{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-1629/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-1629/annex-III.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2016/1629",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, amending Directive 2009/100/EC and repealing Directive 2006/87/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-1629",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "SUBJECTS FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CRAFT ON INLAND WATERWAYS OF ZONES 1, 2 AND NON-LINKED 3",
  "text": "Any additional technical requirements adopted by a Member State under Article 23(1) and (2) of this Directive for craft operating on that Member State's territory are limited to the following subjects:\n1.. Definitions\nNecessary for understanding the additional requirements\n2.. Strength and stability\nStructure reinforcement and stability\nCertificate/attestation by a recognised classification society\n3.. Safety clearance and freeboard\nFreeboard\nSafety clearance\n4.. Watertightness of hull openings and superstructures\nSuperstructures\nDoors\nWindows and skylights\nHold hatches\nOther openings (ventilation pipes, exhaust pipes, etc.)\n5.. Equipment\nAnchors and anchor chains\nNavigation lights\nSound signals\nCompass\nRadar\nTransmitting and receiving installations\nLife-saving equipment\nAvailability of nautical charts\n6.. Additional provisions for passenger vessels\nStability (wind strength, criteria)\nLife-saving equipment\nFreeboard\nSafety clearance\nWheelhouse visibility\n7.. Convoys and container transport\nPusher connection craft-lighter\nStability of craft or lighters carrying containers\n8.. Machinery\nSteering systems\nPropeller shafts and accessories\nPropulsion engines, coupling and accessories\nPresence of a bow-thruster\nBilge systems and firefighting installations\nEmergency power sources and electrical installations\nCertificate/attestation by a recognised classification society",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2018/970 of 18 April 2018 amending Annexes II, III and V to Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2018/970 of 18 April 2018 amending Annexes II, III and V to Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2016/1629/annex/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:34.126346+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."
}