1.Passenger ships smaller than 24 metres engaged on national voyages as referred to in Article 1 of the Ships Decree 2004 require a special safety certificate for passenger ships.2.The certificate as referred to in the first paragraph shall replace the national safety certificate.3.Article 3a, second...

1.As from 1 July 2005, Article 9, first paragraph, heading and item b, of the Decree are equally binding to passenger ships, belonging to class A as referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2009/45/EC, which undertake national voyages from or to a port in...

1.The owner of a commercial seagoing vessel with a perpendicular length of 24 metres or more, designed, constructed and operated exclusively for the carriage of not more than 12 passengers, may choose to have the vessel in question surveyed and certified in accordance with the...

A cargo ship for which the Certificate of Inspection, belonging to the SCV Code, is required, is, in order to obtain that certificate and during its period of validity, subjected to the survey prescribed in that Code.

1.The surveys as referred to in Article 9a take place at the following times: an initial survey before a ship enters into service; an intermediate or periodical survey in the period of three months before to three months after the second or the third anniversary...

1.The surveys, as referred to in the Articles 18, 19 and 19a of the Decree, are performed by an organization, designated to that end pursuant to Article 23 of the Decree, as desired by the owner. 2.The surveys to which a ship pursuant to the...

1.The certificates as referred to in the Articles 5, 5a through 5e and 6 have a period of validity of one year when they have been issued for a passenger ship. When they have been issued for a cargo ship, they have a period of...

1.A passenger ship for which the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate, belonging to Directive 2009/45/EC, is required, complies with the requirements applicable to that ship under the Articles 6, first through third paragraphs, and fifth through seventh paragraphs, and 7 of that Directive. 2.The sea areas...

1.Regulation V/19.2.5.4 of the SOLAS Convention is equally binding to ships of less than 500 GT, with the exception of passenger ships for which the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate, belonging to Directive 2009/45/EC, is required. 2.If a cargo ship with a length of 24 metres...