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Council Directive 1999/35/EC of 29 April 1999 on a system of mandatory surveys for the safe operation of regular ro-ro ferry and high-speed passenger craft services · European Union

(10) Whereas in the interest of improving safety and avoiding distortion of competition, the common safety standards should apply to all ro-ro ferries and high-speed passenger craft, regardless of the flag they fly, providing regular services to or from a port in the Member States both on international voyages and on domestic voyages in sea areas beyond 20 miles from a coast line where shipwrecked persons can land, while leaving the possibility to the Member States to extend the scope of application of the Directive to ro-ro ferries and high-speed passenger craft operating on domestic voyages in sea areas within 20 miles from a coast line;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-03 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.