Development of the Third European Union Maritime Safety Package

The purpose of this book is to present legal analyses of the Third European Union Maritime Safety Package. The author explains how the Republic of Bulgaria has transposed the legal acts into its national legislation. This book comprises of 7 Chapters. Chapter I (Introduction), Chapter II (Development of the Third European Union Maritime Safety Package), Chapter III (Third European Union Maritime Safety Package), Chapter IV (Comments of the Shipping Industry), Chapter V (The Bulgarian perspective in the light of transposition of the Third European Union Maritime Safety Package, Chapter VI (Future developments in the European Union maritime sector) and Chapter VII (Conclusion). The book focuses on Directive 2009/15/EC of 23 April 2009 (recast), Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of 23 April 2009 (recast), Directive 2009/16/EC of 23 April 2009 (recast), Directive 2009/17/EC 23 April 2009, Directive 2009/18/EC 23 April 2009, Directive 2009/21/EC 23 April 2009, Regulation (EC) No 392/2009 of 23 April 2009 and Directive 2009/20/EC 23 April 2009.