# Council Directive 93/103/EC of 23 November 1993 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for work on board fishing vessels (thirteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC), Article 3: General provisions

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

1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to see that:
(a) owners ensure that their vessels are used without endangering the safety and health of workers, in particular in foreseeable meterological conditions, without prejudice to the skipper's responsibility;
(b) account is taken of any hazards faced by the rest of the workers when Article 8 (4) of Directive 89/391/EEC is applied;
(c) any occurrences at sea which affect or could affect the safety and health of the workers on board are described in a detailed report to be forwarded to the relevant competent authorities and are recorded carefully and in detail in the ship's log, where the national regulations or legislation in force require such a log to be kept on the type of vessel in question or, in the absence of such a log, in a document required for the purpose.
2. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that, as regards compliance with this Directive, vessels are subject to regular checks by authorities specifically empowered to carry out such checks.
Certain checks concerning compliance with this Directive may be carried out at sea.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1993/103/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-103/article-3
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