Ingangsdatum:
05-02-2004
1. Without prejudice
to international law and with a view to preventing or mitigating any significant
threat to maritime safety, the safety of individuals or the environment, Member States
shall monitor and take all appropriate measures to ensure that the master of a ship
sailing within their search and rescue region/exclusive economic zone or equivalent,
immediately reports to the coastal station responsible for that geographical area:
(a) any incident or accident affecting the
safety of the ship, such as collision, running aground, damage, malfunction or
breakdown, flooding or shifting of cargo, any defects in the hull or structural
failure;
(b) any incident or accident which
compromises shipping safety, such as failures likely to affect the ship's
manoeuvrability or seaworthiness, or any defects affecting the propulsion system or
steering gear, the electrical generating system, navigation equipment or
communications equipment;
(c) any situation liable to
lead to pollution of the waters or shore of a Member State, such as the discharge or
threat of discharge of polluting products into the sea;
(d) any slick of polluting materials and
containers or packages seen drifting at sea.
2. The report message sent in application
of paragraph 1 shall include at least the ship's identity, its position, the port of
departure, the port of destination, the address from which information may be obtained
on the dangerous and polluting goods carried on board, the number of persons aboard,
details of the incident and any relevant information referred to in IMO Resolution
A.851(20).