Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/12Dangos y teitl llawn

Appendix 1 Relevant vision criteria as meant under diagnostic code H 0059

Minimum eyesight criteria:

1. Daytime visual acuity:

Acuity of both eyes together or of the better eye with or without correction greater than or equal to 0.8. Monocular vision is accepted.

Manifest double vision (motility) which cannot be corrected is not accepted. In the event of monocular vision: normal motility of the good eye.

Restriction 01*** may be indicated.

2. Eyesight at dawn and dusk:

To be tested in case of glaucoma retinal disorders or media opacities (e.g. cataract). Contrast sensitivity at 0.032 cd/m² in the Absence of glare; test result 1:2.7 or better as tested with the mesotest.

3. Field of view:

The horizontal visual field shall be at least 120 degrees. The extension shall be at least 50 degrees left and right and 20 degrees up and down. No defects shall be present within a radius of the central 20 degrees.

At least one eye shall meet the visual acuity standard and have the visual field without pathological scotomata. Formal testing by an eye doctor is mandatory if any abnormalities are found during the initial test or in case of glaucoma or retinal dystrophy.

4. Colour sense for deck crew members with navigational duties:

The colour sense is considered to be adequate if the candidate passes the Ishihara 24 plate edition test with a maximum of two mistakes. If the candidate does not pass this test, one of the mentioned approved alternative tests have to be performed. In case of doubt, a test with an anomaloscope shall be performed. The anomaloscope quotient shall be between 0.7 and 1.4 and thus exhibit normal trichromacy.

The approved alternative tests to the Ishihara plates are:

a)

Velhagen/Broschmann (result with a maximum of two mistakes);

b)

Kuchenbecker-Broschmann (maximum of two mistakes);

c)

HRR (minimum result ‘mild’);

d)

TMC (minimum result ‘second degree’);

e)

Holmes Wright B (result with a maximum of 8 errors for small);

f)

Farnsworth Panel D 15 test (minimum result: maximum one diametrical crossing in the plot of the arrangement of colours);

g)

Colour Assessment and Diagnosis (CAD) test (result with a maximum of four CAD units).

Holders of boatmaster’s certificates issued in accordance with Council Directive 96/50/EC(1) whose anomaloscope quotient for colour sense is between 0,7 and 3,0 are deemed fit if their certificate has been issued before 1 April 2004.

The use of filter glass optical correction for colour sense, such as tinted contact lenses and glasses, is not allowed.

(1)

Council Directive 96/50/EC of 23 July 1996 on the harmonization of the conditions for obtaining national boatmasters’ certificates for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway in the Community (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 31).