# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/474 of 20 January 2020 on the European Hull Data Base, Introduction: Introductory text

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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/474
of 20 January 2020
on the European Hull Data Base
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to 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, and in particular Article 19(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In order to ensure the smooth application of Directive (EU) 2016/1629 full access should be granted to the competent authorities of the Member States, the Contracting parties to the Revised Convention for Rhine Navigation and third countries entrusted with the tasks related to the application of Directive (EU) 2016/1629 and Directiv 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(2)
Full access allows Member States to cooperate among themselves, as well as with third countries, and to coordinate their work with respect to the processing of data regarding the crafts entered in the EHDB.
(3)
Read only access to the EHDB should be provided to other authorities in order to perform administrative measures for ensuring waterway traffic and infrastructure management, maintaining or enforcing safety of navigation and collecting statistical data.
(4)
To ensure the smooth operation of the EHDB and to facilitate the verification of the access requests to the EHDB, Member States, contracting parties to the Revised Convention for Rhine Navigation and relevant third countries should designate a single contact point.
(5)
It is appropriate to set out the steps Member States should follow when providing the read-only access to the EHDB in order to ensure security of data and the smooth operation of the EHDB.
(6)
High-quality, comparable, up-to-date, reliable and harmonised data on inland navigation crafts are needed in order to facilitate the verification of a craft’s present and past data and information related to the issued certificates and new applications for certificates. Consequently a detailed list of data related to the craft should be set out.
(7)
The specifications should remain technology-neutral and open to innovative Technologies and the once-only and interoperability-by-default principles should apply. Due account should be taken of the principles and recommendations set out in the EU eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020 and the European Interoperability Framework.
(8)
Whenever the measures provided for in this Regulation entail the processing of personal data, it should be carried out in accordance with Union law on the protection of personal data, in particular Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the processing by the European Commission and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the processing by the Member States competent authorities.
(9)
The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in accordance with Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/474/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-474/introduction
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