Article 5

1. Each Member State shall make the necessary arrangements to apply the requirements set out in the following paragraph to any vessel. 2. The operator of a vessel leaving a port in a Member State shall notify before departure of the vessel all information listed in Annex I to the competent authority of that Member State. 3. The operator of a vessel coming from a port located outside the Community and bound for a port located in the Community or an anchorage located in a Member State's territorial waters shall, as a condition for the entry into that port or anchorage, notify on departure from the loading port, all information listed in Annex I to the competent authority of the Member State in which the first port of destination or anchorage is located. 4. Member States may exempt regular scheduled services of less than one hour's crossing time from the application of paragraphs 2 and 3. The Commission may, on request from a Member State, agree to a reasonable extension of this period. In this case, the information in Annex I must at all times be made available by the operator upon request by the authorities of the Member States of departure or destination. 5. Vessels entering or leaving a port located in a Member State shall in accordance with the national regulations of that State: make use of the service provided by the local vessel traffic service (VTS), where they exist; make use of pilots.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.