Article 10

The following may be adapted in order to take account of developments at international level, in particular within the IMO: the definitions in points (a), (b), (c), (d) and (v) of Article 2; the provisions relating to procedures and guidelines for surveys referred to in Article 12; the provisions concerning the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended, and the High-Speed Craft Code, including its subsequent amendments, laid down in Articles 4(3), 6(4), 12(3) and 13(3); the specific references to the ‘International Conventions’ and IMO resolutions referred to in points (g), (m) and (q) of Article 2, point (a) of Article 3(2), points (b) and (c) of Article 6(1), point (b) of Article 6(2) and Article 13(3). Annexes may be amended in order to: apply, for the purpose of this Directive, amendments made to the International Conventions; improve the technical specifications thereof, in the light of experience. The measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 11(3). The amendments to the international instruments referred to in Article 2 of this Directive may be excluded from the scope of this Directive, pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002.

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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.