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2. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC Text with EEA relevance · European Union

Each watercraft shall be marked with an identification number including the following information: country code of the manufacturer, unique code of the manufacturer assigned by the national authority of the Member State, unique serial number, month and year of production, model year. Detailed requirements for the identification number referred to in the first paragraph are set out in the relevant harmonised standard. Each watercraft shall carry a permanently affixed plate mounted separately from the watercraft identification number, containing at least the following information: manufacturer’s name, registered trade name or registered trade mark, as well as contact address; CE marking, as provided for in Article 18; watercraft design category in accordance with Section 1; manufacturer’s maximum recommended load derived from point 3.6 excluding the weight of the contents of the fixed tanks when full; number of persons recommended by the manufacturer for which the watercraft was designed. In the case of post-construction assessment, the contact details and the requirements referred to in point (a) shall include those of the notified body which has carried out the conformity assessment. Watercraft shall be designed to minimise the risks of falling overboard and to facilitate reboarding. Means of reboarding shall be accessible to or deployable by a person in the water unaided. For recreational craft, the main steering position shall give the operator, under normal conditions of use (speed and load), good all-round visibility. Each product shall be provided with an owner’s manual in accordance with Article 7(7) and Article 9(4). That manual shall provide all the information necessary for safe use of the product drawing particular attention to set up, maintenance, regular operation, prevention of risks and risk management.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.