Directive (EU) 2023/946: what it means for Maritime & Shipping

to amend Directive 2003/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 April 2003 on specific stability requirements for ro-ro passenger ships. PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: Directive 2003/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishes a uniform level of specific stability requirements for ro-ro passenger ships improving the survivability of this type of vessel in case of…

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Shipowners, operators and the waterborne-transport sector work under the EU's maritime framework — vessel safety, emissions and inland-waterway rules. These are the EU acts most likely to apply.

Directive (EU) 2023/946 sits in that rulebook because its subject matter covers maritime. Whether — and how — it applies to a given business depends on that business’s activities, products and markets.

• Regulation (EU) 2023/1805 on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport32023R1805
• Regulation (EU) 2016/1035 on protection against injurious pricing of vessels (codification)32016R1035
• Council Decision (EU) 2015/1565 of 14 September 2015 on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Declaration on the granting of fishing opportunities in EU waters to fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of French Guiana32015D1565
• Regulation (EU) 2018/974 on statistics of goods transport by inland waterways (codification)32018R0974
• Council Decision (EU) 2015/1878 of 8 October 2015 authorising the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Poland, respectively, to ratify, and the Republic of Austria to accede to the Budapest Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterways (CMNI)32015D1878
• Directive (EU) 2022/993 on the minimum level of training of seafarers (codification) (codification)32022L0993

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