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Official Journal of the European Union
9.12.2011
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 7 December 2011
on the recognition of Bangladesh 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(2011) 8999)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/822/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(4) By
letters
of
26
March
2009,
9
December
2009
and
28 September 2010, the Commission requested Bang
ladesh to provide evidence demonstrating that the defi
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
ciencies identified had been corrected.
Union,
(5)
By letters of 29 March 2009, 21 May 2009, 12 July
Having regard to Directive 2008/106/EC of the European
2009, 4 January 2010, 27 February 2011 and
Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on the
14 March 2011, Bangladesh provided the requested
minimum level of training of seafarers ( 1 ), and in particular the
information and evidence concerning the implementation
first subparagraph of Article 19(3) thereof,
of appropriate and sufficient corrective action to address
most of the deficiencies identified during the assessment
of compliance.
Having regard to the requests from Cyprus on 26 July 2007,
from Italy on 24 December 2007 and from Belgium on 25 June
2008,
(6) The
remaining
shortcomings
concern,
on
the
one
hand,
the lack of certain training equipment in one of the
Whereas:
maritime education and training institutions of Bang
ladesh, and on the other hand training for preparatory
courses relating to Section A-II/1 of the STCW Code.
Bangladesh has therefore been invited to implement
(1) According
to
Directive
2008/106/EC
Member
States
may
decide to endorse seafarers' appropriate certificates issued
further corrective action in this respect. However, these
by third countries, provided that the third country
shortcomings do not warrant calling into question the
concerned is recognised by the Commission. Those
overall level of compliance of Bangladesh with STCW
third countries have to meet all the requirements
requirements on training and certification of seafarers.
of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
Convention on Standards of Training, Certification
and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (STCW
Convention) (
(7)
The outcome of the assessment of compliance and the

2 ), as revised in 1995.
evaluation of the information provided by Bangladesh
demonstrates that Bangladesh complies with the
relevant requirements of the STCW Convention, while
(2) Requests
for
the
recognition
of
Bangladesh
have
been
this country has taken appropriate measures to prevent
submitted by letters of 26 July 2007 from Cyprus, of
fraud involving certificates.
24 December 2007 from Italy and of 25 June 2008
from Belgium. Following these requests, the Commission
assessed the training and certification system in Bang
ladesh in order to verify whether Bangladesh meets all
the requirements of the STCW Convention and whether
(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Safe
the appropriate measures have been taken to prevent
Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships,
fraud involving certificates. That assessment was based

on the results of an inspection carried out by experts
of the European Maritime Safety Agency in February
2008. During that inspection certain deficiencies in the
training and certification systems were identified.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
(3) The
Commission
provided
the
Member
States
with
a
Article 1
report on the results of the assessment.
For the purposes of Article 19 of Directive 2008/106/EC,
( 1 ) OJ L 323, 3.12.2008, p. 33.
Bangladesh is recognised as regards the systems for the
( 2 ) Adopted by the International Maritime Organisation.
training and certification of seafarers.

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EN
9.12.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
327/69
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 December 2011.
For the Commission
Siim KALLAS
Vice-President

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