CELEX: 51994PC0111
Language: en
Date: 1994-04-06
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on common rules for maritime administrations and ship inspection and survey organisations

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                              pyp^AMATORY MEMQBAMBUM
During the Plenary Session of 9 March 1994, the European Parliament has
approved, subject to Parliament's amendments, the Commission's proposal for
a Council Directive on common rules and standards for ship inspection and
survey organisations1.
Such amendments improve the text of the proposal, make it politically more
widely acceptable and bring an added value to it; in particular they introduce
provisions to allow also small organisations, provided they meet the criteria of
the Annex to the Directive, to carry out statutory tasks on behalf of the national
Administrations, under close scrutiny by the Commission. They also grant the
approved organisations a transitional period to restructure themselves to be able
to face the wider competition introduced by the Directive at Community-wide
level.
The Commission has accepted all the amendments presented by the European
Parliament.
         OJ. N° C 167, 18.06.1993, p. 13.
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                           Amended proposal for a                          «->
                           COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                 en common rules for maritime administrations
                              and ship inspection
                           and survey organisations
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                                    Title
Proposal for a Council directive on      Proposal for a Council directive on
common rules and standards for ship      common     rules     for    maritime
inspection and survey organizations      administrations and 9hip inspection
                                         and survey organizations
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                                         Article 1
The purpose of this Directive is to             The purpose of this Directive is to
establish measures to be followed by            establish measures to be followed by
the Member States and organizations             the Member States and organizations
concerned with the inspection, survey           concerned with the inspection, survey
and   certification        of   ships   for     and   certification     of  ships for
compliance with the international               compliance with the international
Conventions. This process includes              Conventions on safety at sea and
the development and implementation of           prevention of marine pollution, while
safety    requirements         for    hull,     furthering the objective of freedom
machinery and electrical and control            to provide services. This process
installations of ships falling under            includes    the     development   and
the   scope     of     the    international     implementation of safety requirements
Conventions.                                    for hull, machinery and electrical
                                                and control installations of ships
                                                falling under the scope of the
                                                international Conventions.
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                                              A m e n d e d ,ex
•Original text                                                  '-
               Article 2, first indent a (new)
                                     'ship flying the flag of a Member
                                     State1 means a ship flying the
                                     flag of a Member State and
                                     registered in accordance with its
                                     legislation and/or registered in
                                     Euros once that register is
                                     approved by the Council. Ships
                                     not    corresponding          to this
                                     definition are assimilated to
                                     ships flying the flag of a third
                                     country,
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                         Article 2, third indent
'international conventions' means          'international conventions' means
the 1974 International Convention          the 1974 International Convention
for the Safety of Life at sea,             for the Safety of Life at Sea,
the 1966 International Convention          the 1966 International Convention
on Load Lines and the 1973/78              on Load Lines and the 1973/78
International Convention for the           International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution       from         Prevention    of   Pollution from
Ships,        together with    the         Ships,    together      with  the
Protocols and amendments thereto,          Protocols and amendments thereto,
and related codes of mandatory             and related codes of mandatory
status in all Member States,               status in all Member States, in
                                           force at the date of adoption of
                                           this Directive,
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                               Art i c l e 2, f o u r t h i n d e n t
' o r g a n i z a t i o n '         means            -     'organization'                         means       a
classification            societies           and         c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s o c i e t y or o t h e r
o t h e r p r i v a t e bodies a u t h o r i z e d        p r i v a t e body c a r r y i n g out s a f e t y
bv governments t o c a r r y out                          assessment                  work          for     an
s a f e t y assessment work on t h e i r                   administration;
behalf.
