Article 7

whose repeated and serious failure to fulfil the minimum criteria set out in Annex I or its obligations under this Regulation is such that it constitutes an unacceptable threat to safety or the environment;

whose repeated and serious failure in its safety and pollution prevention performance is such that it constitutes an unacceptable threat to safety or the environment;

which prevents or repeatedly obstructs the assessment by the Secretary of State;

which fails to pay the fines and/or periodic penalty payments referred to in Article 6(1) and (2); or

which seeks to obtain financial cover or reimbursement of any fines imposed on it pursuant to Article 6.

the results of its own assessment of the recognised organisation concerned pursuant to Article 8(1);

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analyses of casualties involving ships classed by the recognised organisations;

any recurrence of the shortcomings referred to in point (a) of Article 6(1);

the extent to which the fleet in the recognised organisation’s class is affected; and

the ineffectiveness of the measures referred to in Article 6(2).