29.4.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 110/22

(1)

Pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 391/2009, the Commission has to verify that the holder of the recognition granted in accordance with Article 4(3) and Article 2(c) of that Regulation is the relevant legal entity within the organisation to which the provisions of that Regulation apply. If that is not the case, the Commission has to take a decision amending that recognition.

(2)

Commission Decision 2007/421/EC (2) referred to the organisations recognised by the Member States in accordance with Council Directive 94/57/EC (3) by providing that the Director-General for Energy and Transport shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union an updated list of organisations recognised in compliance with Directive 94/57/EC by 1 July each year.

(3)

The latest list of organisations recognised on the basis of Directive 94/57/EC was published in the Official Journal of the European Union  (4) in 2007.

(4)

The recognitions of Lloyd's Register of Shipping (LR), Korean Register of Shipping (KR), Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK) and Registro Italiano Navale (RINA) were granted in accordance with Directive 94/57/EC.

(5)

In accordance with Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 391/2009, the organisations which on 17 June 2009 had been granted recognition in accordance with Directive 94/57/EC retained their recognition.

(6)

In the case of Korean Register of Shipping (KR), the relevant parent entity of all legal entities that constitute the recognised organisation was renamed as ‘KR (Korean Register)’.

(7)

In the case of Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK), the relevant parent entity of all legal entities that constitute the recognised organisation has changed its legal status under Japanese law from a ‘Foundation’ to a ‘General Incorporated Foundation’. As such, the complete name of the entity to which the recognition should be granted is ‘Nippon Kaiji Kyokai General Incorporated Foundation (ClassNK)’.

(8)

In the case of Lloyd's Register of Shipping (LR), the originally recognised organisation was first renamed Lloyd's Register and subsequently renamed Lloyd's Register Group Limited as a result of the company converting from a society incorporated under the United Kingdom's Industrial & Provident Societies Act of 1965, as amended, into a company incorporated under the United Kingdom's Companies Act of 2006. As such, the new name of the entity to which the recognition should be granted is ‘Lloyd's Register Group LTD (LR)’.

(9)

In the case of Registro Italiano Navale (RINA), all activities falling under Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 have been transferred from Registro Italiano Navale to RINA S.p.A., a fully owned subsidiary of RINA, followed by the transfer of these activities to RINA Services S.p.A. which is a fully owned subsidiary of RINA S.p.A.. Therefore, ‘RINA Services S.p.A.’ is the relevant parent entity of all legal entities that constitute the recognised organisation and to which recognition should be granted.

(10)

The changes in the identity of the mentioned relevant parent entities do not impact the capability of the respective organisations to comply with the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 391/2009.

(11)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships established by Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5),