L 354/90 Official Journal of the European Union 28.12.2013 DIRECTIVES DIRECTIVE 2013/53/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (2), Whereas: (1)  Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 1994 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to recreational craft () was adopted in the context of establishing the internal market in order to harmonise safety characteristics of recreational craft in all Member States and to remove obstacles to trade in recreational craft between Member States. (2)  Originally, Directive 94/25/EC covered only recreational craft of a minimum hull length of 2,5 m and a () OJ C 43, 15.2.2012, p. 30. (®) Position of the European Parliament of 9 October 2013 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 15 November 2013. () OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 15. () O ( ( ’) %) o o ] L ] C ] L maximum length of 24 m. Directive 2003/44/EC of the Council and the European Parliament of 16 June 2003 amending Directive 94/25/EC (%) extended the scope of Directive 94/25/EC to include personal watercraft, and integrated environmental protection requirements into the amended Directive by adopting exhaust emission limits (CO, HC, NOx and particulates) and noise limits levels for propulsion engines, for both compression- ignition engines and spark-ignition engines. Directive 94/25/EC is based on the New Approach prin- ciples, as set out in the Council Resolution of 7 May 1985 on a new approach to technical harmonisation and standards (°) Thus, it sets out only the essential requirements applying to recreational craft, whereas technical ~details are adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (Cenelec) in accordance with Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services (°). Conformity with the harmonised standards so set, the reference numbers of which are published in the Official Journal of the European Union, provides a presumption of conformity with the requirements of Directive 94/25/EC. Experience has shown that those basic principles have worked well in this sector and should be maintained and even further promoted. Technological ~developments in the market have, however, raised new issues with respect to the environ- mental requirements of Directive 94/25/EC. In order to take account of those developments and to provide clari- fication in relation to the framework within which products covered by this Directive may be marketed, 214, 26.8.2003, p. 18. 136, 4.6.1985, p. 1. 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.