Marine Equipment Directive

New update: consolidated text

The consolidated text includes:

• Commission Directive 2008/67/EC of 30 June 2008 amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment (4th Amendment)
  Official Journal of the European Union L 171 of 01 July 2008
• Council Directive 96/98/EC of 20 December 1996 on marine equipment as amended - CONSLEG: 1996L0098-29/11/2002 including all amendments and corrections of:
  • DIRECTIVE 2002/84/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 5 November 2002 amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment (see Article 5)
    Official Journal L 324 , 29/11/2002 p. 0053 - 0058
  • Commission Directive 2002/75/EC of 2 September 2002 amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment (3rd Amendment)
    Official Journal L 254 , 23/09/2002 p. 0001 - 0046
  • Commission Directive 2001/53/EC of 10 July 2001 amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment (2nd Amendment)
    Official Journal L 204 , 28/07/2001 p. 0001 - 0028
  • Commission Directive 98/85/EC of 11 November 1998 amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment (1st Amendment )
    Official Journal L 315 , 25/11/1998 p. 0014 - 0034
  • Council Directive 96/98/EC of 20 December 1996 on marine equipment (Original Directive)
    Official Journal L 046 , 17/02/1997 p. 0025 - 0056

The Commission Directive 2008/67/EC (fourth amendment of the technical annexes) amending directive 96/968/EC on marine equipment(the so called MED) was adopted on 30 June 2008 and published on the Official Journal (OJ L 171, p. 16) on 1st July. Download it from here.

The foreseen consultation has been postponed and it is now likely to be launched next year.

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Table of contents:

• Consultation on the marine equipment directive
• The Directive and itrs purpose
• The products and relevant reference documentation
• The role of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
• The role of EU Member States (MS)
• The Role of the Manufacturer
• The COSS (Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships)
• The Revision - Consultation process
• Annexes (A and B)
• Notified Bodies (NB)
• Safeguard Clause

Also see:

Original text and revisions:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31996L0098:EN:HTML (original)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/1998/l_315/l_31519981125en00140034.pdf (rev '98)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2002/l_254/l_25420020923en00010046.pdf (rev '02)