Commission Directive 2010/36/EUShow full title

2 Communication, survival craft and rescue boats, personal life-saving appliances (R 6 + 7 + 18 + 21 + 22)

NEW AND EXISTING CLASS B, C AND D SHIPS:

.1 Every ship shall carry at least the radio life-saving appliances, radar transponders, personal life-saving appliances, survival craft and rescue boats, distress flares, line-throwing appliances specified in the following table and relative notes, on the basis of the ship’s class.

.2 All above appliances, including their launching appliances where applicable, shall comply with the Regulations of Chapter III of the Annex to the 1974 SOLAS Convention and the LSA Code, as amended, unless expressly provided otherwise in the following paragraphs. Unless expressly provided otherwise, existing equipment shall at least comply with the provisions that were in force at the time of installation of the equipment.

3 Furthermore every ships shall carry for each life boat on the ship at least three immersion suits, (and) in addition thermal protective aid for every person to be accommodated in the life boat and not provided with an immersion suit. These immersion suits and thermal protective aids need not to be carried:

.1

for persons to be accommodated in totally enclosed life boats; or

.2

if the ship is constantly engaged on voyages in warm climates where in the opinion of the Administration they are unnecessary, having regard to the recommendations in IMO MSC/Circ.1046.

.4 The provisions of paragraph .3.1 also apply to partially or totally enclosed lifeboats not complying with the requirements section 4.5 or 4.6 of the LSA Code, provided they are carried on ships constructed before 1 July 1986.

.5 An immersion suit, complying with the requirements of section 2.3 of the LSA Code or an anti-exposure suit complying with section 2.4 of the LSA Code, of an appropriate size, shall be provided for every person assigned to crew rescue boats or assigned to the marine evacuation party. If the ship is constantly engaged in warm climates where in the opinion of the Administration thermal protections are unnecessary this protective clothing need not to be carried, having regard to the recommendations in IMO MSC/Circ.1046.

.6 Ships not carrying a lifeboat or a rescue boat shall for rescue purposes be provided with at least one immersion suit. However if the ship is constantly engaged in warm climates where to the opinion of the Administration thermal protection is unnecessary, this protective clothing need not be carried, having regard to the recommendations in IMO MSC/Circ.1046.

