2 Amendments of Theodoros ZAGORAKIS related to 2018/0162(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a

Directive 2008/106/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 2

2. A Member State which intends to recognise, by endorsement, the certificates of competency or the certificates of proficiency referred to in paragraph 1 issued by a third country to a master, officer or radio operator, for service on ships flying its flag, shall submit a request to the Commission for the recognition of that third country, accompanied by a preliminary analysis of the third country's compliance with the requirements of the STCW Convention by collecting the information referred to in Annex II, including an estimation of the number of masters and officers from that country likely to be employed. Following the submission of the request by a Member State, a decision for initiating the recognition procedure for that third country shall be taken by the Commission. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2). When a positive decision for initiating the recognition procedure has been adopted, the Commission, assisted by the European Maritime Safety Agency and with the possible involvement of the Member State submitting the request, shall collect the information referred to in Annex II and shall carry out an assessment of the training and certification systems in the third country for which the request for recognition was submitted, in order to verify whether the country concerned meets all the requirements of the STCW Convention and whether appropriate measures have been taken to prevent issuance of fraudulent certificates.deleted

2018/10/17
Committee: EMPL

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Directive 2008/106/EC
Article 20 – paragraph 8

8. If there are no endorsements attesting recognition issued by a Member State in relation to certificates of competency or certificates of proficiency, referred to in ~~paragraph 1 of~~ Article 19, issued by a third country for a period of more than 57 years, the recognition of that country's certificates shall be ~~withdrawn. To this end~~re-examined in consultation with the Member States and the relevant stakeholders. To this end following the abovementioned re-examination procedure, the Commission shall adopt implementing decisions, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2), after notifying the Member States as well as the third country concerned at least two months in advance.

2018/10/17
Committee: EMPL

2 Amendments of Theodoros ZAGORAKIS related to 2018/0162(COD)

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