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Article 17U.K.European database for marine casualties

1.Data on marine casualties and incidents shall be stored and analysed by means of a European electronic database to be set up by the Commission, which shall be known as the European Marine Casualty Information Platform (EMCIP).

2.Member States shall notify the Commission of the entitled authorities that will have access to the database.

3.The investigative bodies of the Member States shall notify the Commission on marine casualties and incidents in accordance with the format in Annex II. They shall also provide the Commission with data resulting from safety investigations in accordance with the EMCIP database scheme.

4.The Commission and the Member States shall develop the database scheme and a method for the notification of data within the appropriate timescale.