Traduction de «State-controlled ship » (Anglais → Français) :

Under Article 7b(1) of Directive 95/21/CE on the port State control, ships which have been detained several times shall be refused access to EU ports.

I would like to thank Mrs Vlasto for her excellent and hard work on the directive on port State control. She backs up the principles proposed by the Commission – that is to say that all ships should be monitored, that the bad ships should be monitored even more and, indeed, that we do not want the very worst ships in European waters at all.

(13) Security checks in the port may be carried out by the competent authorities for maritime security of the Member States, but also, as regards the international ship security certificate, by inspectors acting in the framework of port State control, as provided for in Council Directive 95/21/EC of 19 June 1995 concerning the enforcement, in respect of shipping using Community ports and sailing in the waters under the jurisdiction of the Member States, of international standards for ship safety, pollution prevention and shipboard living and working conditions (port State control) .

The amendments adopted in Committee take the right approach, stressing certain points: firstly the obligation, rather than the capacity of the competent authorities, to block the loading and unloading operations whenever the safety of the ships is endangered. Furthermore, in the event of damage which is serious enough to jeopardise the safety and seaworthiness of the ship, it is now clear that the decision on whether or not repair is necessary is to be taken by the port State control authorities.

The Commission advocates a policy based on: - the common application of internationally-agreed rules. - a joint effort by Community and Member States in the IMO (International Maritime Organisation) to agree on a worldwide basis on certain conditions for flag administrations and their ship registers. - a Directive laying down certain principles for Member States' shipping registers - - strengthening port State control through operational links with other third countries - promoting self-regulatory codes of behaviour - encouraging operators to achieve high quality standards (eg. lower port charges for high quality ships) - the considerati ...[+++]on of legal action or fines for cargo owners who use sub- standard shipping - With the implementation of OECD Agreement on Commercial Shipbuilding and Repair Industry and the phasing out of direct state aid to shipbuilding, the Commission is advocating the development of a new financing scheme for maritime projects in accordance with the new OECD regime.

–imposing port control of the more stringent standards resulting from the recent amendments to certain major maritime conventions, namely the MARPOL, SOLAS and STCW Conventions; –obliging port State control authorities to check implementation of the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships (ISM Code) on board all ships The ISM Code requires ships to have on board a "Safety Management Certificate" and a copy of the "Document of Compliance", in which the flag State approves the safety management system of the vessel and the company respectively.; –establishing specific procedures for ships not carrying ISM Certific ...[+++]ates on board;