Division 2.5.2.2 If the ship flies the flag or displays the marks of registry of a Member State that does not participate in the operation or of a third country, confirmation of registry shall be requested from the flag State through the appropriate channels and, if nationality is confirmed, authorisation shall be requested, in accordance with the Palermo Protocol against the smuggling of migrants, from the flag State to take the measures referred to in paragraph 2.4.F1

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F1: Repealed by Regulation (EU) No 656/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing rules for the surveillance of the external sea borders in the context of operational cooperation coordinated by the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union.