{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-391/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-391/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/391",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-391",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Recognition shall be granted by the Secretary of State....\n2. Recognition shall only be granted to organisations which meet the requirements referred to in Article 3.\n3. Recognition shall be granted to the relevant legal entity, which is the parent entity of all legal entities that constitute the recognised organisation. The recognition shall encompass all legal entities that contribute to ensuring that that organisation provides cover for their services worldwide.\n4. The Secretary of State... may limit the recognition as regards certain types of ships, ships of a certain size, certain trades, or a combination thereof, in accordance with the proven capacity and expertise of the organisation concerned. In such a case, the Secretary of State shall state the reasons for the limitation and the conditions under which the limitation shall be removed or can be widened. The limitation may be reviewed at any time.\n5. The Secretary of State shall draw up and regularly update a list of the organisations recognised in accordance with this Article. That list shall be published in Merchant Shipping Notice 1672 (M+F).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Recognised Organisations) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/270), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(a) (with reg. 2(1)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1000, regs. 1, 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Recognised Organisations) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/270), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(b) (with reg. 2(1)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1000, regs. 1, 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Recognised Organisations) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/270), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(c) (with reg. 2(1)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1000, regs. 1, 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Recognised Organisations) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/270), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(d) (with reg. 2(1)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1000, regs. 1, 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/391/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:31.387400+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."
}