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Article 8 shall be replaced by the following: Adaptations In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 9(2): (i) the definitions in Article 2(a), (b), (c), (d) and (t); and the provisions relating to procedures and guidelines for surveys referred to in Article 10; the provisions concerning the Solas Convention and the International Code of Safety of High Speed Craft, and including its subsequent amendments laid down in Articles 4.3, 6.4, 10.3 and 11.3; and the specific references to the 'International Conventions' and IMO resolutions referred to in Articles 2(f), (k) and (o), 3.2(a), 6.1(b) and (c), 6.2(b) and 11.3, may be adapted in order to take account of developments at international level, in particular within IMO; Annexes may be amended in order to: apply, for the purpose of this Directive, amendments made to international conventions; improve the technical specifications thereof, in the light of experience. The amendments to the international instruments referred to in Article 2 may be excluded from the scope of this Directive, pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 establishing a Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS)(27).";

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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.