogenated solvents
-  Organohalogen compounds , excluding inert polymerized materials and other
   substances referred to in this Annex .
-  Aromatic compounds ; polycyclic and heterocyclic organic compounds
-  Aromatic amines
-  Ethers
-  Substances of an explosive character , excluding substances referred to
   elsewhere in this Annex .
- Any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-p dioxis .
- Hydrocarbons and their compounds with oxygen , nitrogen and/ or sulphur
   not specifically referred to in Part B.