# Council Directive 92/29/EEC of 31 March 1992 on the minimum safety and health requirements for improved medical treatment on board vessels, Article 7: Inspection

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Each Member State shall take the measures necessary to ensure that a competent person or a competent authority carries out an annual inspection to check that on board all vessels flying its flag:
the medical supplies meet the minimum requirements of this Directive;
the checklist provided for in Article 2 (1) (c) confirms that the medical supplies comply with those minimum requirements;
the medical supplies are correctly stored;
any expiry dates have been respected.
2. Inspections of the medical supplies stored on life-rafts shall be carried out in the course of those life-rafts' annual maintenance.
Those inspections may exceptionally be postponed for up to five months.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1992/29/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-29/article-7
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