# Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC, Article 4: Notification prior to entry into ports of the Member States

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The operator, agent or master of a ship bound for a port of a Member State shall notify the information in Annex I(1) to the port authority:
(a) at least twenty-four hours in advance; or
(b) at the latest, at the time the ship leaves the previous port, if the voyage time is less than twenty-four hours; or
(c) if the port of call is not known or it is changed during the voyage, as soon as this information is available.
2. Ships coming from a port outside the Community and bound for a port of a Member State carrying dangerous or polluting goods, shall comply with the notification obligations of Article 13.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/59/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-59/article-4
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