{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-59/annex-II/division-III/division-2/division-b",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-59/annex-II/division-III/division-2/division-b.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2002/59",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-59",
  "path": "annex/II/division/III/division/2/division/b",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "(b)",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Cargo ships of 3 000 gross tonnage and upwards constructed before 1 July 2002 engaged on a non-international voyage shall be fitted with a voyage data recorder (VDR) or with a simplified voyage data recorder (S-VDR) which complies with the technical and performance standards developed in accordance with Chapter V of SOLAS.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive 2011/15/EU of 23 February 2011 amending Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/59/annex/II/division/III/division/2/division/b",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:55.865932+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}