Marine Equipment Directive

The Commission Directive 2008/67/EC (fourth amendment of the technical annexes) amending directive 96/968/EC on marine equipment(the so called MED) was adopted on 30 June 2008 and published on the Official Journal (OJ L 171, p. 16) on 1st July. Download it from here.

The foreseen consultation has been postponed and it is now likely to be launched next year.

EMEC is at work to collect comments and cases to support specific request for revision. Click here to take part in the EMEC Survey about the Marine Equipment Directive.

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If you would like to send comments on the MED or cases please send an email to: med@emecweb.eu

Table of contents:

• Consultation on the marine equipment directive
• The Directive and itrs purpose
• The products and relevant reference documentation
• The role of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
• The role of EU Member States (MS)
• The Role of the Manufacturer
• The COSS (Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships)
• The Revision - Consultation process
• Annexes (A and B)
• Notified Bodies (NB)
• Safeguard Clause

Also see:

Original text and revisions:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31996L0098:EN:HTML (original)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/1998/l_315/l_31519981125en00140034.pdf (rev '98)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2002/l_254/l_25420020923en00010046.pdf (rev '02)