NEW CLASS B, C AND D AND EXISTING CLASS B 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

Drills for the operating of the watertight doors, sidescuttles, valves and closing mechanisms of scuppers shall take place weekly. All watertight doors in main transverse bulkheads, in use at sea, shall be operated daily. The watertight doors and all mechanisms and indicators connected therewith, all valves, the closing of which is necessary to make a compartment watertight, and all valves the operation of which is necessary for damage control cross-connections shall be periodically inspected at sea at least once a week. Such valves, doors and mechanisms shall be suitably marked to ensure that they may be properly used to provide maximum safety.

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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.