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S.I. No. 527/2020 - European Union (Marine Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 20th November, 2020.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 20141 and for the purpose of giving full effect to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1170 of 16 July 20202 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Marine Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.

2. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the European Union (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 177 of 2017 ).

3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended in paragraph (1) by the insertion of the following definition:

“ ‘Regulation of 2020’ means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1170 of 16 July 20202 on design, construction and performance requirements and testing standards for marine equipment and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/13973 ;”.

4. Regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations is amended in paragraph (2)(b) by the substitution of “Regulation of 2020” for “Regulation of 2019”.

5. Regulation 46 of the Principal Regulations is amended -

(a) by the substitution, in paragraphs (4) and (5), of “Regulation of 2020” for “Regulation of 2019”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (5):

“(6) Marine equipment listed as a ‘new item inserted by Implementing Regulation 2020/1170’2 in column 1 of the Annex to the Regulation of 2020 which complies with the requirements for type-approval in force in the State before 1 September 2020 may continue to be placed on the market or on board an Irish ship until 1 September 2023.”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

16 November, 2020.

EAMON RYAN,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the legal instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Statutory Instrument amends the European Union (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 177 of 2017 ), which gave effect to Directive 2014/90/EU of 23 July 2014, to take account of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1170 of 16 July 2020 on design, construction and performance requirements and testing standards for marine equipment and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1397.

1 OJ No. L 257, 28.8.2014, p.146.

2 OJ No. L 264, 12.8.2020, p.1.

2 OJ No. L 264, 12.8.2020, p.1.

3 OJ No. L 237, 13.9.2019, p.1.

2 OJ No. L 264, 12.8.2020, p.1.