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Since its entry in force, Directive 2006/87/EC has proven inapplicable, in technical, practical and economic terms, to small passenger day-trip vessels, especially those made of fiberglass, which represent the majority of this type. (...) In the European Union area there are at least 40 million pax/year transported by about 3000 small day-trip vessels, mainly built in fiberglass. In view of the 2016/1629 expansion at the pan-European level, we must consider even larger numbers (only in the Russian Federation there are 13 million pax/year and 1500 passenger ships). (...) ECE/TRANS/SC.3/WP.3/2018/16 7 Fire protection Annex.2 Part II Chapt.15 art.15.11 Fire protection of materials and components The fire protection of materials and component as per art. 15.11, concerns hulls made of steel or of another equivalent material ( in terms of fire resistance) Clear requirements have not been foreseen for combustible materials (fiberglass or wood hulls). Nevertheless there are a large number of small to middle-size passenger vessels in inland waterways short range cruising A derogation is requested, referring to the rules in force and adopted by the approved classification societies , whose technical requirements have been always used for sea and inland navigations passenger vessels