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               Article 2, fifth indent a (new)
                                     'authorization'   means  an   act
                                                                _,
                                     whereby a Member State grants an
                                     authorization or delegates powers
                                     to a recognized organization;
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                       Article 2, seventh indent
'class certificate' means a           -   'class certificate' means a
representation            by    a         document         issued   by    a
classification society as to the          classification society as to the
structural and mechanical fitness         structural and mechanical fitness
for a particular use or service           of a ship for a particular use or
in accordance with its rules and          service in accordance with its
Standards,                                rules and regulations,
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                                          A r t i c l e 3(2)
2. Where      for      the       purpose    of          2. Where       for    the     purpose    of
paragraph 1 a Member State decides                      paragraph 1 a Member State decides
with respect to ships flying its                        with respect to ships flying its
flag,                                                   flag,
(i) to delegate fully or in part:                        (i) to authorize organizations to
                                                             undertake     fully    or in part
          inspections          and     surveys                inspections and surveys related
          including       those      for the                  to certificates including those
          assessment of compliance with                       for the assessment of compliance
         Article 13 on the general                           with Article 13 on the general
          structural strength of the                         structural strength of the hull,
         hull, the reliability and                            the reliability and safety of
          safety     of      machinery     and               machinery     and electrical and
          electrical          and     control                control installations and, where
          installations, or                                  appropriate, to issue or renew
                                                              the relevant certificates, or
          the issue or            renewal   of
          certificates;
     or
 (ii)     to    rely       upon     expertise            (ii)    to rely upon organizations to
          outside its administration to                          undertake fully or in part the
          carry out inspections and                              inspections      and       surveys
          surveys           related         to                   referred to in (i) above.
          certificates/
it shall entrust these duties only to                   it shall entrust these duties only to
recognized organizations.                               recognized organizations.
                                                        The competent administration shall in
                                                        all cases approve the issue of
                                                        exemption certificates.
However for the Cargo Ship Safety                       However for the Cargo Ship Safety
Radiotelegraohv Certificate and the                     Radio Certificate these duties may be
Cargo    Ship    Safety        Radioteleohony           entrusted to a private body having
Çertif j-çateg, these duties may be                     sufficient expertise and qualified
entrusted     to other          bodies with             personnel to carry out specified
sufficient      expertise         in    radio-          safety       assessment          work   J23Q
çonwwii,çflUon-                                         radiocommunication on i t s behalf
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                                     Article 4(1 )
1. Member States may only recognize           1. Member States may only recognize
such organizations which fulfil the          such organizations which fulfil the
criteria set out in Annex I_. The            criteria set out in the Annex. The
organisations shall submit to the            organizations shall submit to the
Member States complete information           Member States from which recognition
concerning,          and  evidence    of,    has     been      requested    complete
compliance with these criteria from          information concerning, and evidence
whom recognition has been requested.         of, compliance with these criteria.
The Member States will notify the            The Member States will notify the
organizations         in an   appropriate    organizations      in  an   appropriate
manner of their recognition.                 manner of their recognition.
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               A r t i c l e 4 ( 2 a ) , (2b) and (2c) (new!
                                              2a. Member States may submit to the
                                              Commission      a     request     for    a
                                              recognition     of    three   years    for
                                              organizations which meet all the
                                              criteria of the Annex other than
                                              those set out under paragraphs 2 and
                                              3 of the section 'GENERAL' of this
                                              Annex.
                                              Such recognition shall be granted in
                                              accordance with the procedure laid
                                              down in Article 12. The effects of
                                              this recognition shall be limited to
                                              the    Member     States    which     have
                                              submitted     a    request     for    such
                                              recognition.
                                              2b. All    organizations      which    are
                                              granted recognition shall be closely
                                              monitored by the Committee set up
                                              under Article 7, partly in order to
                                              facilitate      decisions      concerning
                                              extensions of
                                              organizations       referred
                                              paragraph 2a. A decision on the
                                              extension of such a recognition shall
                                              not take into account the criteria
                                              set out under paragraphs 2 . _ançJ_3__o_f
                                              the section 'GENERAL' of the Annex.
                                              The limitation of the effects of the
                                              recognition provided for in paragraph
                                              3 f^hall no longer apply.
