Amendments

Directive 2002/59/EC is hereby amended as follows:

Article 2(2) shall be amended as follows:

the introductory wording shall be replaced by the following:

‘Unless otherwise provided, this Directive shall not apply to:’;

point (c) shall be replaced by the following:

bunkers on ships below 1 000 gross tonnage and ships' stores and equipment for use on board all ships.’;

Article 3 shall be amended as follows:

point (a) shall be amended as follows:

the introductory wording shall be replaced by the following:

‘Relevant international instruments' means the following instruments, in their up-to-date version:’;

the following indents shall be added:

“IMO Resolution A.917(22)” means International Maritime Organisation Resolution 917(22) entitled “Guidelines for the onboard use of AIS”, as amended by IMO Resolution A.956(23);

“IMO Resolution A.949(23)” means International Maritime Organisation Resolution 949(23) entitled “Guidelines on places of refuge for ships in need of assistance”;

“IMO Resolution A.950(23)” means International Maritime Organisation Resolution 950(23) entitled “Maritime assistance services (MAS)”;

“IMO guidelines on the fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident” means the guidelines as annexed to resolution LEG. 3(91) of the IMO Legal Committee of 27 April 2006 and as approved by the Governing Body of the ILO in its 296th session of 12 to 16 June 2006.’;

point (k) shall be replaced by the following:

“competent authorities” means the authorities and organisations designated by Member States to perform functions under this Directive.’;

the following points shall be added:

“SafeSeaNet” means the Community maritime information exchange system developed by the Commission in cooperation with the Member States to ensure the implementation of Community legislation;

“scheduled service” means a series of ship crossings operated so as to serve traffic between the same two or more ports, either according to a published timetable or with crossings so regular or frequent that they constitute a recognisable systematic series;

“fishing vessel” means any vessel equipped for commercial exploitation of living aquatic resources;

“ship in need of assistance” means, without prejudice to the provisions of the SAR Convention concerning the rescue of persons, a ship in a situation that could give rise to its loss or an environmental or navigational hazard;

“LRIT” means a system for the long-range identification and tracking of ships in accordance with SOLAS regulation V/19-1.’;

the following Articles shall be inserted:

DIRECTIVE 2009/17/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2002/59/EC establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system ANNEX ‘ANNEX III