Division 3.2.9 Checks shall be carried out on persons on board ferry connections with ports situated in third countries. The following rules shall apply:

where possible, Member States shall provide separate lanes, in accordance with Article 10;

checks on foot passengers shall be carried out individually;

checks on vehicle occupants shall be carried out while they are at the vehicle;

ferry passengers travelling by coach shall be considered as foot passengers. Those passengers shall alight from the coach for the checks;

checks on drivers of heavy goods vehicles and any accompanying persons shall be conducted while the occupants are at the vehicle. Those checks will in principle be organised separately from checks on the other passengers;

to ensure that checks are carried out quickly, there shall be an adequate number of gates;

so as to detect illegal immigrants in particular, random searches shall be made on the means of transport used by the passengers, and where applicable on the loads and other goods stowed in the means of transport;

ferry crew members shall be dealt with in the same way as commercial ship crew members;

point 3.1.2. (obligation to submit passenger and crew lists) does not apply. If a list of the persons on board has to be drawn up in accordance with Council Directive 98/41/EC^f1, a copy of that list shall be transmitted not later than thirty minutes after departure from a third-country port by the master to the competent authority of the port of arrival on the territory of the Member States.