EN Official Journal of the European Union C 243/4

List of ships that were refused access to Community ports between 1 November 2003 and 31 August 2004, pursuant to Article 7b of Directive 95/21/EC of 19 June 1995 on the port State control of ships (1)

(2004/C 243/04)

Under Article 7b(1) of Directive 95/21/CE on the port State control of ships, ships which have been detained several times shall be refused access to the ports of the Member States (2).

Article 7b(3) provides that the Commission shall publish every six months the list of ships that have been refused access to Community ports.

The table below gives the list of ships that were refused access to Community ports between 1 November 2003 and 31 August 2004.

Name of ship IMO number Type of ship Flag HAKKI DEVAL (3) 7433347 Bulk carrier Turkey (Very high risk) EUROPA I (3) 5405542 Ro-ro Passenger Bolivia (Very high risk) ARIELLE (3) 7519880 Ro-ro Passenger St. Vincent and Grenadines (High risk) SAMBOR (3) 7724368 Bulk carrier Belize (Very high risk) SANTOS C (3) 7214363 Chemical tanker Bolivia (Very high risk) ANDRA (ex SANDRA) 7919846 Bulk carrier Romania (Very high risk) HAJJI AMNAH (ex MARWA B) 7501833 Bulk carrier Syrian Arab Republic (Very high risk) MEDIA V (3) 6407652 Ro-ro Passenger Cyprus (Medium risk) SANDRA 7336642 Chemical tanker Bolivia (Very high risk) GOKHAN KIRAN (3) 7433696 Bulk carrier Turkey (Very high risk) LADY FOX (ex ELPIS) 7610098 Bulk carrier St. Vincent and Grenadines (High risk) PALOMA C (3) 8100870 Bulk carrier Panama (Medium risk) SADALSUUD (3) 7123992 Oil tanker Panama (Medium risk) TIMIOS STAVROS (3) 7526584 Bulk carrier Panama (Medium risk) CORA 7395234 Bulk carrier St. Vincent and Grenadines (High risk) ELENA B (3) 7721330 Bulk carrier St. Vincent & Grenadines (High risk) OCEAN PRINCESS (3) 7924346 Bulk carrier St. Vincent & Grenadines (High risk) GOOD NEWS 8001787 Bulk carrier St. Vincent & Grenadines (High risk) DERIN DENIZ 6905446 Ro-Ro Passenger Turkey (Very high risk)

(1) Directive as last amended by Directive 2001/106/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2001 (OJ L 19, 22.1.2002, p. 17).

(2) The first paragraph of Article 7b reads:

‘A Member State shall ensure that a ship in one of the categories of Annex XI, section A, is refused access to its ports, except in the situations described in Article 11(6), if the ship:

either: — flies the flag of a State appearing in the black list as published in the annual report of the MOU, and — has been detained more than twice in the course of the preceding 24 months in a port of a State signatory of the MOU;

or: — flies the flag of a State described as “very high risk” or “high risk” in the black list as published in the annual report of the MOU, and — has been detained more than once in the course of the preceding 36 months in a port of a State signatory of the MOU.

The refusal of access shall become applicable immediately the ship has been authorised to leave the port where it has been the subject of a second or third detention as appropriate.’

(3) Ships for which the access refusal order was subsequently lifted in accordance with the procedures described in part B of Annex XI to Directive 95/21/EC.