Recital 5

(5)To facilitate mobility, to ensure the safety of navigation and to ensure the protection of human life and the environment, it is essential for deck crew members, and especially for persons in charge of emergency situations on board passenger vessels and for persons involved in the bunkering of liquefied natural gas-fuelled vessels, to hold certificates proving their qualifications. For efficient enforcement, they should carry such certificates while exercising their occupation. Those considerations also apply to young persons, for whom it is important that their safety and health at work is protected in accordance with Council Directive 94/33/EC ⁶ .