CELEX: 32007D0421
Language: en
Date: 2007-06-14 00:00:00
Title: 2007/421/EC: Commission Decision of 14 June 2007 repealing Decision 96/587/EC on the publication of the list of recognised organisations which have been notified by Member States in accordance with Council Directive 94/57/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 2379)   (Text with EEA relevance)

19.6.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 157/18
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 14 June 2007
   repealing Decision 96/587/EC on the publication of the list of recognised organisations which have been notified by Member States in accordance with Council Directive 94/57/EC
   (notified under document number C(2007) 2379)
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   (2007/421/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Directive 94/57/EC of 22 November 1994 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for relevant activities of maritime administrations (1), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Decision 96/587/EC (2) listed the organisations recognised by the Member States in accordance with Directive 94/57/EC.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               In accordance with Article 4(5) of Directive 94/57/EC, the organisations which on 22 January 2002 are already recognised on the basis of the said Directive shall continue to be recognised.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Commission Decision 2005/623/EC (3) extended the limited recognition of the Hellenic Register of Shipping for a period of three years, with effects for Greece and Cyprus.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Commission Decision 2006/382/EC (4) extended the limited recognition of the Hellenic Register of Shipping with effects for Malta.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Commission Decision 2006/660/EC (5) granted Community limited recognition to the Polish Register of Shipping for a period of three years with effects for the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and the Slovak Republic.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               Decision 96/587/EC, now obsolete, should therefore be repealed while an updated list of the organisations recognised in compliance with Directive 94/57/EC should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at regular intervals,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Decision 96/587/EC is repealed.
   Article 2
   The Director General for Energy and Transport shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union an updated list of organisations recognised in compliance with Directive 94/57/EC by 1 July each year.
   Article 3
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
   
      Done at Brussels, 14 June 2007.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Jacques BARROT
         
         
            Vice-President
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 319, 12.12.1994, p. 20. Directive as last amended by Directive 2002/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 324, 29.11.2002, p. 53).
   
      (2)  OJ L 257, 10.10.1996, p. 43. Decision as last amended by Decision 2002/221/EC (OJ L 73, 15.3.2002, p. 30).
   
      (3)  OJ L 219, 24.8.2005, p. 43.
   
      (4)  OJ L 151, 6.6.2006, p. 31.
   
      (5)  OJ L 272, 3.10.2006, p. 17.