Commission Directive 98/85/EC of 11 November 1998 amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 98/85/EC of 11 November 1998 amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 96/98/EC of 20 December 1996 on marine equipment (1), and in particular the first and second indents thereof,
(1) Whereas, for the purposes of Council Directive 96/98/EC, the international conventions, including the 1974 SOLAS Convention, and testing standards are those, together with their amendments, in force on the date of the adoption of that Directive;
(2) Whereas amendments to the SOLAS Convention and to other international conventions and new testing standards have entered into force since the adoption of that Directive or will enter into force shortly;
(3) Whereas new rules regarding the equipment to be placed on board ships have been laid down by those instruments;
(4) Whereas Directive 96/98/EC should be amended accordingly;
(5) Whereas 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 (2), as last amended by Commission Directive 98/74/EC (3),