Council Decision (EU) 2015/2176 of 23 November 2015 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the European Committee for drawing up standards in the field of inland navigation (CESNI) and at the plenary session of the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR) on the adoption of a standard concerning technical requirements for inland waterway vessels

1 The position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union at the meeting of CESNI on 26 November 2015 shall be to agree to the adoption of the European Standard laying down Technical Requirements for Inland Navigation vessels (ES-TRIN) 2015/1.

2 The position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union at the meeting of the plenary session of the CCNR on 3 December 2015 shall be to support only those individual amendments to the RVIR that are in conformity with the ES-TRIN 2015/1. This includes, in particular, the adoption of provisions on LNG vessel propulsion. The position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union at a subsequent meeting of the plenary session of the CCNR shall be to agree to amend the RVIR with a view to referring to the ES-TRIN 2015/1 once the necessary revision of the RVIR has taken place.

1 The position of the Union as set out in Article 1(1) shall be expressed by the Member States, acting jointly in the interest of the Union.

2 The position of the Union as set out in Article 1(2) shall be expressed by the Member States which are members of the CCNR, acting jointly in the interest of the Union.

Minor changes to the positions set out in Article 1 may be agreed upon without further decision of the Council.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.