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MSN 1879 (M) Amendment 1 - Directive (EU) 2016/1629 – Laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels

This notice makes provision in relation to Directive (EU) 2016/1629 which lays down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels.

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MSN 1879 (M) Amendment 1 - Directive (EU) 2016/1629 – Laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels

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Notice to all owners and operators of inland waterway vessels, and navigation and harbour authorities.

This notice replaces MSN 1879(M) and should be read in conjunction with MSN 1880(M) Amendment 1 and MSN 1881(M). MSN 1894(M) is also cancelled.

This Notice makes provision in relation to Directive (EU) 2016/1629 which lays down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels.

Vessels that only operate on UK inland waterways will have an authorised exemption from the Directive but will have to comply with UK technical requirements.

The UK technical requirements with which such vessels are required to comply remain largely unchanged from those outlined in MSN 1824.

For the UK, “inland waterways” means categorised waters A, B, C and D, as set out in Annex 1 to this Merchant Shipping Notice.

For the European Union (EU) in general, “inland waterways” means the waters (of Zone 1, 2, 3 or 4) listed in Annex I to the Directive.

The Directive will not normally apply to any vessels certificated for service at sea which are operating temporarily on inland waterways.

The Directive is implemented in the UK by the Merchant Shipping (Technical Requirements for Inland Waterway Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 2019/160 as amended by the Merchant Shipping (Technical Requirements for Inland Waterway Vessels) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2019.

This Notice has been amended to take into account the new technical standard underpinning the Directive (ES-TRIN 2019/1) which replaced ES-TRIN 2017/1 with effect from 1 January 2020.

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Published 4 February 2020

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