Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 689/2012 of 27 July 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 415/2007 concerning the technical specifications for vessel tracking and tracing systems referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community

28.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 202/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 689/2012
of 27 July 2012
amending Regulation (EC) No 415/2007 concerning the technical specifications for vessel tracking and tracing systems referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community (1), and in particular Article 1, paragraph 2, and Article 5, paragraph 2, thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 415/2007 of 13 March 2007 concerning the technical specifications for vessel tracking and tracing systems referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community (2),
Whereas:
(1) In order to remain interoperable with maritime vessel traffic management and information services, and therefore with the maritime Automatic Identification System (AIS), it is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 415/2007 accordingly.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established pursuant to Article 7 of Council Directive 91/672/EEC of 16 December 1991 on the reciprocal recognition of national boatmasters’ certificates for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway (3),