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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-100/annex",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2014/100",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2014/100/EU of 28 October 2014 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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-100",
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  "text": "ANNEX III\nELECTRONIC MESSAGES AND THE UNION MARITIME INFORMATION AND EXCHANGE SYSTEM (SAFESEANET)\n1.\nGeneral concept and architecture\nThe Union maritime information and exchange system, SafeSeaNet, shall enable the receipt, storage, retrieval and exchange of information for the purpose of maritime safety, port and maritime security, marine environment protection and the efficiency of maritime traffic and maritime transport.\nSafeSeaNet is a specialised system established to facilitate the exchange of information in an electronic format between Member States and to provide the Commission and Member States with the relevant information in accordance with Union legislation. It is composed of a network of national SafeSeaNet systems in Member States and a SafeSeaNet central system acting as a nodal point.\nThe Union Maritime Information and Exchange network shall link all national SafeSeaNet systems, established in accordance with this Directive, and include the SafeSeaNet central system.\n2.\nManagement, operation, development and maintenance\n2.1.\nResponsibilities\n2.1.1.\nNational SafeSeaNet systems\nMember States shall establish and maintain a national SafeSeaNet system allowing for the exchange of maritime information between authorised users under the responsibility of a national competent authority (NCA).\nThe NCA shall be responsible for the management of the national system, which shall include the national coordination of data users and data providers as well as ensuring that UN LOCODES are designated and that the necessary national IT infrastructure and the procedures described in the interface and functionalities control document referred to in point 2.3 are established and maintained.\nThe national SafeSeaNet system shall enable the inter-connection of users authorised under the responsibility of an NCA and may be made accessible to identified shipping actors (shipowners, agents, masters, shippers and others) when authorised by the NCA, in particular in order to facilitate the electronic submission and reception of reports in accordance with Union legislation.\n2.1.2.\nCentral SafeSeaNet system\nThe Commission is responsible for the management and development at policy level of the central SafeSeaNet system and for the oversight of the SafeSeaNet system, in cooperation with Member States, while, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the European Maritime Safety Agency, in cooperation with the Member States and the Commission, is responsible for:\nthe technical implementation and documentation of SafeSeaNet,\ndevelopment, operation and integration of the electronic messages and data as well as maintenance of the interfaces with the central SafeSeaNet system, including AIS data collected by satellite, and the different information systems in this Directive and as referred to in point 3.\nThe central SafeSeaNet system, acting as a nodal point, shall interconnect all national SafeSeaNet systems and shall establish the necessary IT infrastructure and procedures as described in the interface and functionalities control document referred to in point 2.3.\n2.2.\nPrinciples of management\nThe Commission shall establish a high-level steering group, which shall adopt its rules of procedure, composed of representatives of the Member States and of the Commission to:\nmake recommendations to improve the effectiveness and security of the system,\nprovide appropriate guidance for the development of the system,\nassist the Commission in reviewing the performance of the system,\nprovide appropriate guidance for the development of the interoperable data exchange platform combining information from SafeSeaNet with information from the other information systems as referred to in point 3,\napprove the interface and functionalities control document referred to in point 2.3, and any amendments thereto,\nadopt guidelines for the collection and distribution of information through SafeSeaNet related to competent authorities designated by Member States to perform relevant functions under this Directive,\nliaise with other relevant working forums, in particular the group on maritime administrative simplification and electronic information services.\n2.3.\nInterface and functionalities control document and technical documentation\nThe Commission shall develop and maintain, in close cooperation with the Member States, an interface and functionalities control document (IFCD).\nThe IFCD shall describe in detail the performance requirements and procedures applicable to the national and central elements of the SafeSeaNet system designed to ensure compliance with the relevant Union legislation.\nThe IFCD shall include rules for:\naccess rights guidance for data quality management,\nintegration of data, as referred to in point 3, and their distribution through the SafeSeaNet system,\noperational procedures for the Agency and the Member States defining the control mechanisms for the SafeSeaNet data quality,\nsecurity specifications for data transmission and exchange, and\nthe archiving of information at national and central level.\nThe IFCD shall indicate the means of storage and the availability of the information on dangerous or polluting goods concerning scheduled services to which an exemption has been granted in accordance with Article 15.\nTechnical documentation related to SafeSeaNet, such as standards for data exchange format, interoperability with other systems and applications, users' manuals, network security specifications and reference databases used to support reporting obligations, shall be developed and maintained by the Agency in cooperation with the Member States.\n3.\nExchange and sharing of data\nThe system shall use industry standards and be able to interact with public and private systems used to create, provide or receive information within SafeSeaNet.\nThe Commission and the Member States shall cooperate in order to examine the feasibility and development of functionalities that as far as possible will ensure that the data providers, including masters, owners, agents, operators, shippers and relevant authorities, need to submit information only once, taking due account of the obligations in Directive 2010/65/EU and other relevant Union legislation. Member States shall ensure that the information submitted is available for use in all relevant reporting, notification, information sharing and VTMIS systems.\nMember States shall develop and maintain the necessary interfaces for automatic transmission of data by electronic means to SafeSeaNet.\nThe central SafeSeaNet shall be used for the distribution of electronic messages and data exchanged or shared in accordance with this Directive and relevant Union legislation, inter alia:\nDirective 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2000 on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues, as regards Article 12(3) thereof,\nDirective 2005/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties, including criminal penalties, for pollution offences, as regards Article 10 thereof,\nDirective 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on port State control, as regards Article 24 thereof,\nDirective 2010/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States in so far as Article 6 thereof applies.\nThe operation of the SafeSeaNet system should support the facilitation and establishment of the European Maritime Transport Space without Barriers.\nWhere internationally-adopted rules allow routing of LRIT information concerning third country vessels, SafeSeaNet networks shall be used to distribute amongst Member States, with an appropriate level of security, the LRIT information received in accordance with Article 6b of this Directive.\n4.\nSecurity and access rights\nThe central and the national SafeSeaNet systems shall comply with the requirements of this Directive concerning confidentiality of information, as well as with the security principles and specifications described in the IFCD, in particular as regards access rights.\nMember States shall identify all users to which a role and a set of access rights is attributed in compliance with the IFCD.",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency (OJ L 208, 5.8.2002, p. 1)."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Directive 2010/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States and repealing Directive 2002/6/EC (OJ L 283, 29.10.2010, p. 1)."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2000 on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues (OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 81)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Directive 2005/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties, including criminal penalties, for pollution offences (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 11)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on port State control (OJ L 131, 28.5.2009, p. 57)."
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