Legal basis

Apart from IMO standards and procedures, the following legal national and European stipulations apply to the BSU’s work.

Below please find a list of weblinks to the relevant laws and ordinances in German or English language.

Legal basisLink
Seesicherheits-Untersuchungs-Gesetz (SUG)http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sug/
Schiffssicherheitsgesetz (SchSG)
http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/schsg/
Verordnung über die Sicherung der Seefahrt (SeeFSichV)http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/seefsichv_1993/
Directive 2009/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1286/2011 of 9 December 2011
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en