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Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC
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ship identification (name, call sign, IMO identification number or MMSI number),
port of destination;
estimated time of arrival at the port of destination or pilot station, as required by the competent authority, and estimated time of departure from that port;
total number of persons on board.
the correct technical names of the dangerous or polluting goods, the United Nations (UN) numbers where they exist, the IMO hazard classes in accordance with the IMDG, IBC and IGC Codes and, where appropriate, the class of the ship needed for INF cargoes as defined in Regulation VII/14.2, the quantities of such goods and, if they are being carried in cargo transport units other than tanks, the identification number thereof;
address from which detailed information on the cargo may be obtained.
ship identification (name, call sign, IMO identification number or MMSI number);
port of destination;
for a ship leaving a port in a Member State: estimated time of departure from the port of departure or pilot station, as required by the competent authority, and estimated time of arrival at the port of destination;
for a ship coming from a port located outside the Community and bound for a port in a Member State: estimated time of arrival at the port of destination or pilot station, as required by the competent authority;
total number of persons on board.
the correct technical names of the dangerous or polluting goods, the United Nations (UN) numbers where they exist, the IMO hazard classes in accordance with the IMDG, IBC and IGC Codes and, where appropriate, the class of the ship as defined by the INF Code, the quantities of such goods and their location on board and, if they are being carried in cargo transport units other than tanks, the identification number thereof;
confirmation that a list or manifest or appropriate loading plan giving details of the dangerous or polluting goods carried and of their location on the ship is on board;
address from which detailed information on the cargo may be obtained.
ship identification (name, call sign, IMO identification number or MMSI number),
date and time,
position in latitude and longitude or true bearing and distance in nautical miles from a clearly identified landmark,
course,
speed,
port destination and estimated time of arrival,
cargo and, if dangerous goods present on board, quantity and IMO class,
address for the communication of cargo information,
total number of persons on board,
Miscellaneous:
characteristics and estimated quantity of bunker fuel, for ships of more than 1 000 gross tonnage,
navigational status.]
Textual Amendments
Passenger ships, irrespective of size, and all ships of 300 gross tonnage and upwards built on or after 1 July 2002 which call at a port of a Member State of the Community are subject to the carrying requirement laid down in Article 6.
Passenger ships, irrespective of size, and all ships of 300 gross tonnage and upwards built prior to 1 July 2002 which call at a port of a Member State of the Community are subject to the carrying requirement laid down in Article 6 according to the following timetable:
passenger ships: not later than 1 July 2003;
tankers: not later than the first survey for safety equipment after 1 July 2003;
ships, other than passenger ships and tankers, of 50 000 gross tonnage and upwards: not later than 1 July 2004;
ships, other than passenger ships and tankers, of 10 000 gross tonnage and upwards but less than 50 000 gross tonnage: not later than 1 July 2005 or, as regards ships engaged in international voyages, any earlier date decided within the framework of the IMO;
ships, other than passenger ships and tankers, of 3 000 gross tonnage and upwards but less than 10 000 gross tonnage: not later than 1 July 2006 or, as regards ships engaged in international voyages, any earlier date decided upon within the framework of the IMO;
ships, other than passenger ships and tankers, of 300 gross tonnage and upwards but less than 3 000 gross tonnage: not later than 1 July 2007 or, as regards ships engaged in international voyages, any earlier date decided upon within the framework of the IMO.
Member States may exempt passenger ships below 300 gross tonnage engaged in domestic trade from the application of the requirements concerning AIS laid down in this Annex.
Fishing vessels with a length of more than 15 metres overall are subject to the carrying requirement laid down in Article 6a according to the following timetable:
fishing vessels of overall length 24 metres and upwards but less than 45 metres: not later than 31 May 2012 ,
fishing vessels of overall length 18 metres and upwards but less than 24 metres: not later than 31 May 2013 ,
fishing vessels of overall length exceeding 15 metres but less than 18 metres: not later than 31 May 2014 .
New built fishing vessels of overall length exceeding 15 metres are subject to the carrying requirement laid down in Article 6a as from 30 November 2010 .]
Textual Amendments
passenger ships built on or after 1 July 2002, not later than 1 July 2002;
ro-ro passenger ships built before 1 July 2002, not later than the first survey on or after 1 July 2002;
passenger ships other than ro-ro passenger ships, built before 1 July 2002, not later than 1 January 2004;
Ships other than passenger ships, of 3 000 gross tonnage and upwards, built on or after 1 July 2002, not later than 5 August 2002.
cargo ships of 20 000 gross tonnage and upwards, not later than the date fixed by the IMO, or, in the absence of a decision in IMO, not later than 1 January 2007;
cargo ships of 3 000 gross tonnage and upwards but less than 20 000 gross tonnage, not later than the date fixed by the IMO, or, in the absence of a decision in IMO, not later than 1 January 2008.
