... the risk of shipping accidents can be effectively reduced by means of common standards that ensure high safety levels in the performance of the equipment carried on board ships; whereas testing standards and testing methods can have great influence on the future performance of equipment ...
... 'testing standards' shall mean the standards set by
- the International Maritime Organization (IMO),
- the International Organization for Standardization (ISO),
- the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC),
- the European Committee for Standardization (CEN),
- the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cenelec) and
- the European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) in force on the date of the adoption of this Directive, and established in accordance with the relevant international conventions and with the relevant IMO resolutions and circulars to define testing methods and test results, but only in the form referred to in Annex A ...