                                              2c. The Commission shall draw up and
                                              update a list of the organizations
                                              notified by the Member States in
                                              compl iance with paragraph s 1, 2a $n<$
                                              2b, The list shall be published in
                                              the Official Journal.
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                                Article 5(1
1. In applying Article 3, paragraph     1. In applying      Article      3(2)(i),
2, Member States shall not refuse to    Member States shall in principle not
delegate to or relv upon any of the     refuse to authorize any of the
recognized organizations located in     recognized organizations located in
the Community.                          the Community    to undertake such
                                        functions, subject to the provisions
                                        of Articles 6 and 10.
                                        However, they may restrict the number
                                        of organizations they authorize in
                                        accordance with their needs provided
                                        there are transparent and objective
                                        grounds for so doing. At the request
                                        of a Member State, the Commission
                                        shall,   in   accordance     with     the
                                        procedure laid down in Article 12,
                                        adopt appropriate measures.
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               Article 5(2a) (new)
                              2a. By way of derogation. Member States
                              may be temporarily exempted by the
                              Commission from the implementation of
                              the provisions of paragraph 1 until 31
                              December 1997.
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                                    A r t i c l e 6(1) and (2)
1. Member States which decide to act                   1. Member States which decide to act
as described in Article 3(2) shall                     as described in Article 3(2) shall
set   out   a   working        relationship            set out a working relationship or
between       their         responsible                equivalent legal arrangement between
administration and the organizations                   their competent administration and
authorized to act on their behalf.                     the organizations acting on their
                                                       behalf.
2. The working relationship shall be                   2. The working relationship shall be
regulated by a formalized written and                  regulated by a non-discriminatory
non-<3iScrimjnatorY agreement setting                  formalized written agreement or an
out the specific duties and functions                  eouivalent legal relationship setting
assumed by the organizations and at                    out the specific duties and functions
least including provisions for a                       assumed by the organizations and at
periodical        audit          by         the        least including the following:
administration into the duties the
organizations    are      authorized            to         the   provisions    set      out  in
undertake on its behalf and the                            appendix II of IMQ resolution A
possibility for random and detailed                        739(8) on guidelines for the
inspections of ships and provisions                        authorization of organizations
for reporting essential information                        acting    on    behalf      of   the
about their classed fleet, changes of                      administration as it stands at
class or digçlaggjnq of vessels.                           the date of the adoption of this
                                                           directive;
                                                                    provisions for a periodical audit
                                                                    by the administration into the
                                                                    duties the organizations       are
                                                                    undertaking on its behalf;
                                                                    the possibility of random and
                                                                   detailed inspections of ships;
                                                                    provisions        for    reporting
                                                                    essential information about their
                                                                   classed fleet, changes of class
                                                                   or declassinq of vessels.
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-Onginal text
              A r t i c l e 6(2a) new
                               2a, The working       relationship or
                               equivalent legal arrangement may set
                               the requirement that the recognized
                               organization        has     a    local
                               representation on the territory of
                               the Member State on behalf of which
                               it performs the duties referred to in.
                               Article 3. A local representation of
                               a   legal   nature     ensuring   legal
                               personality under the law of the
                               Member State and the competence of
                               its national courts may satisfy such
                               requirement.
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                                     Article 6(3)
3. Each Member State shall provide           3. Each Member State shall provide
the    Commission         with   precise     the     Commission      with  precise
information          on    the   working      information     on      the  working
relationship           established     in    relationship or equivalent legal
accordance with this Article. The            arrangement established in accordance
Commission shall subsequently inform         with this Article. The Commission
the other Member States.                     shall subsequently inform the other
                                             Member States.
