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.