Notice to Shipowners, Ship Operators, Managers, Masters,Owners’ Representatives and Recognised Organisations by the Merchant Shipping Directorate.

The Merchant Shipping Directorate would like to remind all those concerned that Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 concerning the rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 becomes applicable on 18 December 2012.

The Regulation provides for minimum rights for passengers travelling:

• on passenger services where the port of embarkation is situated in an EU Member State;
• on passenger services operated by Union carriers from a port situated in a third country to a port situated in an EU Member State and
• on a cruise where the port of embarkation is situated in an EU Member State.

A summary of the provisions of the above-mentioned Regulation drafted in accordance with Article 23(2) of the said Regulation is enclosed in the Annex.

In order to ensure the continuous uninterrupted operation of Malta flag ships after 18 December 2012, ships which are covered by the Regulation, are hereby reminded to put in place the necessary procedures to implement the Regulation, as soon as possible.

Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 concerning the rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 can be downloaded from:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:334:0001:0016:EN:PDF

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