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                                                 Article 8
        The Commission, in accordance with              This Directive mav be amended in
        the procedure laid down in Article              accordance with the procedure laid
         12, mav                                        down in Article 12, in order to
                                                        apply, for the purposes of this
        l&l amend Annex I in order to:                  Directive, subsequent amendments of
                                                        international Conventions, and new
             lii      tahe        into    account       International Conventions, Protocols,
                     amendments          to     the     Codes, and the Resolution mentioned
                     international conventions          in Articles 2 and 6.
                     and       new    international
                     conventions/ protocols and
                     codes;
    (ii) update the            criteria  of
           Annex, I',
Ihl withdraw     the recognition of
    recognised organizations referred
    to in Article 4 which no longer
    fulfil the criteria set ovt in
    Annex I,
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               A r t i c l e 8a (new)
                               1 , Each     Member    State    mav be
                                recfrired . in accordance with the
                               procedure laid down in Article 12. to
                               withdraw      the    recognition    of
                               recognized organizations referred to
                               in Article 4 which no longer fulfil
                               the criteria set out in the Annex,
                               where applicable.
                               2. In preparing draft decisions
                               relating to the matters referred to
                               in paragraph 1. the Commission shall
                               take into account the reports and
                               information mentioned in Articles 10
                               and 11. In preparing such draft
                               measures, the Commission shall oav
                               particular attention to the safety
                               and pollution prevention performance
                               records of the organizations. Draft
                               decisions relating to paragraph 1 may
                               also be submitted to the Committee by
                               the Member States.
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            -Original text-
                                   A r t i c l e 9(b)
(b) the Commission shall decide                  (b) the Commission shall examine
    whether      to       withdraw  £M                whether   the    suspension   is
    suspension of authorization or to                 justified for reasons of serious
    withdraw the recognition of the                   danger to safety or environment.
    organization, it shall <3o so in
    accordance with Article 12 within
    a period not exceeding three
    months.
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               Article 9(ba) (new]
                           (ba)    in   accordance       with   the
                                  procedure laid down in Article
                                   12.  the Commission shall
                                  inform    the      Member   State
                                  whether or not its decision to
                                  suspend the authorization is
                                  justified on the grounds of
                                  serious danger to safety or
                                  the environment and, if it is
                                  not justified, require        the
                                  Member State to withdraw the
                                  suspension.
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                                     Article 10(1)
1. Each Member State must satisfy             1 . Each Member State must satisfy
itself that the functions delegated           itself     that     the      recognized
to recognized organisations pursuant          organizations acting on its behalf
to Article 3 are effectively carried          for the purpose of Article 3(2)
out and that the criteria specified           effectively carry out the functions
in Annex I are fulfilled. It may do           referred to in that Article to the
so by     directly        monitoring  the     satisfaction    of      its   competent
recognized organizations or, in the           administration.     and     that   such
case of organizations located in              organizations fulfil the criteria
another Member State, by reviewing            specified in the Annex. It may do so
the corresponding monitoring of such          by    having       the      recognized
organizations by the administration           organizations directly monitored by
of another Member State.                      its competent administration or, in
                                              the case of organizations located in
                                              another Member State, by reiving upon
                                              the corresponding monitoring of such
                                              organizations by the administration
                                              of another Member State.
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          -Original text-
                                 Article 10(2)
2. Each Member State shall carry out      2. Each Member State shall carry out
this task each year and shall provide     this task on a biennial basis and
the other Member States, and the          shall provide the other Member States
Commission with a report of the           and the Commission with a report of
results of this monitoring at the         the results of this monitoring at the
latest by the first of March of each      latest by 3J_ March of each year
year following the year for which         following    the    year   for  which
compliance has been assessed.             compliance has been assessed.
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               Article 10(2a) (new)
                           2a. Where a Member State chooses for
                           the purpose of carrying out this task
                           to rely upon the monitoring by
                           another Member State. its report
                           shall be provided at the latest bv 30
                           June of each year following the year
                           for which compliance        has been
                           assessed.
