Article 3

This Directive applies to the following passenger ships and craft, regardless of their flag, when engaged on domestic voyages: new passenger ships; existing passenger ships of 24 metres in length and above; high-speed passenger craft. Each Member State, in its capacity as host State, shall ensure that passenger ships and high-speed passenger craft, flying the flag of a State which is not a Member State, fully comply with the requirements of this Directive, before they may be engaged on domestic voyages in that Member State. This Directive does not apply to: passenger ships which are: ships of war and troopships; ships not propelled by mechanical means; vessels constructed in material other than steel or equivalent and not covered by the standards concerning High Speed Craft (Resolution MSC 36 (63)) or Dynamically Supported Craft (Resolution A.373 (X)); wooden ships of primitive build; original, and individual replicas of, historical passenger ships designed before 1965, built predominantly with the original materials; pleasure yachts unless they are or will be crewed and carrying more than 12 passengers for commercial purposes; or ships exclusively engaged in port areas; high-speed passenger craft which are: craft of war and troopcraft; pleasure craft, unless they are or will be crewed and carrying more than 12 passengers for commercial purposes; or craft exclusively engaged in port areas.

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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.