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<p>All ships, irrespective of their flag State, must comply with relevant international
conventions for safety and environmental protection, depending on their size and area
of operation. Requirements are regularly reviewed by the Member States at the United
Nations’ International Maritime Organization and recommendations to improve safety
and environmental standards must then be implemented by those States.</p><p> </p><p>Ships
that are not on the UK Ship Register but are operating in UK waters or calling at
UK ports, can be inspected by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency under the port State
control regime of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (Paris MOU). Individual ships
are targeted for inspection on a risk-based approach, which takes into consideration
factors such as age of ship, previous inspection history, company performance and
its flag State.</p><p> </p><p>Ships of all countries (irrespective of ratification
of international conventions) will be subject to inspection in a UK port, to verify
compliance with the requirements of conventions ratified by the UK under the principle
of no more favourable treatment. Any ship that does not meet the minimum standards,
may be detained and the reasons noted on the Paris MOU database for other maritime
administrations to see.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Government has not carried out
a bespoke environmental or economic impact assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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