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                               Article 11(1)(a) and (b)
(a) Member States shall ensure that           (a) Member States shall ensure that
    ships flying a third State flag                ships flying a third State flag
    are not treated more favourably                are not treated more favourably
    than ships entitled to fly the                 than ships entitled to fly the
    flag of a Member State. To this                flag of a Member State. To this
    end   the fact       that the ship             end   the fact     that     the ship
    certificates including the class               certificates including the class
    certificate have been delivered                certificate are known to have
    by an organization which is not a              been delivered by an organization
    recognized crganistation shall be              which   does    not      fulfil   the
                                                   criteria of the Annex shall be
    taken as a primary criterion for
                                                   taken as one of the primary
    selecting ships for inspection;
                                                   criteria for selecting ships for
                                                   inspection;
(b) Member     States       shall    take      b ) Member     States      shall     take
    appropriate measures when ships                appropriate measures when ships
    do not meet the internationally                do not meet the internationally
    agreed standards and report to                 agreed standards and shall report
    the- Commission and the Secre-                 to the Commission and the Secre-
    tariat   of the memorandum of                  tariat of the Memorandum of
    understanding       on   port   State          Understanding     on     Port   State
    control the discovery of any                   Control the discovery of any
    issue of valid certificates by                 issue of valid certificates by
    organizations acting on behalf of              organizations acting on behalf of
    a flag State to a ship which does              a flag State to a ship which does
    not fulfil the relevant require-               not fulfil the relevant require-
    ments    of     the     international          ments    of   the       international
    Conventions, or any failure of a               Conventions, or any failure of a
    ship carrying a valid           class          ship carrying      a valid      class
    certificate and relating to items              certificate and relating to items
    covered bv that certificate.                   covered thereby.
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                                   A r t i c l e 12(1 )
1. The following procedure shall                  1. The following procedure shall
apply for matters covered by Articles             apply for matters covered by Article
8 and 9:                                          4(3) and (4). Article 5(1). and
                                                  Articles 8,fia^.9 and 13(2):
 (a) the     representative     of    the          (a) the     representative       of  the
     Commission shall submit to the                     Commission shall submit to the
     Committee referred to in Article                   Committee referred to in Article
     7 a draft of the measures to be                    7 a draft of the measures to be
     taken;                                             taken;
 (b) the Committee shall deliver its               (b) the Committee shall deliver its
     opinion within a time limit which                  opinion on the draft within a
     the    chairman       may lay ' down               time limit which the chairman may
     according to the urgency of the                    lay down according to the urgency
     matter, if necessary bv taking a                   of the matter. The opinion shall
     vote;                                              be delivered by the majority laid
                                                        down in Article 148(2) of the EC
                                                        Treaty in the case of decisions
                                                        which the Council is reguired to
                                                        adopt on a proposal from the
                                                        Commission. The votes of the
                                                        representatives of the Member
                                                        States within the Committee shell
                                                        be weighted in the manner set out
                                                        in that Article. The chairman
                                                        shall not vote;
 (c) the opinion shall be recorded in              (c) the Commission shall adopt the
     the minutes: in addition each                      measures envisaged if they are _jn
     Member State shall have the right                  accordance with the opinion of
     to have its position recorded in                   the Committee;
     the minutes;
 (d) the Commission shall take ths.                (d) if the measures envisaged are not
     utmost account of the gpinioji                     in accordance with the opinion of
     delivered bv the committee. It                     the Committee, or if no opinion
     shall inform the committee-i^Lthe                  is delivered, the Commission
     manner in which its opinion has                    shall, without delay, submit to
     been taken into account.                           the Council a proposal relating
                                                        to the measure to be taken. The
                                                        Council shall act by a qualified
                                                        majority. If, within three months
                                                        from the date of referral to it,
                                                        the Council has not acted, the
                                                        proposed    measures      shall  be
                                                        adopted by the Commission.
