EU Regulations for Recreational Boats and Personal Watercraft

2013/53/EU
, as amended by Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/88

Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC

Info: Effective as of January 18, 2016; until January 18, 2017, Directive 94/25/EC and the harmonized standards published in OJEU
2016/C/174/3/ Council Implementing Decision No. (EU) 2022/88, amending Implementing Decision 2013/53/EU authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium to introduce special measures derogating from Article 285 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax (the decision is addressed solely to the Kingdom of Belgium)

(EU) 2020/50 
(hEN Jan. 21, 2020)
Repealed

Commission Implementing Decision amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/919 on harmonized standards for recreational craft and personal watercraft drawn up in support of Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the identification of small craft, the coding system, hull design, and dimensions for monohull craft//
 repealed and replaced by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1954 

(EU) 2022/1954
(hEN 10/17/2022)
as amended by:
(EU) 2026/550
(hEN 3/13/2026)
(EU) 2024/1197
(hEN 4/25/2024)
(EU)2024/201
(hEN of Jan. 12, 2024)
2024/1197
(hEN Apr. 25, 2024)

Commission Implementing Decision on harmonized standards for recreational craft and personal watercraft drawn up in support of Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
// (EU)2022/1954 consolidated text in HTML format dated March 13, 2026

(EU)2019/919
(hEN June 5, 2019)
repealed
; amended version:
(EU)2022/1029
(hEN June 29, 2022)
; (EU)2022/404
(hEN March 10, 2022)
(EU)2021/2173
(hEN Dec. 9, 2021)
(EU)2021/1407
(hEN Aug. 27, 2021)
(EU)2021/117
(hEN Feb. 2, 2021)
(EU)2020/50 
(hEN Jan. 21, 2020)
repealed

Commission Implementing Decision on harmonized standards for recreational craft and personal watercraft drawn up in support of Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament
and of the Council// (EU) 2019/919 consolidated text in PDF format, including amendment (EU) 2022/1029 (hEN June 29, 2022)
// repealed and replaced by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1954 

2018/C/209/5 repealed

Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC
(Publication of titles and references of harmonized standards under Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on recreational craft and personal watercraft)
// This list replaces all previous lists published in the Official Journal of the European Union
// Repealed and replaced by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1954 

List of hENs
for RCD
(as of April 29, 2024,
from the EC website,
not legally binding)

Summary of references of harmonized standards published in the Official Journal – Directive 2013/53/EU1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC

(EU)2017/1

Commission Implementing Regulation on procedures for the identification of craft pursuant to Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on recreational craft and personal watercraft

M/542

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION C(2015) final of December 15, 2015 on a standardization request to the European Committee for Standardization and the European Committee for Electro-technical Standardisation regarding recreational craft and personal watercraft in support of 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