Legislation

 Modifications

 Date 

Entry into force: 18 january 2016

Transposition

- Real Decreto 98/2016

This Directive shall apply to the following products:

(a) recreational craft and partly completed recreational craft;

(b) personal watercraft and partly completed personal watercraft;

(c) components listed in Annex II when placed on the Union market separately, hereinafter referred to as

‘components’;

(d) propulsion engines which are installed or specifically intended for installation on or in watercraft;

(e) propulsion engines installed on or in watercraft that are subject to a major engine modification;

(f) watercraft that are subject to major craft conversion.

Exceptions

This Directive shall not apply to the following products:

(a) with regard to the design and construction requirements set out in Part A of Annex I:

     (i) watercraft intended solely for racing, including rowing racing boats and training rowing boats,

labelled as such by the manufacturer;

     (ii) canoes and kayaks designed to be propelled solely by human power, gondolas and pedalos;

     (iii) surfboards designed solely to be propelled by wind and to be operated by a person or persons

standing;

     (iv) surfboards;

     (v) original historical watercraft and individual replicas thereof designed before 1950, built

predominantly with the original materials and labelled as such by the manufacturer;

     (vi) experimental watercraft, provided that they are not placed on the Union market;

     (vii) watercraft built for own use, provided that they are not subsequently placed on the Union market

during a period of five years from the putting into service of the watercraft;

     (viii) watercraft specifically intended to be crewed and to carry passengers for commercial purposes,

without prejudice to paragraph 3, regardless of the number of passengers;

     (ix) submersibles;

     (x) air cushion vehicles;

     (xi) hydrofoils;

     (xii) external combustion steam powered watercraft, fuelled by coal, coke, wood, oil or gas;

     (xiii) amphibious vehicles, i.e. wheeled or track-laying motor vehicles, which are able to operate both

on water and on solid land;

(b) with regard to exhaust emission requirements set out in Part B of Annex I:

     (i) propulsion engines installed or specifically intended for installation on the following products:

          — watercraft intended solely for racing and labelled as such by the manufacturer; — experimental

watercraft, provided that they are not placed on the Union market;

          — watercraft specifically intended to be crewed and to carry passengers for commercial purposes,

 without prejudice to paragraph 3, regardless of the number of passengers;

          — submersibles;

          — air cushion vehicles;

          — hydrofoils;

          — amphibious vehicles, i.e. wheeled or track-laying motor vehicles, which are able to operate both

 on water and on solid land;

     (ii) original and individual replicas of historical propulsion engines, which are based on a pre-1950

design, not produced in series and fitted on watercraft referred to in points (v) or (vii) of point (a);

     (iii) propulsion engines built for own use provided that they are not subsequently placed on the Union

market during a period of five years from the putting into service of the watercraft;

(c) with regard to noise emission requirements referred to in Part C of Annex I:

     (i) all watercraft referred to in point (b);

     (ii) watercraft built for own use, provided that they are notsubsequently placed on the Union market

during a period of five years from the putting into service of the watercraft.