Scope
Article 3
1. This Directive applies to the following passenger ships and craft, regardless of their flag, when engaged on domestic voyages: (a) new passenger ships; (b) existing passenger ships of 24 metres in length and above; (c) high-speed passenger craft. Each Member State, in its capacity as host State, shall ensure that passenger ships and high-speed passenger craft, flying the flag of a State which is not a Member State, fully comply with the requirements of this Directive, before they may be engaged on domestic voyages in that Member State. 2. This Directive does not apply to: (a) passenger ships which are: (i) ships of war and troopships; (ii) ships not propelled by mechanical means; (iii) vessels constructed in material other than steel or equivalent and not covered by the standards concerning High Speed Craft (Resolution MSC 36 (63)) or Dynamically Supported Craft (Resolution A.373 (X)); (iv) wooden ships of primitive build; (v) original, and individual replicas of, historical passenger ships designed before 1965, built predominantly with the original materials; (vi) pleasure yachts unless they are or will be crewed and carrying more than 12 passengers for commercial purposes; or (vii) ships exclusively engaged in port areas; (b) high-speed passenger craft which are: (i) craft of war and troopcraft; (ii) pleasure craft, unless they are or will be crewed and carrying more than 12 passengers for commercial purposes; or (iii) craft exclusively engaged in port areas.