Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/608 of 19 April 2018 laying down technical criteria for electronic tags for marine equipment (Text with EEA relevance. )

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (1) ‘electronic tag’ means a marker with radio frequency identification (‘RFID’) or with a data matrix code; (2) ‘application identifier’ means a numeric prefix used to define the meaning and format of encoded data elements.

Manufacturers of marine equipment may use the following electronic tags as specified in the Annex: (a) RFID tags affixed permanently on a marine equipment item; (b) optically readable tags containing data matrix codes affixed permanently on a marine equipment item; or (c) optically readable tags containing data matrix codes permanently marked on a marine equipment item.

RFID electronic tags which replace the wheel mark shall visibly, legibly and indelibly display the symbol set out in points 3.1 or 3.2 of the Annex, either on the tags themselves or adjacent to them. Marine equipment with optically readable tags containing data matrix codes which replace the wheel mark shall visibly, legibly and indelibly display the symbol set out in point 3.3 of the Annex, either on the tags themselves or adjacent to them.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.