{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-2397/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-2397/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2017/2397",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2017/2397 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation and repealing Council Directives 91/672/EEC and 96/50/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-2397",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Obligation for boatmasters to hold specific authorisations",
  "text": "Member States shall ensure that boatmasters hold specific authorisations issued in accordance with Article 12 when:\n(a) sailing on waterways that have been classified as inland waterways with a maritime character pursuant to Article 8;\n(b) sailing on waterways that have been identified as stretches of inland waterways with specific risks pursuant to Article 9;\n(c) sailing with the aid of radar;\n(d) sailing craft using liquefied natural gas as fuel;\n(e) sailing large convoys.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2017/2397/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:31.447117+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."
}