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Reporting formalities for ships
Reporting formalities for ships
Reporting formalities for ships
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Reporting formalities for ships
This directive aims to simplify the reporting formalities to be fulfilled by ships calling at ports by harmonising the reporting formalities.
ACT
Directive 2002/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 February 2002 on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States of the Community [Official Journal L 67 of 09.03.2002].
SUMMARY
The public authorities frequently require, on a ship's arrival and/or departure, documents and information relating, inter alia, to the ship, its stores, its crew's effects, its crew and passengers. These requirements are formalities that ships have to fulfil when calling at ports.
The use of different document formats for the same or similar purposes complicates maritime transport and, in particular, short sea shipping. The Convention on International Facilitation of Maritime Traffic (FAL Convention of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) came into force on 5 March 1967. However, most of the Member States use forms to facilitate traffic, but do not use the IMO models in a uniform manner.
The Directive addresses Community recognition of standardised IMO FAL forms which make it possible to obtain all the necessary information regarding a ship's arrival and departure in document form.
The list of forms is as follows:
REFERENCES
Act |
Dateof entry into force |
Deadline for implementation in the Member States |
Directive 2002/6/EC |
09.03.2003 |
09.09.2003 |
Last updated: 19.07.2006