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             Article 13Ua) (new)
                         1a. A Member State mav decide to use
                         rules it considers equivalent to
                         those of a recognized organization
                         subject only to the proviso that it
                         immediately notifies them to the
                        Commission, in conformity with the
                        procedure    of   Council     Directive
                        83/189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laving
                        down a procedure for the provision of
                         information in the field of technical
                         standards   and   regulations( ) as
                         amended, and to the other Member
                         States and they are not objected to
                        bv another Member State or the
                        Commission and found through the
                        procedure of Article 12 not to be
                        eouivalent.
                         f1) OJ L 109, 26.4.1983. p. 8.
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-Original text
               A r t i c l e 13 (2a) (new)
                                  2a. The    recognized    organizations
                                  shall demonstrate willingness to
                                  cooperate with State port control
                                  administrations when a ship of their
                                  class is concerned and in particular
                                  in    order    to    facilitate    the
                                  rectification         of      reported
                                  deficiencies or other discrepancies.
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                 Article 13(2b) (new)
                             2b. The   recognized    organizations
                             shall    provide     all     relevant
                             information to the administration
                             about changes of class or declassing
                             oi vessels,
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               A r t i c l e 13(2c) (new)
                                 2c. The   recognized    organizations
                                 shall not issue certificates to a
                                 ship changing class or declassed for
                                 safety   reasons   before      a full
                                 inspection has been carried out by
                                 the flag State.
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                      Article 14(1), first subparagraph
1. Member States shall bring into        1. Member States shall bring into
force the laws, regulations and          force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary      administrative provisions necessary
to comply with this Directive on 1       to comply with this Directive within
November 1994. They shall forthwith      one year. They shall forthwith inform
inform the Commission thereof.           the Commission thereof.
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-Onginal text
              Annex, General, point 5a (new)
                                5a, The organization should not be
                               controlled bv shipowners or ship-
                               builders,   or     by others   engaged
                               commercially     in the manufacture,
                               eguipping, repair or operation of
                               ships. The organization should not be
                               substantially dependent on a single
                               commercial     enterprise    for   its
                               revenue.
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               Annex, General, point 5b (new)
                                 5b. The certifying agency must be
                                 impartial and be so structured as to
                                encourage    the     selection     of  the
                                members of its steering body from
                                among the groups interested in the
                                certification          system,     without
                                particularist       interests     becoming
                                dominant.     It is assumed that this
                                criterion is satisfied where the
                                structure ensures impartiality and
                                enables all parties to participate in
                                 respect   of     the      substance   and
                                operation of a certification system.
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    -Origmal text-
                        Annex, Specific, point 1(a)
(a) a      significant  technical,      (a) a    significant     technical,
    managerial support and research         managerial, support and research
    staff;                   -              staff commensurate to the tasks
                                            and to the vessels classed,
                                            catering also for capability -
                                            developing and upholding rules
                                            and regulations:
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                                                            Amended text-
             -Original text
                            Annex, Specific, point 1(b)
(b) world-wide coverage by exclusive        (b) world-wide coverage by exclusive
    field staff.                                technical staff.
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                                               Amended text-
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           Annex, Specific, point 6 (fa) (new)
                               ( fa)   the reouirements of major
                                      statutory work for which the
                                      organization is authorized are
                                      only carried out or directly
                                      supervised    by       exclusive
                                      surveyors.
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                                                              -Amended text-
             -Original text-
                              Annex, Specific, point 7(b]
(b) to carry out all inspections and          (b) to carry out all inspections and
    surveys required       by  the inter-         surveys     required       by    the
                                        u
    national Conventions *~~     for *-
                                      the ~       international Conventions for the
    issue of Certificates.                        issue of Certificates, including
                                                  the means of assessing, through
                                                  the use of qualified professional
                                                  staff,    the   application      and
                                                  maintenance    of      the    safety
                                                  management system, both shore-
                                                  based   and   on    board     ships,
                                                  intended to be covered in the
                                                  certification.
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