1. Each Member State of the European Union shall apply EU law and take appropriate action to that end. The European Commission is the body responsible for detecting possible breaches of EU law.
In the event that a Member State does not apply Union law and fails to fulfill any of the obligations laid down in the EU Treaties, the European Commission may initiate formal infringement proceedings under Articles 258 and 260 TFEU (details of infringement proceedings here).
2. Directive 2014/90/EU (on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC) harmonises safety rules on equipment such as life jackets, sewage cleaning systems and radars on board EU-flagged ships.
As mentioned in the “July infringement package: key decisions/15-7-2021“ the European Commission sent a letter of formal notice to Greece for failing to comply with EU rules on marine equipment [infringement number: INFR(2020)2354]. For Greece, the letter concerns inadequate market surveillance and procedures for notifying conformity assessment bodies, as well as the non-provision of declarations of conformity by marine equipment manufacturers to those conformity assessment bodies. These “shortcomings” identified by the European Commission constitute a departure from the requirements of EU law and therefore it was considered that the practice followed by Greece violates the framework set by Directive 2014/90/EU.
The application of EU law is an obligation of the Member States of the European Union.
If possible breaches of EU law are detected, the European Commission may take a series of actions against that Member State to ensure the correct and full application of EU law by initiating infringement proceedings in accordance with Articles 258 and 260 of the TFEU.
In this case, the European Commission sent a letter of formal notice under Article 260 TFEU, calling on Greece to comply with the provisions of Directive 2014/90/EU on marine equipment as it had identified shortcomings in certain areas.
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