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June 3, 2022
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- EU ministers agree on improving requirements
stability for ro-pax ships
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- The Presidency of the Council of the EU will launch the
negotiations with the European Parliament
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 Yesterday the Council of the European Union adopted its
position on strengthening the stability requirements of the
passenger and rolling stock ships. The objective of
EU transport ministers is to introduce
stricter stability to increase the level of
safety of ro-pax ships as part of the current revision of the
European Directive no. 25 of 14 April 2003 on specific requirements
of stability for these ships.-
- The proposal to amend the Directive ensures, as far as
possible, consistency with international standards on
stability in damage conditions for passenger ships
recently updated by the International Maritime Organization
(IMO) in the SOLAS 2020 Convention. IMO introduces new regime
to assess the chances of survival of the vessels
ro-pax in conditions of failure and new associated requirements. The new
however, international standards appear insufficient in the light of the
requirements already in place in the EU for new small ships
size, which is why the proposal provides for the maintenance of
safety requirements of a level equivalent to that provided for by the
existing Community law.
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- In addition, the proposal aims to strengthen the requirements for entry
in the European Union fleet of large ships
existing and not yet certified at EU level. The text of the
The Council maintained the general approach of the proposal of the
European Commission, except for an extension of the deadline of
transposition that, in accordance with the Council's position,
it would take from 12 to 24 months.
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- Following the general approach adopted yesterday by ministers
of EU transport the Council presidency will launch the
negotiations with the European Parliament as soon as the latter has
approved its position.
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