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Directive (EU) 2021/1233 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 July 2021 amending Directive (EU) 2017/2397 as regards the transitional measures for the recognition of third-country certificates (Text with EEA relevance)

Directive (EU) 2021/1233 · Directive · 4 articles

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Article 1

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Directive (EU) 2017/2397 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 10, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. Without prejudice to paragraph 2 of this Article, any certificate of qualification, service record book or logbook that has been issued in accordance with the national rules of a third country laying down requirements that are identical to those of this Directive, including those set out in Article 38(1) and (3), shall be valid on all Union inland waterways, subject to the procedure and the conditions set out in paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Article.’; (2) in Article 38, the following paragraph is added: ‘7. Until 17 January 2032, Member States may continue to recognise, on the basis of their national requirements, or international agreements, applicable before 16 January 2018, certificates of qualification, service record books and logbooks that have been issued by a third country before 18 January 2024. The recognition shall be limited to the inland waterways on the territory of the Member State concerned.’.

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1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 17 January 2022. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States. The derogation laid down in Article 39(4) of Directive (EU) 2017/2397 shall apply to this Directive, mutatis mutandis . 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

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This Directive shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 4

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This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Implementing measures in the Member States

FranceDécret n°2022-156 du 9 février 2022

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