#MarineNotice - The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) wishes to draw attention to the revised and enhanced EU Directive which applies to recreational watercraft and personal watercraft.
Directive 2013/53/EU on recreational craft and personal watercraft, repeals the current Directive 94/25/EC on recreational craft, and is applicable from 18 January 2016. The revised directive is currently in the process of being given legal effect in Ireland.
The revised directive lays down requirements for the design and construction, exhaust emissions and noise emissions of the following products, and also establishes rules regarding their free movement in the European Union:
- Recreational craft, and partly completed recreational craft;
- Personal watercraft, and partly completed personal watercraft;
- Components, when separately placed on the Union market;
- Propulsion engines installed in or on watercraft, or subject to major engine modification;
- Watercraft subject to major craft conversion.
Additional information and guidance on the Directive is available via Marine Notice No 33 of 2015, a PDF of which is available to read or download HERE.