a Survival craft may be lifeboats or life rafts or a combination of them in compliance with the provisions in Regulation III/2.2 When justified by the sheltered nature of the voyages and/or the favourable climatic conditions of the area of operation, having regard to the recommendations in IMO MSC/Circ.1046, the Administration of the flag State may accept, if this is not rejected by the host Member State: (a) open reversible inflatable life-rafts not complying with the section 4.2 or 4.3 of the LSA Code provided that such life-rafts entirely comply with the requirements in Annex 10 of 1994 High Speed Craft Code and for ships constructed on or after 1 January 2012, Annex 11 of the 2000 High Speed Craft Code; (b) life-rafts not complying with the requirements of paragraphs 4.2.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2.2 of the LSA Code on the insulation against cold of the floor of the life-raft. Survival craft for existing B, C and D ships shall comply with the relevant Regulations of SOLAS 74 for existing ships as amended on 17 March 1998. Ro-ro passenger ships shall comply with the requirements in Regulation III/5-1 as applicable. A marine evacuation system or systems complying with section 6.2 of the LSA Code may be substituted for the equivalent capacity of life-rafts required by the table, including its launching appliances where applicable.
b Survival craft shall, as far as practicable, be equally distributed on each side of the ship.
c The total/aggregated capacity of survival craft, including additional life rafts, shall be in accordance with the requirements in the table above, i.e. 1,10N = 110 % and 1,25N = 125 % of the total number of persons (N) the ship is certified to carry. Sufficient number of survival craft has to be carried in order to ensure that in the event of any one survival craft being lost or rendered unserviceable, the remaining survival craft can accommodate the total number of persons the ship is certified to carry. If the stowage requirement for life rafts, in Regulation III/7.5 not is complied with, additional life rafts can be required.
d The number of lifeboats and/or rescue boats, shall be sufficient to ensure that in providing for abandonment by the total number of persons the ship is certified to carry, no more than nine life-rafts need to be marshalled by each lifeboat or rescue boat.
e Launching appliances for rescue boats shall comply with the requirements of Regulation III/10. If a rescue boat complies with the requirements section 4.5 or 4.6 of the LSA Code it may be included in the capacity of the survival craft specified in the table above. A lifeboat may be accepted as a rescue boat provided that it and its launching and recovery arrangements also comply with the requirements of a rescue boat. At least one of the rescue boats, if such a boat is required to be carried, on ro-ro passenger ships shall be a fast rescue boat complying with the requirements of Regulation III/5-1.3. When the Administration of the flag State considers that the installation, of a rescue boat or a fast rescue boat, on board of a ship is physically impossible, such ship may be exempted from carrying a rescue boat, provided the ship meets all of the following requirements: (a) the ship is arranged to allow a helpless person to be recovered from the water; (b) recovery of the helpless person can be observed from the navigating bridge; and (c) the ship is sufficiently manoeuvrable to close and recover persons in the worst intended conditions.
f At least one lifebuoy on each side shall be equipped with a buoyant lifeline equal in length to not less than twice the height at which it is stowed above the waterline in the lightest seagoing condition or 30 metres, whichever is the greater. Two lifebuoys shall be equipped with a self-activating smoke signal and a self-activating light; they shall be capable of quick release from the navigation bridge. The remainder of the lifebuoys shall be equipped with self-igniting lights, in compliance with the provisions of paragraph 2.1.2 of the LSA Code.
g Distress flares, complying with the requirements of section 3.1 of the LSA Code shall be stowed on the navigation bridge or steering position.
h An inflatable life jacket shall be provided for each person that has to carry out work on board in exposed areas. These inflatable life jackets may be included in the total number of life jackets required by this Directive.
i A number of lifejackets suitable for children equal to at least 10 % of the number of passengers on board shall be provided or such greater number as may be required to provide a lifejacket for each child.
j A number of lifejackets suitable for infant equal to at least 2,5 % of the number of passengers on board shall be provided or such greater number as may be required to provide a lifejacket for each infant.
l All ships shall carry a sufficient number of lifejackets for persons on watch and for use at remotely located survival craft stations. The lifejackets carried for persons on watch should be stowed on the bridge, in the engine control room and at any other manned watch station. Not later than the first periodical survey after 1 January 2012 all passenger ships shall comply with the provisions in footnote 12 and 13.
k If the adult lifejackets provided are not designed to fit persons weighing up to 140 kg and with a chest girth of up to 1 750 mm, a sufficient number of suitable accessories shall be available on board to allow them to be secured to such persons.
m On all passenger ships each life jacket shall be fitted with light complying with the requirements of paragraph 2.2.3 of the LSA Code. All ro-ro passenger ships shall comply with the provisions in Regulation III/5.5.2.”
Ship’s class:	B		C		D
Number of persons (N) Number of passengers (P)	> 250	≤ 250	> 250	≤ 250	> 250	≤ 250
Survival craft capacitya b c d:
— existing ships	1,1 N	1,1 N	1,1 N	1,1 N	1,1 N	1,1 N
— new ships	1,25 N	1,25 N	1,25 N	1,25 N	1,25 N	1,25 N
Rescue boatsd e	1	1	1	1	1	1
Lifebuoysf	8	8	8	4	8	4
Life jacketsh i k m	1,05 N	1,05 N	1,05 N	1,05 N	1,05 N	1,05 N
Child life jacketsi m	0,1 P	0,1 P	0,1 P	0,1 P	0,1 P	0,1 P
Infant life jacketsj m	0,025 P	0,025 P	0,025 P	0,025 P	0,025 P	0,025 P
Distress flaresg	12	12	12	12	6	6
Line-throwing appliances	1	1	1	1	—	—
Radar transponders	1	1	1	1	1	1
Two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus	3	3	3	3	3	2