# 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), Division 2A: Overriding factors

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

Ships to which the following overriding factors apply shall be inspected regardless of the period since their last periodic inspection:
Ships which have been suspended or withdrawn from their class for safety reasons since the last inspection in the Community or in the Paris MOU region.
Ships which have been the subject of a report or notification by another Member State.
Ships which cannot be identified in the inspection database.
Ships which:
have been involved in a collision, grounding or stranding on their way to the port,
have been accused of an alleged violation of the provisions on discharge of harmful substances or effluents, or
have manoeuvred in an erratic or unsafe manner whereby routing measures, adopted by the IMO, or safe navigation practices and procedures have not been followed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/16/annex/I/division/II/division/2/division/2A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-16/annex-I/division-II/division-2/division-2A
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