Inland waterways vessels: reciprocal recognition of navigability licences. Codification

PURPOSE: codification of Directive 76/135/EEC on the reciprocal recognition of navigability licences for inland waterway vessels.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Directive 2009/100/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on reciprocal recognition of navigability licences for inland waterway vessels (codified version).

CONTENT: the purpose of this Directive is to undertake a codification of Council Directive 76/135/EEC, of 20 January 1976, on the reciprocal recognition of navigability licences for inland waterway vessels.

The new Directive will supersede the various acts incorporated in it. It fully preserves the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 22/10/2009.