Categories of vessels ...
A. Sea-going or sea-fishing vessels, with no limitation on length of trips.
B. Sea-going or sea-fishing vessels making trips of less than 150 nautical miles from the nearest port with adequate medical equipment(1).
C. Harbour vessels, boats and craft staying very close to shore or with no cabin accommodation other than a wheelhouse.
(1) Category B shall be extended to sea-going or sea-fishing vessels which make trips of less than 175 nautical miles from the nearest port with adequate medical equipment and which remain continuously within range of helicopter rescue services.
The purpose of this Directive is to lay down safety standards for seagoing fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and over, both new, and existing, in so far as the Annex to the Torremolinos Protocol applies to the latter, and
- flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Community, or
- operating in the internal waters or territorial sea of a Member State, or
- landing their catch in the port of a Member State.
