[F1 ANNEX II U.K. Requirements applicable to on-board equipment

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2011/15/EU of 23 February 2011 amending Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system (Text with EEA relevance).

IV. EXEMPTIONS U.K.

1. Exemptions from the requirement to carry AIS on board U.K.

(a) Member States may exempt passenger ships below 15 metres in length or 300 gross tonnage engaged on non-international voyages from the application of the requirements concerning AIS laid down in this Annex. U.K.

(b) Member States may exempt ships, other than passenger ships, of 300 gross tonnage and upwards but less than 500 gross tonnage sailing exclusively within the internal waters of a Member State and outside routes normally used by other ships fitted with AIS, from the carriage requirements for AIS laid down in this Annex. U.K.

2. Exemptions from the requirement to carry a VDR or S-VDR on board U.K.

Member States may grant exemptions from the requirement to be fitted with a VDR or an S-VDR as follows:

(a)

Passenger ships only on voyages in sea areas other than those covered by Class A, as referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) , may be exempted from the requirement to be fitted with a VDR.

(b)

Ships, other than ro-ro passenger ships, constructed before 1 July 2002 may be exempted from the requirement to be fitted with a VDR where it can be demonstrated that interfacing a VDR with the existing equipment on the ship is unreasonable and impracticable.

(c)

Cargo ships constructed before 1 July 2002 , engaged on international or non-international voyages, may be exempted from the requirement to be fitted with an S-VDR if such ships are to be taken permanently out of service within two years of the implementation date specified in Chapter V of SOLAS.]

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[F1 OJ L 163, 25.6.2009, p. 1 .]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2011/15/EU of 23 February 2011 amending Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system (Text with EEA relevance).