Article 11
Amendment to Directive 2001/25/EC Directive 2001/25/EC is hereby amended as follows: 1. in Article 1, points 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23 and 24 shall be replaced by the following: "16. 'chemical tanker' shall mean a ship constructed or adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquid product listed in Chapter 17 of the International Bulk Chemical Code, in its up-to-date version; 17. 'liquefied-gas tanker' shall mean a ship constructed or adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas or other product listed in Chapter 19 of the International Gas Carrier Code, in its up-to-date version; 18. 'Radio Regulations' shall mean the revised radio regulations, adopted by the World Administrative Radio Conference for the Mobile Service in their up-to-date version; (...) 21. 'STCW Convention' shall mean the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers as it applies to the matters concerned taking into account the transitional provisions of Article VII and Regulation I/15 of the Convention and including, where appropriate, the applicable provisions of the STCW code, all being applied in its up-to-date version; 22. 'radio duties' shall include, as appropriate, watchkeeping and technical maintenance and repairs conducted in accordance with the Radio Regulations, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (1974), (Solas Convention) and, at the discretion of each Member State, the relevant recommendations of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), in their up-to-date versions; 23. 'ro-ro passenger ship' shall mean a passenger ship with ro-ro cargo spaces or special-category spaces as defined in the Solas Convention, in its up-to-date version; 24. 'STCW Code' shall mean the Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code as adopted by Resolution 2 of the 1995 STCW Conference of Parties, in its up-to-date version"; 2. the following paragraph shall be added to Article 22: "4. The amendments to the international instruments referred to in Article 1 may be excluded from the scope of this Directive, pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 establishing a Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS)(34)." 3. in Article 23, point 1 shall be replaced by the following: "1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS) created by Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002."