Countries indicated in blue have
notified organisations to carry out authorisations
under the Recreational Craft Directive.
Please go to list of Notifed Bodies for details.
The Recreational Craft Sectoral Group (RSG)
has been established to assist in the uniform application
and interpretation of the Recreational Craft Directive
(RCD) by all Notified Bodies and others parties with valid
interest.
The objectives of co-operation within the RSG
are:
to share experience and exchange views on the application
of the conformity assessment procedures with the aim
of contributing to a uniform understanding and application
of requirements and procedures;
to elaborate opinions from a technical point of
view on matters of conformity assessment procedures
by seeking a consensus;
to give advice to the European Commission following
its request on subjects related to the application
of the Directives;
to consider aspects of ethics related to Notified
Body activities and to elaborate, if necessary, statements
on that topic;
to remain in coherence with standardisation work
at European and international level;
to remain informed of harmonisation activities at
European level.
This is accomplished by co-operation among certification
organisations, user organisations, and manufacturers,
who are participating in the development of the RSG
Guidelines.
The tasks of the RSG
to be a forum for exchanging information and raising
issues of common concern relating to conformity assessment
and other technical aspects;
to define points of difficulty, propose possible
solutions and either agree on a common solution or
agree on the equivalence of several solutions;
to prepare recommendations and draft guidelines
for acceptance by the Standing Committee established
under the RCD and for the European Commission;
to receive and discuss European Commission guidance
documents and other information pertinent to the practical
application of the RCD;
to collect and collate questions and problems arising
from the practical application of the RCD and to present
these, together with RSG recommended solutions,
where possible, to the European Commission.
The composition of RSG comprises the following
parties
Notified Bodies
The European Commission
The Recreational Craft Industry
User Organisations
European Standards Bodies
Some history of RSG
To facilitate a coherent application of New Approach
directives the RSG Group was formed in 1995 (1st
meeting was held on 1995-11-17). The RSG Group
was mandated from the European Commission based on the
Framework for Co-ordination and Co-Operation Certif
94/6 Rev 4a to deal with technical questions and implementation
of the Recreational Craft Directive 94/25/EC (RCD) as amended.
RSG is also registerd as a non-profit organisation located in
Belgium (asbl-vzw).
Usually biannual meetings are held and specific questions to the RCD
in the form of a "Proposal for Enquiry" (PFE) are put forward
to the group and resolved in the form of a "Recommendation for Use"
(RFU). The RFU's are published in an annex to the RSG Guidelines
or can be downloaded from this website.
RSG Guidelines are updated annually and released for general guidance
and application by Notified Bodies and manufactures. The latest edition
of the RSG Guidelines is available form this website or. Registered
visitors of the RSG website will be informed by e-mail when a new
version of the RSG Guidelines is released.
