GERMANY: SHIPS AND SHIP SAFETY EQUIPMENT The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 95.264. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: GERMANY. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible: Federal Ministry of Transport. 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Ships and ship safety equipment. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Seventh Ordinance to Amend the Ship Safety Ordinance (Siebente Verodnung zur Anderung der Schiffssicherheitsverordnung), 21 pages. 6. Description of content: (i) Provisions for the implementation of: (a) Resolution 1 of the Conference of Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, adopted on 24 May 1994 (``Adoption of Amendments to the Annex to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974''); (b) Resolution MSC.31(63), adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization on 23 May 1994 (``Adoption of Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974''); (c) Resolution MSC.42(64), adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization on 9 December 1994 (``Adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974''); (ii) Provisions for the adaptation of existing national ship safety regulations to the requirements of: (a) Council Directive 95/21/EC of 19 June 1995 concerning the enforcement in respect of shipping using Community ports and sailing in the waters under the jurisdiction of member States, of international standards for ship safety, pollution prevention, and shipboard living and working conditions (port state control); (b) Council Directive 94/57/EC of 22 November 1994 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organizations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations; (iii) Provisions to amend and supplement existing national regulations as embodied in the Ship Safety Ordinance. 7. Objective and rationale: Improvement in the safety of cargo and passenger ships. 8. Relevant documents: For relevant documents refer to Item 6. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: (i) 1 January 1996, (ii) 3 March 1996, (iii) 1 July 1996. 10. Final date for comments: 31 October 1995. 11. Texts available from: National enquiry point ( ) or address and telefax number of other body: Bundesministerium fur Verkehr, Postfach 20 01 00, D-53170 Bonn, Telefax number: 0228-300-3428-3429. (275)

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