The Community maritime information and exchange system, SafeSeaNet, shall enable the receipt, storage, retrieval and exchange of information for the purpose of maritime safety, port and maritime security, marine environment protection and the efficiency of maritime traffic and maritime transport.
SafeSeaNet is a specialised system established to facilitate the exchange of information in an electronic format between Member States and to provide the Commission with the relevant information in accordance with Community legislation. It is composed of a network of national SafeSeaNet systems in Member States and a SafeSeaNet central system acting as a nodal point.
The SafeSeaNet network shall link all national SafeSeaNet systems and include the SafeSeaNet central system.
Member States shall establish and maintain a national SafeSeaNet system allowing for the exchange of maritime information between authorised users under the responsibility of a national competent authority (NCA).
The NCA shall be responsible for the management of the national system, which shall include the national co-ordination of data users and data providers as well as ensuring that UN LOCODES are designated and that the necessary national IT infrastructure and the procedures described in the interface and functionalities control document referred to in point 2.3 are established and maintained.
The national SafeSeaNet system shall enable the inter-connection of users authorised under the responsibility of an NCA and may be made accessible to identified shipping actors (shipowners, agents, masters, shippers and others) when authorised by the NCA, in particular in order to facilitate the electronic submission of reports in accordance with Community legislation.
The Commission is responsible for the management and development at policy level of the central SafeSeaNet system and for the oversight of the SafeSeaNet system, in cooperation with Member States, while, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) , the Agency, in cooperation with the Member States and the Commission, is responsible for its technical implementation.
The central SafeSeaNet system, acting as a nodal point, shall interconnect all national SafeSeaNet systems and shall establish the necessary IT infrastructure and procedures as described in the interface and functionalities control document referred to in point 2.3.
The Commission shall establish a high-level steering group, which shall adopt its rules of procedure, composed of representatives of the Member States and of the Commission to:
make recommendations to improve the effectiveness and security of SafeSeaNet,
provide appropriate guidance for the development of SafeSeaNet,
assist the Commission in reviewing the performance of SafeSeaNet,
approve the interface and functionalities control document referred to in point 2.3, and any amendments thereto.
The Commission shall develop and maintain, in close cooperation with the Member States, an interface and functionalities control document (IFCD).
The IFCD shall describe in detail the performance requirements and procedures applicable to the national and central elements of SafeSeaNet designed to ensure compliance with the relevant Community legislation.
The IFCD shall include rules for:
access rights guidance for data quality management,
security specifications for data transmission and exchange, and
the archiving of information at national and central level.
The IFCD shall indicate the means of storage and the availability of the information on dangerous or polluting goods concerning scheduled services to which an exemption has been granted in accordance with Article 15.
Technical documentation related to SafeSeaNet, such as standards for data exchange format, users’ manuals and network security specifications, shall be developed and maintained by the Agency in cooperation with the Member States.
The system shall use industry standards and be able to interact with public and private systems used to create, provide or receive information within SafeSeaNet.
The Commission and the Member States shall cooperate in order to examine the feasibility and development of functionalities that as far as possible will ensure that the data providers, including masters, owners, agents, operators, shippers and relevant authorities, need to submit information only once. Member States shall ensure that the information submitted is available for use in all relevant reporting, notification and VTMIS systems.
Electronic messages exchanged in accordance with this Directive and relevant Community legislation shall be distributed through SafeSeaNet. To this end, Member States shall develop and maintain the necessary interfaces for automatic transmission of data by electronic means to the SafeSeaNet.
Where internationally-adopted rules allow routing of LRIT information concerning third country vessels, SafeSeaNet networks shall be used to distribute amongst Member States, with an appropriate level of security, the LRIT information received in accordance with Article 6b of this Directive.
The central and the national SafeSeaNet systems shall comply with the requirements of this Directive concerning confidentiality of information, as well as with the security principles and specifications described in the IFCD, in particular as regards access rights.
Member States shall identify all users to which a role and a set of access rights is attributed in compliance with the IFCD.]
Where, following an incident or circumstance of the type described in Article 17 affecting a ship, the competent authority of the Member State concerned deems, within the framework of international law, that it is necessary to avert, lessen or remove a serious and imminent threat to its coastline or related interests, the safety of other ships and their crews and passengers or of persons on shore or to protect the marine environment, that authority may, inter alia:
restrict the movement of the ship or direct it to follow a specific course. This requirement does not affect the master's responsibility for the safe handling of his ship;
give official notice to the master of the ship to put an end to the threat to the environment or maritime safety;
send an evaluation team aboard the ship to assess the degree of risk, help the master to remedy the situation and keep the competent coastal station informed thereof;
instruct the master to put in at a place of refuge in the event of imminent peril, or cause the ship to be piloted or towed.
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