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Responsibilities of the Competent Authorities

Competent Authorities Flag State Port State Coastal State Accident Investigation ISM Recognised Organisation Recognised Security Organisation

Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC),

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration" 

(EAMA)

   

Ministry of Defence,

Bulgarian Navy, Hydrographic Service

 

 

       

Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company

 

       

Air, Maritime and Railway Accidents Investigation National Board (AMRAINB)

 

 

       

 

 

Authorities responsible for the implementation of the EU maritime legislation

Legal Act Competent Authorities

Directive 97/70/EC on safety of fishing vessels

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration"

Directive 98/41/EC (as amended) on the registration of persons sailing on board passenger ships

 

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration"

 

Directive 2001/96/EC on bulk carriers loading and unloading

 

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration"

 

Directive 2002/59/EC on a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system

 

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration"

 

Regulation 725/2004/EC & Directive 2005/65/EC on maritime security

 

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration"

 

Regulation (EC) No. 336/2006 (Implementation of the Safety management Code)

 

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration"

 

Directive 2008/106/EC on the minimum level of training of seafarers

 

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration"

 

Directive 2009/15/EC on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organizations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations

 

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration"

 

Directive 2009/16/EC on port State control

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration"

Directive 2009/18/EC on accident investigation

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Air, Maritime and Railway Accidents Investigation National Board

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration

Directive 2009/21/EC on compliance with flag State requirements

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration

Directive 2009/45/EC (as amended) on safety rules and standards for passenger ships

 

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration"

 

Regulation (EU) 1257/2013 on ship recycling

 

Ministry of Environment and Water

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration"

 

Directive 2013/53/EU on recreational craft and personal watercraft

 

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration"

 

Directive 2014/90/EU on marine equipment

 

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration"

 

Directive 2016/802/EU relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels

Ministry of Environment and Water

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration

State Agency for Metrological and Technical Surveillance (SAMTS)

Directive (EU) 2019/883 on Port Reception Facilities

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Executive Agency “Maritime Administration"

Directive (EU) 2005/35/EC on Ship-Source Pollution  

Directive (EU) 2023/959 on Union greenhouse gas emission trading system

 

Regulation (EU) 2023/1805 on use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport