S.L. 427.60 Art. 5Requirements for marine equipment.

(1) Marine equipment that is placed on board an EU ship on or after 18th September 2016 shall meet the design, construction and performance requirements of the international instruments as applicable at the time when that equipment is placed on board.

(2) Compliance of marine equipment with the requirements referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall be demonstrated solely in accordance with the testing standards and by means of the conformity assessment procedures referred to in regulation 13.

(3) The international instruments shall apply, without prejudice to the conformity checking procedure set out in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the European Parliament and of

(5) Without prejudice to sub-regulation (4), until the implementing acts referred to in Article 35(2) of Directive 2014/90/ EU are published by the European Commission, the requirements and testing standards stipulated in Annex A of Directive 96/98/EC of 20 December 1996 on marine equipment shall remain applicable.