The Recreational Craft Directive was adopted in 1994 to regulate the placing on the market of pleasure boats on the European market. It lays down essential safety requirement that manufacturers shall respect when designing watercraft in order to place those safe watercraft on the EU market. The manufacturers must fulfil several obligations in order to show that their product complies with the Directive, including a Declaration of Conformity of the watercraft with the essential requirements of the Directive, affixing the CE marking on the product and providing the users with information on the use and maintenance of the product.
The revision of the Directive substantially modernises existing EU rules on safety and environmental performance requirements for watercrafts designed for private use activities i.e. leisure, sporting and training activities including when hired, with or without crews.
Rapporteur: Malcolm Harbour (ECR)
Shadow rapporteurs: Andreas Schwab (EPP), Mitro Repo (S&D), Toine Manders (ALDE), Heide Rühle (Greens), Matteo Salvini (EFD).
Source : © European Union, 2014 - EP