European CE Boat Standards

[Peter Albright]

The thread on CE certification for new Hunter boats in the 'Big Boat' forum got me interested in what the standards are.CE is the european version of UL, based on ISO standards. ABYC is working to reach common ground between US and ISO standards.I will reply separately with links to what I have found. The Check lists are interesting places to start in evaluating how well you boat is built and outfitted.INTERNATIONAL MARINE CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE link below

 

[Peter Albright]

Recreational Craft Sectoral Group

Link belowThis site has the Recreational Craft Directive.

 

[Peter Albright]

CE Check lists

These are 5 Excel spreadsheets on fuel, fire protection, steering, and AC power. They are password protected and need to be copied to use them.The link below will open a download window for "eallchk.exe". This is a self extracting PKZip file.

 

[Peter Albright]

List of ISO small craft standards

This is a reference to ISO standards used for CE requirements.Within this site is much information about the "new approach" to standards in the EU.