Translation of "Y2K Date Compliance and Certification Policy Document " (English → French) :

17. Notes that the Agency's technical staff members need to be commonly recruited from national aviation authorities and the aviation industry; understands that the staff members must have sufficient and up-to-date technical experience of working in the field of aviation to perform a technical check of documents demonstrating compliance for the purposes of ensuring an adequate level of aviation safety as requested by the applicable Union legislation; is concerned however that this situation could cause conflicts of interest if a sta ...[+++]ff member recruited from an aircraft manufacturer works and takes decisions at the Agency on the certification of the aircraft he/she used to work on while employed by the manufacturer and, if not detected and adequately managed, could result in a conflict of interest situation; recognises however that the Agency has put in place a certification procedure where impartiality of the decision-making process is guaranteed through the collegiality of the technical assessments and the decision-making process itself; also understands that the Agency is in the process of setting up an Agency-wide policy in the area of codes of conduct including identification, prevention, monitoring and dealing with the consequences of potential conflict of interest cases which will help the Agency to further improve the identification and handling of conflict of interests situations in such a way that aviation safety is not put at risk at any time;

1. Where the inspection reveals that the copy of the document of compliance or the safety management certificate issued in accordance with the International management code for the safe operation of ships and for pollution prevention (ISM Code) are missing on board a vessel to which, within the Community, the ISM Code is applicable at the date of the inspection, the competent authority shall ensure that the vessel is detained.

ANNEX DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT CONCERNING PUBLIC ACCESS TO COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DOCUMENTS The Council and the Commission, HAVING REGARD to the Declaration on the Right of Access to Information annexed to the Final Act of the Treaty on European Union, which emphasizes that transparency of the decision-making process strengthens the democratic nature of the Institutions and the public's confidence in the administration, HAVING REGARD to the conclusions wherein the European Councils in Birmingham and Edinburgh agreed on a number of principles to promote a Community closer to its citizens, HAVING REGARD to the conclusions of the European Coun ...[+++]cil in Copenhagen, reaffirming the principle of giving citizens the greatest possible access to information and calling on the Council and the Commission to adopt at an early date the necessary measures for putting this principle into practice, CONSIDERING it desirable to establish by common agreement the principles which will govern access to Commission and Council documents, it being understood that it is for each of them to implement these principles by means of specific regulations, WHEREAS the said principles are without prejudice to the relevant provisions on access to files directly concerning persons with a specific interest in them, WHEREAS these principles will have to be implemented in full compliance with the provisions concerning classified information, WHEREAS this code of conduct is an additional element in their information and communication policy, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: General principle The public will have the widest possible access to documents held by the Commission and the Council".

In accordance with that code the Regulation will oblige shipping companies to set up a "Safety Management System" under which they would: - establish a policy for the safe operation of its ships and the protection of the environment, - define the responsibilities of, and relations between, all persons responsible within the company and on board the ships for the safe operation of the ships and for pollution prevention, - designate a central person responsible for safe management and pollution prevention, - ensure that the safety personnel ashore, the masters of its ships and the crew are properly qualified and able to communicate with ea ...[+++]ch other on safety matters, - define shorebound and on board instructions, procedures and drills for the safe operation of the ships and for the response to emergency situations, - prepare procedures for the reporting and analysis of non-conformities, accidents and hazardous situations, - ensure proper maintenance of its ships and its equipment, - establish a "Safety Management Manual", - regularly evaluate the SMS, - obtain a "Document of Compliance" issued by the flag State or by the country of operation and certifying that the SMS of the company complies with the ISM-Code, - obtain a "Safety Management Certificate" issued by the flag State and certifying that the SMS of the ship complies with the ISM-Code.

It recommends shipping companies to set up a "Safety Management System" under which they would: - establish a policy for the safe operation of its ships and the protection of the environment, - define the responsibilities of, and relations between, all persons responsible within the company and on board the ships for the safe operation of the ships and for pollution prevention, - designate a central person responsible for safe management and pollution prevention, - ensure that the safety personnel ashore, the masters of its ships and the crew are properly qualified and able to communicate with each other on safety matters, - define shorebound and on board instructions, procedures and drills for the safe operation of the ships and for the re ...[+++]sponse to emergency situations, - prepare procedures for the reporting and analysis of non-conformities, accidents and hazardous situations, - ensure proper maintenance of its ships and its equipment, - establish a "Safety Management Manual", - regularly evaluate the SMS, - obtain a "Document of Compliance" issued by the flag State or by the country of operation and certifying that the SMS of the company complies with the ISM-Code, - obtain a "Safety Management Certificate" issued by the flag State and certifying that the SMS of the ship complies with the ISM-Code.