Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1533 of 23 July 2025 laying down rules for the application of Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards design, construction and performance requirements and testing standards for marine equipment and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1975

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC ¹, and in particular Article 35(2) thereof,

Whereas:

• (1) The design, construction and performance requirements and testing standards in respect of marine equipment falling within the scope of Directive 2014/90/EU are provided for in international instruments, defined in Article 2, point (5), of that Directive.

• (2) In order to take into account the most recent changes to international instruments, the list of the applicable international instruments should be updated and marine equipment which, following those changes, has become subject to harmonised Union requirements pursuant to Directive 2014/90/EU, should be explicitly listed.

• (3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1975 ² should therefore be repealed.

• (4) It is reasonable and proportionate to allow a transitional period during which a new item of marine equipment which is in conformity with the national requirements for type-approval in force in a Member State before the entry into force of this Regulation, can continue to be placed on the market and on board an EU ship, as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Directive 2014/90/EU.

• (5) In order to facilitate a harmonised, rapid and simple implementation of Directive 2014/90/EU, implementing acts adopted pursuant to that Directive should take the form of Implementing Regulations, in accordance with Article 35(5) of that Directive.

• (6) In order to allow the marine equipment industry and other stakeholders to adapt to the measures provided for in this Regulation, this Regulation should enter into force 40 days following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

• (7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships ³,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The design, construction and performance requirements and the testing standards provided for in the international instruments, defined in Article 2, point (5), of Directive 2014/90/EU, shall apply to each item of marine equipment listed in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1975 is repealed.

Article 3

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the fortieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 July 2025.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

ANNEX

General note: references to 'SOLAS' Regulations refer to the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea [signed in London on 1 November 1974], as amended.

List of acronyms used

A.1, Amendment 1 concerning Standard Documents other than IMO.

A.2, Amendment 2 concerning Standard Documents other than IMO.

AC, Amending Corrigendum concerning Standard Documents other than IMO.

CAT, Category for radar equipment as defined in section 1.3 of IEC 62388 (2007)

Circ., Circular.

COLREG, International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.

COMSAR, IMO’s Sub-Committee on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue.

DIN, Deutsches Institut für Normung.

EN, European Standard.

ETSI, European Telecommunication Standardisation Institute.

FSS, International Code for Fire Safety Systems.

FTP, International Code for Application of Fire Test Procedures.

GNSS, Global Navigation Satellite System.

HSC, High Speed Craft Code.

IBC, International Bulk Chemical Code.

IACS, International Association for Classification Societies.

ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization.

IEC, International Electrotechnical Commission.

IGC, International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk.

IMO, International Maritime Organization.

IR, Implementing Regulation.

ISO, International Organisation for Standardization.

ITU, International Telecommunication Union.

LSA, Life saving appliance.

MARPOL, International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships.

MED, Marine Equipment Directive.

MEPC, Marine Environment Protection Committee.

MSC, Maritime Safety Committee.

NF, Norme Française.

NOx, Nitrogen Oxides.

O2/HC systems: Oxygen Hydrocarbon systems.

SOLAS, International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea.

SOx, Sulphur Oxides.

Reg., Regulation.

Res., Resolution.

Notes applicable to this Annex

• (a) General: in addition to the testing standards specifically referred to in this Annex, type-examination (type approval) requires compliance with the applicable requirements of the international conventions and the relevant resolutions and circulars of the IMO. Such compliance is referred to in the modules for conformity assessment set out in Annex II to Directive 2014/90/EU.

• (b) Column 3: where two sets of testing standards are separated by “or”, each set fulfils all the testing requirements to meet IMO Performance Standards. Therefore, testing in accordance with one of those sets is sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the relevant international instruments. On the contrary, when other separators (such as comma) are used, all the listed references apply.

• (c) Column 6: in order to take into consideration the timeframes for shipbuilding, depending on the characteristics of the specific marine equipment, the term ‘placing on board’ shall be understood as meaning one of the following, as indicated in brackets after the dates:

• (i) first installation of the equipment in its functional position on board an EU ship;

• (ii) first installation of the equipment in its functional position or stowing in its functional position on board an EU ship;

• (iii) delivery of the equipment to the shipyard if such delivery takes place within 30 months before the first installation of the equipment in its functional position.

• (d) Where there is more than one row for one marine equipment item entry (for example MED/1.1), the lowest row contains the updated requirements of the international instruments in respect to the ones set out on the upper row or rows.

• (e) In the situations referred to in point (d) where columns 5 and 6 contain no date, that indicates that there has been no change in the testing standards and that the marine equipment item concerned must comply with the requirements indicated in the (second) lower row.

• (f) If an international instrument listed in column 3 is followed by the words ‘as amended’, the dates and transition periods as provided for in the amendment(s) to the international instrument shall apply.

1. Life-saving appliances

Item MED/1.22, Float-free launching appliances for survival craft, - moved to MED/9/1.3 and deleted by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1667.