Electronic information and exchange
Article 6
1. Member States shall ensure that the following information concerning ships flying their flag is made available in electronic format in its up-to-date version at the latest by 6 January 2031: (a) statutory certificates (full or interim) including dates of surveys, additional and supplementary surveys, if any, and audits; (b) identification of ships which ceased to fly the flag of the Member State concerned during the previous 12 months. 2. The Commission shall develop, maintain and update a digital interoperable portal providing a single point of access for the information referred to in paragraph 1 and allowing Member States’ flag State inspectors and port State inspectors to access that information in the performance of their duties. The Commission shall make that portal electronically accessible and free of charge for Member States. That portal shall not contain personal data or confidential information. The Commission shall ensure the interoperability of that portal with the ship information database referred to in Article 6a. That portal shall be established by 6 January 2028 at the latest. 3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down the technical functioning of the portal referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 10(2).