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Where for the purpose of paragraph 1 a Member State decides with respect to ships flying its flag: to authorise organisations to undertake fully or in part inspections and surveys related to statutory certificates including those for the assessment of compliance with the rules referred to in Article 11(2) and, where appropriate, to issue or renew the related certificates; or to rely upon organisations to undertake fully or in part the inspections and surveys referred to in point (i); it shall entrust these duties only to recognised organisations. 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 recognised by a competent administration and having sufficient expertise and qualified personnel to carry out specified safety assessment work on radio-communication on its behalf.
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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.