With a view to further modernising the inland waterway sector and to reducing the administrative burden while rendering the documents less prone to being tampered with, the Commission should, taking into account the principle of better regulation, consider examining the possibility of replacing the paper version of Union certificates of qualification, service record books and logbooks by electronic tools, such as electronic professional cards and electronic vessel units.
Chun earnáil na n-uiscebhealaí intíre a nuachóiriú tuilleadh agus chun an t-ualach riaracháin a laghdú agus, ag an am céanna, chun gur deacra a bheadh sé crioscaíl a dhéanamh leis na doiciméid, ba cheart don Choimisiún, agus prionsabal na rialála níos fearr á chur san áireamh aige, féachaint an bhféadfaí uirlisí leictreonacha, amhail cártaí gairmiúla leictreonacha agus aonaid leictreonacha soithí, a chur in ionad an leagain páipéir de theastais cháilíochta de chuid an Aontais, de leabhair thaifid seirbhíse agus de logleabhair.