Article 3

Subject to paragraphs 3 to 6, each Member State shall recognise for navigation on its national waterways the navigability licences issued by another Member State in accordance with Article 2 on the same basis as if it had issued those licences itself.

Paragraph 1 shall apply only if the licence was issued or last extended not more than five years previously and has not expired.

A certificate issued pursuant to the Rhine Vessel Inspection Regulation shall be accepted as evidence, within the meaning of paragraphs 3 and 5, for its full duration.

Member States may require that the technical specifications laid down in the Rhine Vessel Inspection Regulation be complied with. They may require the certificate referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 as evidence of this.

Member States may require vessels carrying dangerous goods as defined in the ADN to comply with the requirements laid down in that Agreement. As evidence of this, they may require that the authorisation provided for in that Agreement be produced.

Vessels which fulfil the requirements laid down in the Rhine Vessel Inspection Regulation shall be admitted to all inland waterways in the Community. Evidence of compliance with those requirements may be provided by the certificate referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2.

Special conditions for the transport of dangerous goods shall be considered fulfilled in all Community waterways if the vessels meet the requirements of the ADN. Evidence of compliance with those requirements may be provided by the authorisation referred to in paragraph 4.

Member States may require fulfilment in maritime shipping lanes of additional conditions equivalent to those required for their own vessels. Member States shall inform the Commission of their maritime shipping lanes, the list of which shall be drawn up by the Commission on the basis of the information supplied to it by the Member States.