Article 6 Survey and certification

(a) Ships of 400 gross tonnage and above, excluding fixed or floating platforms, FSUs and FPSOs, shall be surveyed and certified as from 1 July 2003 in accordance with the requirements laid down in Annex I, before the ship is put into service for the first time, or when the anti-fouling systems are changed or replaced.

(b) Ships of 24 metres or more in length, but less than 400 gross tonnage, excluding fixed or floating platforms, FSUs and FPSOs, shall carry an AFS-Declaration to demonstrate compliance with Articles 4 and 5.

If necessary, the Commission may establish a harmonised survey and certification regime for these ships. That measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 9(2).

(c) Member States may establish appropriate measures for ships not covered by points (a) and (b) in order to ensure compliance with this Regulation.

(a) as from 1 July 2003, Member States shall recognise any AFS-Certificate;

(b) until a year after the date referred to in point (a), Member States shall recognise any European AFS-Statement of Compliance;

(c) as from 1 July 2003, Member States shall recognise any AFS-Declaration.