Marine equipment

COMMUNITY MEASURE: Commission Directive 2002/75/EC amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment. CONTENT: for the purposes of Directive 96/98/EC, the international conventions, including the 1974 SOLAS Convention, and testing standards, together with their amendments, are those in force on 1 January 2001. Amendments to the SOLAS Convention and to other international conventions and new testing standards have entered into force since 1 January 2001 or will enter into force shortly. New rules regarding the equipment to be placed on board ships have been laid down by those instruments. Directive 96/98/EC should be amended accordingly. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 23/09/2002. DATE FOR TRANSPOSITION: 23/03/2003