Article 1
Germany is hereby authorized to exempt the following regular scheduled services: (a) between Norddeich and Juist; (b) between Norddeich and Baltrum; and (c) between Emden and Borkum from the application of Article 5 (2) and (3) of Directive 93/75/EEC, provided that the following requirements are met: - the waters in which the services covered by this Decision operate shall be duly buoyed and marked for the attention of navigators in the relevant nautical documents, - the vessels concerned shall be required to comply with the local navigation rules, - the vessels concerned shall be required to keep in constant contact, in particular by radio links, with the competent sea traffic service, - only small quantities of dangerous or polluting goods, within the meaning of Directive 93/75/EEC, shall be carried on board, - the information referred to in Annex I to Directive 93/75/EEC shall be available to the operators and captains of the vessel concerned throughout the crossing and shall at any time be transmissible to the authorities of the Member State.