# Council Directive 97/70/EC of 11 December 1997 setting up a harmonised safety regime for fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and over, Article 5: Standards for design, construction and maintenance

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

The standards for the design, construction and maintenance of hull, main and auxiliary machinery, electrical and automatic plants of a fishing vessel shall be the rules in force at the date of its construction, specified for classification by a recognised organisation or used by an administration.
For new vessels, these rules shall be in accordance with the procedure and subject to the conditions laid down in Article 14(2) of Directive 94/57/EC.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1997/70/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1997-70/article-5
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