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Division Flag State Criteria (as referred to in Article 10(3)(a) of Directive 2009/16/EC)

United Kingdom

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  1. 1Flag State performance shall be calculated using a standard formula for statistical calculations in which certain values are fixed. The black to grey and grey to white limits are defined by the following formulas:
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  4. 4In order to make flag State performance comparable, the excess factor (EF) shall be used. The EF is an indication of the number of times that p has to be altered and recalculated until the number of detentions for a flag State equals the limits. Any 3 % increment or decrement in p corresponds to one whole EF-point. For flag States categorized in the grey list, the EF shall be calculated using the following formula:
  5. 5The following EF values shall be considered in order to sort black listed flag States into very high, high, medium to high or medium risk: