# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1973 of 7 December 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 909/2013 on the technical specifications for the electronic chart display and information system for inland navigation (Inland ECDIS) referred to in Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Division 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) Electronic chart display and information system for inland navigation (Inland ECDIS) is composed of hardware, software for the operating system and application software.
(b) Inland ECDIS aims to contribute to the safety and efficiency of inland shipping.
(c) Inland ECDIS can be designed for both information mode and navigation mode, or for information mode only.
The minimum requirements for Inland ECDIS equipment designed for information mode only, specified in Chapter 4.1 of Section 1 and Section 4 of this Annex, are mandatory on waterways where carriage requirements are enacted by the responsible legislative organs. In other regions they are recommended.
(d) For navigation mode Inland ECDIS (Operating System Software, Application Software and Hardware) as specified in Section 4 of this Annex shall have a high level of reliability and availability; at least of the same level as other means of navigation.
(e) Inland ECDIS shall use chart information as specified by Sections 2 and 3 of this Annex.
(f) National authorities and international bodies are recommended to consider transitional provisions when they are introducing carriage requirements for Inland ECDIS.
(g) Inland ECDIS shall meet all the requirements of the Inland ECDIS performance standard set out in this Annex.
(h) The terms ‘skipper’ and ‘boat master’ used in this Annex shall be deemed to be equivalent with the term ‘ship master’ used in the RIS Guidelines – Commission Regulation (EC) No 414/2007.
(i) The producer or supplier of Inland ECDIS software must document in the user manual of the software which requirements for equipment (hardware) referred to in point (c) need to be fulfilled for Inland ECDIS in information mode on waterways where carriage requirements are enacted by the responsible legislative organs.
(j) When the Inland ECDIS equipment provides essential services as defined in Directive (EU) 2016/1148 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union, the provisions of the said legislation apply.
(k) AIS is an automatic identification system for maritime vessels that complies with the technical and performance standards laid down in Chapter V of the SOLAS Convention (Safety of Life at Sea), as defined in the document referred to in point 2(r) of Section 1. Inland AIS refers to the automatic identification system for inland waterway vessels as set out in the document referred to in point 2(p) of Section 1. In this Annex, whenever AIS is mentioned it refers to both maritime AIS and Inland AIS, unless specified otherwise.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/1973/annex/division/ELECTRONIC/section/1/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1973/annex/division-ELECTRONIC/section-1/division-1
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