# Directive 2009/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on compliance with flag State requirements (Text with EEA relevance), Article 5: Detention of a ship flying the flag of a Member State

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

When the administration is informed that a ship flying the flag of the Member State concerned has been detained by a port State, it shall, according to the procedures it has established to this effect, oversee the ship being brought into compliance with the relevant IMO Conventions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/21/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-21/article-5
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