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Regulation (EC) No 782/2003 Article 7

Article 7

Port State control During the interim period Member States shall apply control provisions equivalent to those laid down in Directive 95/21/EC to ships of 400 gross tonnage and above flying the flag of a Member State. With regard to the inspections and detection of breaches, Member States shall be guided by the provisions of Article 11 of the AFS-Convention. If the AFS-Convention has not entered into force by 1 January 2007, the Commission, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 9(2), shall establish appropriate procedures for these controls.

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