You issue mod B certificate for 5 years. What is legal situation if testing standard or IMO Resolution materially changes within that 5 year window?

There is no simple answer to this as there are different organisations with different legal imperatives.

Ships commissioning Officers in particular may have obligations which could require equipment to meet standards or IMO resolutions which were not current at the time the MED TEC was issued.

Article 13 of the Directive gives member states the right where they view equipment may compromise the key aims of the directive to take measures against the products.

Clearly where a Standard (or test method) is considered flawed there is a case for enforcing re-test to a valid standard.

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