CELEX: 51996PC0047
Language: sv
Date: 1996-02-13
Title: Ändrat förslag till rådets direktiv om marin utrustning

EUROPEISKA GEMENSKAPERNAS KOMMISSION
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                                                  Bryssel den 13 02.1996
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                                                   95/0163 (SYN)

                                 Ändrat förslag till

                                RÅDETS DIREKTIV

                              om marin utrustning

       (framlagt av kommissionen i enlighet med artikel 189a.2 i Romfördraget)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

During its 28-30 November 1995 Plenary Session, the European Parliament approved,
subject to a number of amendments, the Commission's proposal for a Council Directive on
Marine Equipment1.

Most of the amendments adopted by the Parliament do not affect the fundamental principles
of the draft Directive; some of them are consistent with the aim of the proposal and indeed
they bring an added value to it. Others, which the Commission could not accept, are based
on technical misunderstandings, or weaken the provisions of the proposal, or finally duplicate
equivalent provisions which already exist elsewhere.

More precisely, the Commission could not accept:

       the amendment to the first recital, since the same principle is already expressed in
       other recitals of the original proposal;

       the amendment to Article 2, definition of" EU Ship", since it would imply a more
       restricted field of application than the proposal of the Commission;

       the amendment to Article 2, definition of "Testing Standards", since the reference to
       'the European standards organisation or other specialized organisation, according to
       the type of equipment' is far too vague;

       the amendment to Article 5, paragraph 3, since, after the date of entry into force of
       the Directive, the equipment should be manufactured in accordance with the
       provisions of the Directive, notwithstanding the fact that the two years' period
       allowed to Member States to adopt their national laws has not passed yet.
       Furthermore, this amendment would eliminate the interim period after adoption of
       the national laws during which manufacturers can still sell the equipment they have
       in stock;

       the amendment to Article 6, since it is contrary to the main principle of the proposal,
       that is making the International testing standards, and only them, compulsory in the
       Community. To accept to harmonise the implementation of the testing standards
       existing in the Member States would mean to change approach and allow Member
       States to continue to use their own standards, including those which are not at the
       required level;

       the amendment to Article 9, paragraph 2, which is redundant, since the Commission
       accepted to set out the principle of independence of the Notified Bodies in Annex C
       and not in Article 9 (see next page);

        O.J. N" C 218 of 23 August 1995, p. 9.
 ---pagebreak---       the amendment to Annex B, module B, paragraph 2, since the procedures for the
      type-examination of the products are those applied in all the Community measures
      and the Commission intends to have a common Community approach in this field;

      the amendment to Annex C, paragraph 1, since the same principle is already taken
      up in substance in Annex C, indent 3.

The Commission accepted without reservation the amendment to Article 2, definition of
"New Ship", which constitutes a technical-legal improvement.

Finally, the Commission accepted the substance of the following amendments, subject to
drafting improvements:

       the amendment to Article 9, paragraph la (new) , which sets the principle that
       Member States have to undertake regular controls on the Notified Bodies;

       the amendment to Article 9, paragraph 2, which introduces the principle of
       independence of the Notified Bodies; the Commission considers more appropriate to
       lay down this provision in Annex C to the proposal;

       the amendment to Article 14, paragraph 2, which states that discrimination has to be
       avoided for equipment produced in other States, and not only other Member States,
       when carrying out trials of the equipment, as referred to in the first paragraph of this
       Article.
 ---pagebreak---                                   Ändringsförslag till
                                 RÅDETS DIREKTIV
                                 om marin utrustning

           Ursprunglig lydelse                                     Ändrad lydelse

                                         Artikel    2

Nytt fartyg:                                        Nytt fartyg:

fartyg som den dag detta direktiv antogs            fartyg som den dag detta direktiv träder
eller därefter har kölsträckts eller                i kraft eller därefter har kölsträckts eller
befunnit sig på ett motsvarande                     befunnit sig på ett motsvarande
konstruktionsstadium. I detta direktiv              konstruktionsstadium. 1 detta direktiv
avser motsvarande konstruktionsstadium              avser motsvarande konstruktionsstadium
det stadium vid vilket                              det stadium vid vilket
i) konstruktionen av ett identifierbart             i) konstruktionen av ett identifierbart
fartyg påbörjas och                                 fartyg påbörjas och
ii) hopsättningen av detta fartyg har               ii) hopsättningen av detta fartyg har
påbörjats och omfattar minst 50 ton eller           påbörjats och omfattar minst 50 ton eller
en procent av den beräknade vikten av               en procent av den beräknade vikten av
allt strukturellt material, varvid det lägre        allt strukturellt material, varvid det lägre
skall gälla.                                        skall gälla.

                                    Artikel 9.1 a (ny)

                                                    Medlemsstaterna skall minst vartannat år,
                                                    via behörig myndighet eller via opartiskt
                                                    utomstående organ som utses av den
                                                    behöriga myndigheten, utföra kontroll av
                                                    de åligganden som för deras räkning
                                                    utförs av anmälda organ. Kontrollen skall
                                                    säkerställa att det anmälda organet
                                                    fortfarande uppfyller de kriterier som
                                                    anges i bilaga C.

                                               j,
 ---pagebreak---           Ursprunglig lydelse                            Ändrad lydelse

                                    Artikel 14.2

Sådana försöksförfaranden får inte           Sådana försöksförfaranden får inte
särskilja mellan utrustning tillverkad i     särskilja mellan utrustning tillverkad i
flaggstaten och utrustning tillverkad i      flaggstaten och utrustning tillverkad i
andra medlemsstater.                         andra stater.

                                 Bilaga Cl a (ny)

                                             Det anmälda organet skall vara
                                             oberoende och får inte kontrolleras av
                                             tillverkare eller leverantörer av
                                             utrustningen.
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