Procedures 1 – 17 used in the Netherlands (cf. Section 5.3, Table 5 and Figure 1)

2. DATE AND TIME:

3. LOCATION OF THE POLLUTION:

                                                              
  4. DESCRIPTION OF THE POLLUTION:

OBSERVATION OF A DISCHARGE OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCE BY A SHIP UNDER ARTICLE 6(3) OF MARPOL 73/78

  8. INFORMATION BY RADIO CONTACT:

11. REMARKS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
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PROCEDURE 1

Discharge: a. OUTSIDE Netherlands territorial waters,
                      b. KNOWN Dutch port of destination.

1. Coast Guard-, Police- and Navy vessels/aircraft report information in compliance with 11 points in Standard Marine Pollution Report.
2. Coast Guard Centre takes reporters of the public through the 11 points of the Standard Marine Pollution Report.

1.  Response authorities,
2. Marine Surveyors Authorities.
3. Police in port of destination.
4. Special assigned co-ordinator maritime pollution. He consults with the Public Prosecutor and may inform the Flag State in order to invite a request for legal assistance and setting up a criminal investigation.

1. MSA performs an extensive technical inspection on board.
2. Police institutes a criminal investigation on board.

Note: MSA and Police in port of destination are likely to combine efforts.

 5. CENTRAL OFFICE SENT - WHEN CORRECT AND COMPLETE - THE ORIGINAL DOSSIER TO:

a. Department of Transport/MSA
or to:
b. Council of the Public Prosecutor entrusted with pollution cases, when a criminal investigation was also instituted;
and:
informs Department of Transport/MSA.

 6a. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT / MSA (case 5a):

1. Forwards dossier through Ministry of Foreign affairs to the Flag state.
2. Informs Central Office
3. Informs Central Office about results achieved by the Flag State.

6b. CENTRAL OFFICE (case 5 b):
Forward dossier to Public Prosecutor entrusted with marine pollution cases who transfers the same through the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the requesting Administration.

7. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT:
Reports alleged violations and follow-up in case of prosecution in an obliged annual report to IMO.

8. CENTRAL OFFICE INFORM OFFICIALS INVOLVED ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND FINAL RESULT.

Discharge: a. OUTSIDE Netherlands territorial waters,
                 b. KNOWN port of destination in other Port state with Focal Point.

1. Coast Guard-, Police- and Navy vessels/aircraft report information in compliance with 11 points in Standard Marine Pollution Report.
2. Coast Guard Centre takes reporters of the public through the 11 points of the Standard Marine Pollution Report.

1. Response authorities,
2. Focal Point (IMO-MARPOL) in the Port state where the suspected polluter is bound for with the request to:
1. Hold an inspection on board,
2. Send the report on the findings to the Central Office.

(if this focal point is not a 24-hours centre, one can contact the focal point of the Bonn Agreement/Helsinki Convention/Barcelona Convention, with the request to pass the message on to the MOU-PSC focal point)

3. Marine Surveyors Authorities.
4. Ministry of Environment (if requested)
5. Special assigned co-ordinator maritime pollution. He consults with the response authorities about the seriousness of the pollution and with the Public Prosecutor and may inform the Flag State in order to invite a request for legal assistance and setting up a criminal investigation

3. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION:
In case a request for legal assistance has been received from the Flag state, the Police force in the area where the pollution occurred institutes a criminal investigation. Preferably the Police force and the MSA co-operate in this investigation.

 5. CENTRAL OFFICE SENT - WHEN CORRECT AND COMPLETE - THE ORIGINAL DOSSIER TO:

a. Department of Transport/MSA
or to:
b. Council of the Public Prosecutor entrusted with pollution cases, when a criminal investigation was also instituted;
and:
informs Department of Transport/MSA.

 6a. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT / MSA (case 5a):

1. Forwards dossier through Ministry of Foreign affairs to the Flag state.
2. Informs Central Office
3. Informs Central Office about results achieved by the Flag State.

6b. CENTRAL OFFICE (case 5 b):
Forward dossier to Public Prosecutor entrusted with marine pollution cases who transfers the same through the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the requesting Administration.

7. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT:
Reports alleged violations and follow-up in case of prosecution in an obliged annual report to IMO.

8. CENTRAL OFFICE INFORM OFFICIALS INVOLVED ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND FINAL RESULT.

Discharge: a. OUTSIDE Netherlands territorial waters,
                    b. UNKNOWN port of destination, or
                 c. KNOWN port of destination without FOCAL POINT.

