Article 6

Council Directive 93/75/EEC of 13 September 1993 concerning minimum requirements for vessels bound for or leaving Community ports and carrying dangerous or polluting goods · European Union

1. Each Member State shall require that, in the case of an incident or circumstance at sea which poses a threat to its coastline or related interest, the master of the vessel concerned shall at least provide immediate information to the competent authority of the Member State concerned as to the particulars of the incident and the information in Annex I. The competent authority may consider that the obligation to report the information in Annex I is satisfied if the vessel indicates which competent authority within the Community is holding the information required by Article 5. 2. The notification provided for in paragraph 1 shall be effected in accordance with IMO Resolution A 648 (16) and shall be made at least in all circumstances set out in that Resolution. 3. Annex III sets out what measures are available to Member States under international law.

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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.