# Council Directive 98/18/EC of 17 March 1998 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (repealed), Division .7: If a survival craft launching arrangement does not allow embarkation into the survival craft before it is on the water and the height from the embarkation station to the water is more than 4,5 metres above the waterline in the lightest seagoing condition, an approved type of MES (Marine Evacuation System) complying with section 6.2 of the LSA Code shall be installed.

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Status: repealed

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1998/18/annex/I/chapter/III/division/5/division/2/division/.7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-18/annex-I/chapter-III/division-5/division-2/division-.7
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