Article 3

1. In assuming their responsibilities and obligations under the international conventions, Member States shall ensure that their competent administrations can assure an appropriate enforcement of the provisions of the international conventions, in particular with regard to the inspection and survey of ships and the issue of certificates and exemption certificates. 2. Where for the purpose of paragraph 1 a Member State decides with respect to ships flying its flag: to authorize organizations to undertake fully or in part inspections and surveys related to certificates including those for the assessment of compliance with Article 14 and, where appropriate, to issue or renew the related certificates; or to rely upon organizations to undertake fully or in part the inspections and surveys referred to in subparagraph (i); it shall entrust these duties only to recognized organizations. The competent administration shall in all cases approve the first issue of the exemption certificates. However for the cargo ship safety radio certificate these duties may be entrusted to a private body recognized by a competent administration and having sufficient expertise and qualified personnel to carry out specified safety assessment work on radio-communication on its behalf. 3. This Article does not concern the certification of specific items of marine equipment.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.