Invitation to COSS 38

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT Directorate D - Logistics, maritime & land transport and passenger rights D.2 - Maritime safety COMMITTEE SET UP UNDER REGULATION (EC) N° 2099/2002 (COSS) 38TH MEETING – BRUSSELS, 8 MARCH 2016 DRAFT AGENDA 1. Approval of the Agenda 2. Approval of the minutes of the 37th meeting (23 November 2015) [COSS38/2] 3. EU recognition to the Indian Register of Shipping pursuant to Regulation 391/2009 [COSS38/3]  For information and discussion – possibly to be followed up by written procedure (examination procedure) Contact person: Laurent Prat ([email protected]) 4. Passenger Ship Safety (PSS) related matters [COSS38/4]  Information points Contact persons: Petra Doubkova ([email protected]) or Lanfranco Benedetti ([email protected]) 4a Exemptions from passenger registration requirements: Criteria of impracticability [COSS38/4a] 4b Fire safety: Fires on ro-ro decks and retroactive fire safety requirements [COSS38/4b] 4c Fitness check on EU passenger ship safety legislation: State of play and next steps – [COSS38/4c] 5. Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment ('MED') – [COSS38/5]  Information points Contact persons: Maik Schmahl ([email protected]) or Lanfranco Benedetti ([email protected]) 5a Update on the drafting process of the new Implementing Regulation– [COSS38/5a] 5b Study on electronic tagging [COSS38/5b] 5c Possibility to comment on MarED Approved Draft Recommendations [COSS38/5c] Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111 Office: DM28 03/64 - Tel. direct line +32 229-91922 - Fax +32 229-69066 6 Port Reception Facility (PRF) Directive [COSS38/6]  Information points Contact person: Anna Bobo Bobo-Remijn ([email protected]) 6a PRF Interpretative Guidelines– [COSS38/6a] 6b REFIT Evaluation Report [COSS38/6b] 7. Liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents: Information on the ex-post evaluation of Regulation 392/2009 [COSS38/7]  Information point Contact person: Lemonia Tsaroucha ([email protected]) 8. Recognised Organisations: Implementation of Article 11 of Regulation 391/2009, presentation by the Quality Assessment and Certification Entity 'QACE' [COSS38/8]  Information point Contact persons: Karl Seghers ([email protected]) or Laurent Prat ([email protected]) 9. Organisation of the COSS Committee [COSS38/9]  Standing agenda point for discussion as required - List of comitology measures adopted in 2015 Contact person: Maria Buzdugan ([email protected]) 10. Any other Business [COSS38/10] 2 Ref. Ares(2016)674398 - 08/02/2016 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT Directorate D - Logistics, maritime & land transport and passenger rights D.2 - Maritime safety Head of Unit Brussels, 0 8 FEV. 2016 MOVE D2/MB/mt/ 694549 NOTE FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE TRANSPORT ATTACHÉS Subject: Invitation to COSS 38 - Brussels, 8 March 2016 The European Commission wishes to invite government representatives of the Member States to attend the thirty-eight meeting of the Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS), established by Regulation (EC) 2099/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002. The meeting will take place on 8 March 2016 at the Albert Borschette Building, 36 rue Froissart, 1040 Brussels (metro Schuman), room 4B, starting at 10.00 am. Translation services will be provided to and from English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. The draft agenda of the meeting is enclosed. The documents will be sent according to the Committee's rules of procedure and will be uploaded onto the Commission's CIRCABC website. Travel costs will be reimbursed for one representative per Member State on the basis of the most economical air-fare or the first class train fare (for all return journeys with a total distance of less than 800 km), upon the presentation of travel tickets and boarding cards. Each representative is requested to provide the necessary documents for reimbursement of travel expenses to the meeting secretary in accordance with the financial regulations applicable to the Commission, at the latest within 30 calendar days from the date of the meeting, postmarked, fax date or mail as applicable. After that period, the Commission will not assume any obligation to reimburse travel expenses. I would be grateful if you could inform your competent authorities accordingly and communicate the name, e-mail address and position of the representative appointed to attend the meeting at your earliest convenience to the functional mailbox [email protected]. In accordance with the enhanced security measures please provide us with your full name, nationality, passport number and date of birth in order to be admitted in the EU buildings. Participants are advised to arrive at the premises at least 30 minutes before the start of the meeting. Participants will be asked to show this invitation to the Security at the entrance of the building. Yours faithfully, Christine Berg Enel. Draft Agenda - COSS 38 Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111 Office: DM28 3/64 - Tel. direct line +32 2 29-91922 - Fax +32 2 29-69066 [email protected] Electronically signed on 08/02/2016 10:58 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563