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Saatja: Rene Arikas <[email protected]> Saadetud: 04.03.2020 19:45 Adressaat: Merli Tasane <[email protected]> Teema: Ed: PSC of vessels in view of Covid-19 Dsse Saatja: [email protected] <[email protected]> Saatmisaeg: 03 March 2020 10:25 Adressaat: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Rene Arikas <[email protected]>; Tarmo Ots <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Koopia: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Teema: PSC of vessels in view of Covid-19 Dear colleagues, I have recently been approached by a few of you with questions concerning inspections to be undertaken in ports in EU MS of vessels arriving from Covid-19 areas or with crew members coming from a Covid-19 infected area and have less than 14 days on board (14 days being generally recognized as being the incubation period to show signs of illness). I understood that concerns were expressed by personnel that would then need to go onboard of such vessels if the vessel was categorized as Priority I for a mandatory inspection, and what would be the legal interpretation if such an inspection does not take place. Please note that the issue is not a new one and these questions have previously been raised both in relation to asbestos on board and for the Ebola virus. Article 8(2)(a) of Directive 2009/16/EC is clear in this regard and provides that in cases where “in the judgement of the competent authority the conduct of the inspection would create a risk to the safety of inspectors, the ship, its crew or to the port, or to the marine environment” a missed Priority I inspection will not be counted as a missed inspection provided that the reason for missing the inspection is recorded in the THETIS inspection database. So therefore if it is the assessment of your authorities that an inspection would give rise to such risks such an inspection does not have to be carried out but the miss and its justification should be noted in THETIS. It is very important in particular to make sure that as soon as the Covid-19 risk disappears the ship will be inspected. I hope that the above information answers your concerns. Kind regards Magda Kopczynska Director D - Waterborne Directorate General for Mobility and Transport DG MOVE Rue de Mot 28, 1040 Brussels Belgium Tel. +32.2.295.5609