1.12.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 314/13 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1163/2009 of 30 November 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 February 2002 on the accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers ('), and in particular Article 11 thereof, Whereas: Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 refers to the definitions and standards set out in Annex I to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (hereinafter Marpol). On 15 October 2004, the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) undertook a full revision, without changing the substance, of Annex I to Marpol. That revised Annex came into force on 1 January 2007. On 24 March 2006, the MEPC also amended the defi- nition of heavy grades of oil in Regulation 21.2 of Annex I to Marpol. That amendment came into force on 1 August 2007. Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 must therefore be amended accordingly. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, () O] L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atticle 1 Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 is amended as follows: 1. Article 3 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 Definitions For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: 1. “Marpol 73/78” means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, in their up-to-date versions; 2. “oil tanker” means an oil tanker as defined in Regulation 1.5 of Annex I to Marpol 73/78; 3. “deadweight” means deadweight as defined in Regulation 1.23 of Annex I to Marpol 73/78; 4. “category 1 oil tanker” means an oil tanker of 20 000 tonnes deadweight or above and carrying crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil or lubricating oil as cargo or of 30 000 tonnes deadweight or above and carrying oil other than the above and which does not comply with the requirements in Regulations 18.1 to 18.9, 18.12 to 18.15, 30.4, 33.1, 33.2, 33.3, 35.1, 35.2 and 35.3 of Annex I to Marpol 73(78; 5. “category 2 oil tanker” means an oil tanker of 20 000 tonnes deadweight or above and carrying crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil or lubricating oil as cargo or of 30 000 tonnes deadweight or above and carrying oil other than the above and which complies with the requirements in Regulations 18.1 to 18.9, 18.12 to 18.15, 30.4, 33.1, 33.2, 33.3, 35.1, 35.2 and 35.3 of Annex I to Marpol 73/78 and is fitted with segregated ballast tanks protectively located (SBT/ PL);