Commission Directive 2002/75/EC of 2 September 2002 amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Directive 2002/75/EC
of 2 September 2002
amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 96/98/EC of 20 December 1996 on marine equipment(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2001/53/EC(2), and in particular first and second indent of Article 17 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) For the purposes of Directive 96/98/EC, the international conventions, including the 1974 SOLAS Convention, and testing standards are those, together with their amendments, in force on 1 January 2001.
(2) Amendments to the SOLAS Convention and to other international conventions and new testing standards have entered into force after 1 January 2001 or will enter into force shortly.
(3) New rules regarding the equipment to be placed on board ships have been laid down by those instruments.
(4) Directive 96/98/EC should be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 12 of Council Directive 93/75/EEC(3),