NEW CLASS B, C AND D AND EXISTING CLASS B RO-RO PASSENGER SHIPS:

Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance ) · European Union

Notwithstanding the provisions of Regulation II-1/B/8 and II-1/B/8-1: new ro-ro passenger ships certified to carry 400 persons or more shall comply with the provisions of paragraph .2.3 of Regulation II-1/B/8, assuming the damage applied anywhere within the ship's length L; and existing ro-ro passenger ships certified to carry 400 persons or more shall comply with the requirements of paragraph .1 not later than the date of the first periodical survey after the date of compliance prescribed in subparagraph .2.1, .2.2 or .2.3 which occurs the latest: Value of A/Amax Date of compliance less than 85 % 1 October 1998 85 % or more but less than 90 % 1 October 2000 90 % or more but less than 95 % 1 October 2002 95 % or more but less than 97,5 % 1 October 2004 97,5 % or more 1 October 2010 Number of persons permitted to be carried: 1500 or more 1 October 2002 1000 or more but less than 1500 1 October 2006 600 or more but less than 1000 1 October 2008 400 or more but less than 600 1 October 2010 Age of the ship equal or greater than 20 years: where the age of the ship means the time counted from the date on which the keel was laid or the date on which it was at a similar stage of construction or from the date on which the ship was converted to a ro-ro passenger ship.

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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.