Commission Directive 2010/36/EU of 1 June 2010 amending Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships^f1, and in particular Article 10, thereof,

Whereas:

Directive 2009/45/EC has codified and recast Council Directive 98/18/EC of 17 March 1998 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships^f2 and its subsequent substantive amendments in the interests of clarity.

For the purpose of Directive 2009/45/EC, the international conventions, including the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS Convention) and other international codes and resolutions, for the safety rules and standards for passenger vessels, were in force on the date of the adoption of that Directive.

Changes have been made to relevant international instruments, such as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) conventions, protocols, codes and resolutions since the last substantial amendment of Directive 98/18/EC by Commission Directive 2003/75/EC^f3.

Account should be taken of these new international instruments in the relevant Articles and Annexes to Directive 2009/45/EC.

Directive 2009/45/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Safe Seas, set up pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2009/2002 of the European Parliament and the Council^f4,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: