We are acting exclusively on behalf of afilliated Shipping Registires, which are already Notified and Authorized Bodies for this EU Directive. The Marine Equipment Directive (MED) sets out performance and testing standards to be met by marine equipment placed on board an EU ship.
The directive covers types of marine equipment that fall under following International Conventions developed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO):
Design, construction and performance requirements and testing standards for marine equipment is provided in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/773, which was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on the 30 May 2018 .
This Regulation entered into force on the 19 June 2018 and became directly applicable.
All manufacturers producing equipment to comply with the MED, require involvement of a Notified Body to assess products to the MED. These products are included into the following categories of equipment: