| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2011) 456 final (26.7.11) |
| Publication Date | 26/07/2011 |
| Content Type | Policy-making |
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The Recreational Craft Directive was adopted in 1994 to regulate the placing of pleasure boats on the European market. It lays down essential safety requirements that manufacturers shall respect when designing watercraft in order to place those safe watercraft on the EU market. Directive 94/25/EC was amended by Directive 2003/44/EC which introduces a set of limit values for exhaust emissions for propulsion engines and noise levels for watercrafts with propulsion engines. The same amending Directive provides a review clause (Article 2) which aims at reinforcing emission limits to reflect the technological progress of recreational marine engines as well as the need to harmonise the limits worldwide, particularly with the US. The review clause also stipulates that the Commission shall report on the possibilities of further improving the environmental characteristics of engines and, if deemed appropriate in the light of this report, put forward appropriate proposals to the European Parliament and the Council. The Commission issued a report in 2007 (COM(2007)313) in which it announced that it would assess options to further reduce the exhaust emission limits of recreational marine engines. |
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| Source Link | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0456:FIN:EN:PDF |
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| Subject Categories | Mobility and Transport |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
