{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-16/annex-I/division-I/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-16/annex-I/division-I/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2009/16",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on port State control (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-16",
  "path": "annex/I/division/I/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Generic parameters",
  "text": "(a) Type of ship\nPassenger ships, oil and chemical tankers, gas carriers and bulk carriers shall be considered as posing a higher risk.\n(b) Age of ship\nShips of more than 12 years old shall be considered as posing a higher risk.\n(c) Flag State performance\n(i) Ships flying the flag of a State with a high detention rate within the Community and the Paris MOU region shall be considered as posing a higher risk.\n(ii) Ships flying the flag of a State with a low detention rate within the Community and the Paris MOU region shall be considered as posing a lower risk.\n(iii) Ships flying the flag of a State for which an audit has been completed and, where relevant, a corrective action plan submitted, both in accordance with the Framework and procedures for the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme shall be considered as posing a lower risk. As soon as the measures referred to in Article 10(3) are adopted, the flag State of such a ship shall demonstrate compliance with the Code for the implementation of mandatory IMO instruments.\n(d) Recognised organisations\n(i) Ships which have been delivered certificates from recognised organisations having a low or very low performance level in relation with their detention rates within the Community and the Paris MOU region shall be considered as posing a higher risk.\n(ii) Ships which have been delivered certificates from recognised organisations having a high performance level in relation with their detention rates within the Community and the Paris MOU region shall be considered as posing a lower risk.\n(iii) Ships with certificates issued by organisations recognised under the terms of Regulation (EC) No 391/2009.\n(e) Company performance\n(i) Ships of a company with a low or very low performance as determined by its ships' deficiency and detention rates within the Community and the Paris MOU region shall be considered as posing a higher risk.\n(ii) Ships of a company with a high performance as determined by its ships' deficiency and detention rates within the Community and the Paris MOU region shall be considered as posing a lower risk.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/16/annex/I/division/I/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:15.239047+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}