CHAPTER 2

UNION CERTIFICATES OF QUALIFICATION

Obligation to carry a Union certificate of qualification as a deck crew member
Article 4
1
Member States shall ensure that deck crew members who navigate on Union inland waterways carry either a Union certificate of qualification as a deck crew member issued in accordance with Article 11 or a certificate recognised in accordance with Article 10(2) or (3).
2
For deck crew members other than boatmasters, the Union certificate of qualification and the service record book as referred to in Article 22 shall be presented in a single document.
3
By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, certificates held by persons involved in the operation of a craft, other than boatmasters, issued or recognised in accordance with Directive 2008/106/EC, and therefore in accordance with the STCW Convention, shall be valid on sea-going ships operating on inland waterways.