1.The Commission may institute working groups consisting of members of the Committee and may invite experts to participate in the deliberations of the Committee or of a working group. 2.A representative of the Industrial Insurance Administration Office of Amsterdam may participate in all deliberations of...

1.The Committee lays down rules regarding its procedure. These rules need approval of Our Minister before entering into force. 2.The Committee may determine further rules regarding the procedure to be followed by its working groups.

1.The commissioners of the pilots and the port masters of Aruba, Curaçao or Sint Maarten, immediately send the Head of the Shipping Inspectorate, respectively the district head in Aruba, Curaçao or Sint Maarten, copies of the minutes drawn up by them in case of shipping...

1.With due regard for the requirement in the third paragraph of Article 27, the Head of the Shipping Inspectorate starts an investigation or has this started with regard to any shipping disaster of which he has been informed, by one or more of the officials...

1.Either upon demand of the Head of the Shipping Inspectorate, or having heard his chief official, the Court may declare by reasoned decision that the master or one or more mates, engineers, radio operators or radio telephonists is incompetent to serve as master, mate, engineer...

When new facts turn up after a competence has been withdrawn by the Maritime Court of the Netherlands pursuant to Article 36, which were not known during the first investigation and which could have influenced the decision, the Court starts a new investigation and the...

1.In handling cases as referred to in this Chapter, the Court is not bound by other forms than determined by this statute law. 2.The Head of the Shipping Inspectorate is competent to attend the sessions of the Court, also those held behind closed doors. During...

Inspection of a judgment of the Court is free and an excerpt or copy of these judgments brings along costs, calculated according to the tariff for excerpts or copies of verdicts in criminal cases; both are supplied by the clerk.

As regards the disciplinary measures, the investigation and the judgments of the Maritime Court of the Netherlands, the provisions of Chapter IV apply insofar as they are capable of applicability, except for Article 37, third paragraph.