Presidential Decree No. 137 amending Decree No. 347/98 regarding marine equipment, in compliance with Council Directive 2001/53/EC.

The aim of this Decree is to adopt the Greek legislative frame to the provisions of Council Directive 2001/53/EC as regards the equipment on board of ships so as to enhance safety at sea and the prevention of marine pollution. Under this light, article 2 of Presidential Decree No. 347/98 is amended as follows: a) in points (c), (d) and (n), the words “on 1 January 1999” are replaced by “on 1 January 2001”; b) Annex A is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decree (article 1 of Directive 2001/53/EC). Also, equipment listed as “new item” under the heading “item designation” of Annex A.1, and manufactured before the date of entry into force of the present Decree, may be placed on the market and on board a Community ship, the certificates of which were issued by or on behalf of a Member State in accordance with international conventions, during the two years following that date if it was manufactured in accordance with procedures for type-approval already in force within the territory of that Member State before the date of the adoption of this Directive (article 2 of Directive 2001/53/EC).