# Directive 2001/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001 on the minimum level of training of seafarers (repealed) EU Directive 2001/25 · adopted 4 April 2001 Directive 2001/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001 on the minimum level of training of seafarers (repealed) ## Introductory text Directive 2001/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001 on the minimum level of training of seafarers (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Training and certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Certificates and endorsements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Training requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Principles governing near-coastal voyages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7a Prevention of fraud and other unlawful practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Penalties or disciplinary measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Quality standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Medical standards — Issue and registration of certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Revalidation of certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Use of simulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Responsibilities of companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Fitness for duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Dispensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Responsibilities of Member States with regard to training and assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 On-board communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Recognition of certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Port State control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Port State control procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Detention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21a Regular monitoring of compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21b Compliance report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Addressees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF THE STCW CONVENTION, REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 ### Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: MASTER AND DECK DEPARTMENT ### Division Regulation II/1: Mandatory minimum requirements for certification of officers in charge of a navigational watch on ships of 500 gross tonnage or more ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Every candidate for certification shall: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: ENGINE DEPARTMENT ### Division Regulation III/1: Mandatory minimum requirements for certification of officers in charge of an engineering watch in a manned engine-room or designated duty engineers in a periodically unmanned engine-room ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Every candidate for certification shall: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: RADIOCOMMUNICATION AND RADIO PERSONNEL ### Division Regulation IV/1: Application ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter V: SPECIAL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONNEL ON CERTAIN TYPES OF SHIPS ### Division Regulation V/1: Mandatory minimum requirements for the training and qualification of masters, officers and ratings on tankers ## 1 Officers and ratings assigned specific duties and responsibilities relating to cargo or cargo equipment on tankers shall have completed an approved shore-based fire-fighting course in addition to the training required by Regulation VI/1 and shall have completed: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Masters, chief engineer officers, chief mates, second engineer officers and any person with immediate responsibility for loading, discharging and care in transit or handling of cargo shall, in addition to meeting the requirements of subparagraph 1.1 or 1.2, have: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VI: EMERGENCY, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, MEDICAL CARE AND SURVIVAL FUNCTIONS ## Regulation V1/1 Mandatory minimum requirements for familiarisation, basic safety training and instruction for all seafarers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VII: ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION ### Division Regulation VII/1: Issue of alternative certificates ## 1 Notwithstanding the requirements for certification laid down in Chapters II and III of this Annex, Member States may elect to issue or authorise the issue of certificates other than those mentioned in the regulations of those chapters, provided that: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF THIRD COUNTRIES THAT HAVE ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OR UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF WHICH WAS ISSUED A CERTIFICATE, REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 18(3)(a) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## A Repealed Directive and its amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Deadlines for transposition into national law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2001/25 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-25 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.