1. Coast Guard-, Police- and Navy vessels/aircraft report information in compliance with 11 points in Standard Marine Pollution Report.
2. Coast Guard Centre takes reporters of the public through the 11 points of the Standard Marine Pollution Report.
3. Continues to trace the port of destination of the suspected polluter (point 15 SMPR).

1. Response authorities,
2. Marine Surveyors Authorities. A message about the pollution is place in the "Mailbox" of PSC with a request to report arrival of the vessel in port and to hold a detailed technical inspection and forward the findings to the Central Office. (After three weeks the message is automatically removed from the mailbox). As soon as the port of destination is known the Central Office will inform the MSA.
3. Ministry of Environment (if requested).
4. Special assigned co-ordinator maritime pollution. He consults with the Public Prosecutor and may inform the Flag State in order to invite a request for legal assistance and setting up a criminal investigation.

3. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION:
In case a request for legal assistance has been received from the Flag state, the Police force in the area where the pollution occurred institutes a criminal investigation. Preferably the Police force and the MSA co-operate in this investigation.

a. Department of Transport/MSA
or to:
b. Council of the Public Prosecutor entrusted with pollution cases, when a criminal investigation was also instituted;
and:
informs Department of Transport/MSA. 

1. Forwards dossier through Ministry of Foreign affairs to the Flag state.
2. Informs Central Office
3. Informs Central Office about results achieved by the Flag state.

Forward dossier to Public Prosecutor entrusted with marine pollution cases who transfers the same through the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the requesting Administration.

Reports alleged violations and follow-up in case of prosecution in an obliged annual report to IMO.

8. CENTRAL OFFICE INFORM OFFICIALS INVOLVED ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND FINAL RESULT.

Discharge: a. INSIDE Netherlands territorial waters,
                 b. KNOWN Dutch port of destination.

1. Coast Guard-, Police- and Navy vessels/aircraft report information in compliance with 11 points in Standard Marine Pollution Report.
2. Coast Guard Centre takes reporters of the public through the 11 points of the Standard Marine Pollution Report.

1. Coastal Police force where the pollution occurred. (in charge of investigation and takes or co-ordinates sample taking).
2. Response authorities,
3. Police in port of destination,
4. Marine Surveyors Authorities.
5. Ministry of Environment (if requested).
6. Special assigned co-ordinator maritime pollution.

1. Police in port of destination institutes a criminal investigation on board. With regard to a possible summary execution and/or security procedure (caution money) in compliance with art 37 of the Dutch equivalent of MARPOL, the Police are obliged to consult with the special assigned Public Prosecutor on the shortest possible term.
2. MSA performs an extensive technical inspection on board.

Note: MSA and Police in port of destination are likely to combine efforts. They consult with the Public Prosecutor with regard to summary execution and with response authorities to estimate the recovery costs and the seriousness of the pollution.

5.    CENTRAL OFFICE SENDS:
- when correct and complete - the original procès-verbal to the Public Prosecutor entrusted with marine pollution cases.

7.    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT:
Reports alleged violations and follow-up in case of prosecution in an obliged annual report to IMO.

8.    CENTRAL OFFICE CLOSES THE DOSSIER.

Discharge: a. INSIDE Netherlands territorial waters,
                 b. KNOWN port of destination in other Port state with Focal Point.

1. Coast Guard-, Police- and Navy vessels/aircraft report information in compliance with 11 points in Standard Marine Pollution Report.
2. Coast Guard Centre takes reporters of the public through the 11 points of the Standard Marine Pollution Report.

1. Coastal Police force in the area where the pollution occurred (in charge of investigation and takes or co-ordinates sample taking).

2. Response authorities.

3. Focal Point (IMO-MARPOL) in the Port state where the suspected polluter is bound for with the request to:
1. Hold an inspection on board,
2. Sent the report on the findings to the Central Office.

(if this focal point is not a 24-hours centre, one can contact the focal point of the Bonn Agreement/Helsinki Convention/Barcelona Convention, with the request to pass the message on to the MOU-PSC focal point)

4. Marine Surveyors Authorities.
5. Ministry of Environment (if requested).
6. Special assigned co-ordinator maritime pollution (he consults the Public Prosecutor entrusted with marine pollution cases with regard to request for legal assistance to the Flag state and further Police actions).

