Directive 2010/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States and repealing Directive 2002/6/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 65)

Article 4 Notification prior to arrival into ports

Subject to specific provisions on notification provided for in the applicable legal acts of the Union or under international legal instruments applicable to maritime transport and binding on the Member States, including provisions on control of persons and goods, Member States shall ensure that the master or any other person duly authorised by the operator of the ship provides notification, prior to arriving in a port situated in a Member State, of the information required under the reporting formalities to the competent authority designated by that Member State:

(a)

at least 24 hours in advance; or

(b)

at the latest, at the time the ship leaves the previous port, if the voyage time is less than 24 hours; or

(c)

if the port of call is not known or it is changed during the voyage, as soon as this information is available.