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registered trade name or registered trademark, as well as contact address (note: a website is acceptable). The new directive also requires the means of re-boarding to be: accessible to or deployable by a person in the water unaided. Sailing yachts now need to comply with visibility for helmsman requirements. Means of escape in the event of inversion is now only required for multihull susceptible to inversion. Toilets must now have a holding tank; they can not be discharged directly overboard but must pass through the holding tank. Manufacturers need to ensure that the propulsion engines are now complying with RCD II.
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Identification Number CIN (previously HIN) has been replaced by Watercraft Identification Number WIN, the Manufacturer Identification Code MIC must now be registered in a member state. On the Builder's plate, in place of the manufacturer's name, the RCD II now requires manufacturer's name,
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Directive 94/25/EC was the first piece of harmonised legislation in the EU to regulate the boating industry throughout Europe. It was brought in to harmonise the safety requirements related to the design and construction of boats across Europe. The
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