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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-30/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-30/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2013/30",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on safety of offshore oil and gas operations and amending Directive 2004/35/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-30",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Tasks of the European Maritime Safety Agency",
  "text": "1. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA, hereinafter ‘Agency’) shall provide the Member States and Commission with technical and scientific assistance in accordance with its mandate under Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002.\n2. Within the framework of its mandate, the Agency shall:\n(a) assist the Commission and the affected Member State, on its request, in detecting and monitoring the extent of an oil or gas spill;\n(b) assist Member States, at their request, with the preparation and execution of external emergency response plans, especially when there are transboundary impacts within and beyond offshore waters of Member States;\n(c) on the basis of the Member States’ external and internal emergency response plans, develop with Member States and operators a catalogue of emergency equipment and services available.\n3. The Agency may, if requested:\n(a) assist the Commission in assessing the external emergency response plans of Member States to check whether the plans are in conformity with this Directive;\n(b) review exercises that focus on testing transboundary and Union emergency mechanisms.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2013/30/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:53.643497+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."
}