What is new in the updated Implementing Regulation?

Marine equipment listed as a new item inserted by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1533 in column 1 of the Annex, which is in compliance with the national requirements for type-approval in force before 23 September 2025 in a Member State, may continue to be placed on the market and on board an EU ship until 23 September 2028.

The 9th Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1533 contains the following new MED item which will be applicable for “first placing on the market” from 23 September 2025:

MED/4.63 GNSS Equipment- new sub-item: IRNSS Equipment

For following equipment, new or updated type approval/carriage/performance requirements as well as updated testing standards are introduced indicated by the text “new row”.

New or updated standards:

• MED/1.1 Lifebuoys
• MED/1.2b Position-indicating lights for life-saving appliances: for lifebuoys
• MED/1.2c Position-indicating lights for life-saving appliances: for lifejackets
• MED/1.4 Lifejackets
• MED/1.3 Lifebuoys self-activating smoke signals
• MED/1.5a Immersion suits and anti- exposure suits designed to be worn in conjunction WITH a lifejacket: immersion suit without inherent insulation
• MED/1.5b Immersion suits and anti- exposure suits designed to be worn in conjunction WITH a lifejacket: immersion suit with inherent insulation
• MED/1.5c Immersion suits and anti- exposure suits designed to be worn in conjunction WITH a lifejacket: antiexposure suits
• MED/1.6a Immersion suits and anti- exposure suits designed to be worn WITHOUT a lifejacket: Immersion suit without inherent insulation
• MED/1.6b Immersion suits and anti- exposure suits designed to be worn WITHOUT a lifejacket: immersion suit with inherent insulation
• MED/1.6c Immersion suits and anti- exposure suits designed to be worn WITHOUT a lifejacket: anti-exposure suits
• MED/1.7 Thermal protective aids
• MED/1.28 Means of rescue
• MED/1.29 Embarkation ladders
• MED/1.44a Public Address and General Alarm Systems (PAGA) Control and distribution system
• MED/3.4 Fire-fighter’s outfit: boots
• MED/3.6 Fire-fighter’s outfit: helmet
• MED/3.19 Draperies, curtains and other suspended textile materials and films
• MED/3.29 Fire-fighting hoses: non-percolating lay flat firefighting hoses
• MED/3.30b Portable oxygen analysis and/or gas detection equipment: category 2: (explosive gas atmospheres)
• MED/3.43 Nozzles for deep fat cooking equipment fire extinguishing systems (automatic or manual type)
• MED/3.54b Fixed oxygen analysis and/or gas detection equipment: category 3: (explosive gas atmospheres)
• MED/3.63a Sample extraction smoke detection systems components: control and indicating equipment. Electrical installations in ships
• MED/3.63b Sample extraction smoke detection systems components: power supply equipment
• MED/3.63c Sample extraction smoke detection systems components: aspiring smoke detectors
• MED/3.65 Fixed hydrocarbon gas detection system
• MED/3.68 Galley exhaust duct dixed fire extinguishing systems components
• MED/4.1 Magnetic compass: class A for ships
• MED/4.2 Transmitting heading device THD (magnetic method)
• MED/4.6 Echo-sounding equipment
• MED/4.7 Speed and distance measuring equipment (SDME)
• MED/4.9 Rate-of-turn indicator
• MED/4.16 Heading control system (HCS)
• MED/4.20 Rudder angle indicator
• MED/4.21 Propeller revolution indicator
• MED/4.22 Pitch indicator
• MED/4.23 Magnetic compass: class B for lifeboats and rescue boats
• MED/4.29 Voyage data recorder (VDR)
• MED/4.30 Electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) with backup, and raster chart display system (RCDS)
• MED/4.32 Universal automatic identification system equipment (AIS)
• MED/4.33 Track control system
• MED/4.40 Heading control system for high-speed craft
• MED/4.41 Transmitting heading device THD (GNSS method)
• MED/4.43 Night vision equipment for high-speed craft
• MED/4.46 Transmitting heading device THD (Gyroscopic method)
• MED/4.47 Simplified voyage data recorder
• MED/4.54 Compass bearing device
• MED/4.57 Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System (BNWAS)
• MED/4.58 Sound reception system
• MED/4.59 Integrated navigation system
• MED/4.63 GNSS Equipment
• MED/4.64 Radar equipment
• MED/4.65 Gyro compass
• MED/4.67 Electronic Inclinometer Equipment
• MED/5.1 VHF radio capable of transmitting and receiving DSC and radiotelephony
• MED/5.2 VHF DSC watch-keeping receiver • MED/5.3 NAVTEX receiver
• MED/5.5 HF marine safety information (MSI) equipment (HF NBDP receiver)
• MED/5.6 406 MHz EPIRB (COSPAS-SARSAT)
• MED/5.10 MF radio capable of transmitting and receiving DSC and radiotelephony
• MED/5.11 MF DSC watch-keeping receiver
• MED/5.13 Inmarsat-C SES
• MED/5.14 MF/HF radio capable of transmitting and receiving DSC, NBDP and radiotelephony
• MED/5.15 MF/HF DSC scanning watch keeping receiver
• MED/5.17 Portable survival craft two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus
• MED/5.18 Fixed survival craft two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus
• MED/5.21 Integrated communication system (ICS)
• MED/5.22 Ship Earth station for use in the GMDSS Inmarsat C equipment: Inmarsat Fleet Broad Band (FBB) equipment and Iridium equipment
• MED/8.1 Water level detectors.

Certification and Declaration of Conformity

Manufacturers need to have valid MED certification (Module B+D, B+E, B+F or Module G certificates) to be allowed to place their products on the European market. The conformity of the products is confirmed by the manufacturer at the end of the production phase by affixing the wheel mark on the product and issuing a Declaration of Conformity.

The Declaration of Conformity issued by the manufacturer for products produced after 23 September 2025 shall follow the 9th Implementing Regulation.

Manufacturers are requested to compare the conformity of their products with the design, construction and performance requirements as well as with the testing standards of the currently valid Implementing Regulation. For products with changed requirements and testing standards, new or additional tests may be required.

As of 23 September 2025, MED certificates will be issued by DNV’s notified bodies according to the 9th Implementing Regulation after a positive outcome of the EC assessment procedure.

Recommentations
DNV recommends that its customers to review and familiarize themselves with the updated Implementing Regulation, as published in the Official Journal of the EU.
Source: DNV, https://www.dnv.com/news/2025/updated-implementing-regulation-eu-20251533-amending-the-med-in-force-from-23-september-2025/