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Official Journal of the European Union
15.12.2012
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 13 December 2012
on the recognition of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan pursuant to Directive 2008/106/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council as regards the systems for the training and certification of
seafarers
(notified under document C(2012) 9253)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/783/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
cases and the duration of seagoing service. Moreover, the
Quality Standards System did not cover all the relevant
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
activities of the Administration, and the procedures did
Union,
not always ensure the achievement of the prescribed
Having regard to Directive 2008/106/EC of the European
standards of competence. Finally, certain training facilities
Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on the
were missing in the training institution.
minimum level of training of seafarers ( 1 ), and in particular the
(6) By
letters
of
21
November
2010,
18
April
2011
and
first subparagraph of Article 19(3) thereof,
12 March 2012, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Whereas:
informed the Commission that actions had been
undertaken to address the mentioned shortcomings. In
(1) According
to
Directive
2008/106/EC
Member
States
may
particular, the Jordanian authorities indicated that the
decide to endorse seafarers’ appropriate certificates issued
national provisions on certification requirements had
by third countries, provided that the third country
been brought in line with the Convention. They also
concerned is recognised by the Commission. Those
provided evidence of the full implementation of the
third countries have to meet all the requirements of
Quality Standards System by the Administration and of
the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
the new procedures for course approval. Finally, evidence
Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and
that the missing training facilities had been procured and
Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (STCW Convention),
put in place was also forwarded to the Commission.
as revised in 1995.
(7) The
final
outcome
of
the
assessment
demonstrates
that
(2) The request for the recognition of the Hashemite
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan complies with the
Kingdom of Jordan was submitted by the Hellenic
requirements of the STCW Convention, while this
Republic by letter of 21 July 2008. Following this
country has taken appropriate measures to prevent
request, the Commission assessed the training and certifi
fraud involving certificates.
cation system in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in
order to verify whether the Hashemite Kingdom of
(8) The
measure
provided
for
in
this
Decision
is
in
Jordan meets all the requirements of the STCW
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Safe
Convention and whether the appropriate measures have
Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships,
been taken to prevent fraud involving certificates. That
assessment was based on the results of an inspection
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
carried out by experts of the European Maritime Safety
Article 1
Agency in November 2009. During that inspection
certain deficiencies in the training and certification
For the purposes of Article 19 of Directive 2008/106/EC, the
systems were identified.
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is recognised as regards the
systems for the training and certification of seafarers.
(3) The
Commission
provided
the
Member
States
with
a
report on the results of the assessment.
Article 2
(4)
By letters of 21 September 2010 and 13 February 2012
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
the Commission informed Jordanian authorities that defi
ciencies had been detected and requested the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan to provide evidence demonstrating
Done at Brussels, 13 December 2012.
that the deficiencies identified had been corrected.
(5) The
main
deficiencies
related
to
the
implementation
in
For the Commission
the Jordanian legislation of certain STCW provisions on
officers’ certification, namely the absence of a
Siim KALLAS
requirement for an assessment of competence in certain
Vice-President
( 1 ) OJ L 323, 3.12.2008, p. 33.

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