Amendments to Directive 1999/32/EC
Article 2
Directive 1999/32/EC is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 2 shall be amended as follows: (a) point 3 shall be replaced by the following: ‘3. marine fuel means any petroleum-derived liquid fuel intended for use or in use on board a vessel, including those fuels defined in ISO 8217. It includes any petroleum-derived liquid fuel in use on board inland waterway vessels or recreational craft, as defined in Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1997 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery ( *10 ) and Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 1994 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to recreational craft ( *11 ) , when such vessels are at sea; ( *10 ) OJ L 59, 27.2.1998, p. 1 ." ( *11 ) OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 15 .’;" (b) point 3j shall be deleted; 2. Article 4b shall be amended as follows: (a) the title shall be replaced by the following: ‘Maximum sulphur content of marine fuels used by ships at berth in Community ports’; (b) in paragraph 1, point (a) shall be deleted; (c) in paragraph 2, point (b) shall be deleted; 3. in Article 6, paragraph 1a, the third subparagraph shall be replaced by the following: ‘Sampling shall commence on the date on which the relevant limit for maximum sulphur content in the fuel comes into force. It shall be carried out with sufficient frequency, in sufficient quantities, and in such a way that the samples are representative of the fuel examined, and of the fuel being used by vessels while in relevant sea areas and ports.’.