3.    (CRIMINAL) INVESTIGATION:
Police force (2a) or the Central Office consults without delay with the Public Prosecutor entrusted with marine pollution cases about the desirability and possibility of instituting investigations on board the suspected vessel at high sea (inspection at sea; seize the ship; request for legal assistance; consult the owner). In all cases the Central Office will involve MSA (inspection on board) and the response authority (assessing the pollution and estimate the costs) in the consultation.

5.    CENTRAL OFFICE SENDS:
- when correct and complete - the original process-verbal to the Public Prosecutor entrusted with marine pollution cases.

6.    CENTRAL OFFICE INFORM OFFICIALS INVOLVED ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND FINAL RESULT.

7.    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT:
Reports alleged violations and follow-up in case of prosecution in an obliged annual report to IMO.

8.    CENTRAL OFFICE CLOSES THE DOSSIER.

1. Coast Guard-, Police- and Navy vessels/aircraft report information in compliance with 11 points in Standard Marine Pollution Report.
2. Coast Guard Centre takes reporters of the public through the 11 points of the Standard Marine Pollution Report.
3. Continues to trace the port of destination of the suspected polluter (point 15 SMPR).

1. Police force in the area where the pollution occurred (in charge of investigation and takes or co-ordinates sample taking and will immediately be informed when port state or port of destination is known).

2. Response authorities,

3. Marine Surveyors Authorities. A message about the pollution is place in the "Mailbox" of PSC with a request to report arrival of the vessel in port and to hold a detailed technical inspection and forward the findings to the Central Office. (After three weeks the message is automatically removed from the mailbox). As soon as the port of destination is known the Central Office will inform the MSA.

4. Ministry of Environment (if requested).

5. Special assigned co-ordinator maritime pollution. He consults with the Public Prosecutor entrusted with marine pollution cases with regard to request for legal assistance to the Flag state and further Police actions).

3. (CRIMINAL) INVESTIGATION:
Police force (2a) or the Central Office consults without delay with the Public Prosecutor entrusted with marine pollution cases about the desirability and possibility of instituting investigations on board the suspected vessel at high sea (inspection at sea; seize the ship; request for legal assistance; consult the owner). In all cases the Central Office will involve MSA (inspection on board) and the response authority (assessing the pollution and estimate the costs) in the consultation.

5.    CENTRAL OFFICE:
when correct and complete - the original process-verbal to the Public Prosecutor entrusted with marine pollution cases.

7.    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT:
Reports alleged violations and follow-up in case of prosecution in an obliged annual report to IMO.

8.    CENTRAL OFFICE CLOSES THE DOSSIER.

1. Coast Guard-, Police- and Navy vessels/aircraft report information in compliance with 11 points in Standard Marine Pollution Report.
2. Coast Guard Centre takes reporters of the public through the 11 points of the Standard Marine Pollution Report.

1. Police force in the area where the pollution occurred (in charge of investigation and takes or co-ordinates sample taking),
2. Response authorities,
3. Marine Surveyors Authorities,
4. Police in port of destination,
5. Ministry of Environment (if requested),
6. Special assigned co-ordinator maritime pollution.

1. MSA performs an extensive technical inspection on board.
2. Police institutes a criminal investigation on board.

Note: MSA and Police in port of destination are likely to combine efforts.

1. Is in charge of entire investigation;
2. Sends - when correct and complete - the original process-verbal to the Council of the Public Prosecutor entrusted with pollution cases.

7.     DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT:
        Reports alleged violations and follow-up in case of prosecution in an obliged annual report to IMO.

1. Coast Guard-, Police- and Navy vessels/aircraft report information in compliance with 11 points in Standard Marine Pollution Report.

2. Coast Guard Centre takes reporters of the public through the 11 points of the Standard Marine Pollution Report.

1. Police force in the area where the pollution occurred (in charge of investigation and takes or co-ordinates sample taking),
2. Response authorities,
3. Marine Surveyors Authorities,
4. Special assigned co-ordinator maritime pollution.

5. CENTRAL OFFICE:
Sends - when correct and complete - the original process-verbal to the Council of the Public Prosecutor entrusted with pollution cases.

7. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT:
Reports alleged violations and follow-up in case of prosecution in an obliged annual report to IMO.

1. MSA forwards files for follow-up to the Central Office for the Public Prosecutors entrusted with marine affairs.

2. Central Office sends files when correct and complete:

à when the ship has not yet arrived, to the police force in the port of destination with a request to institute an investigation on arrival, or
à (in other situations) to the police in the port of registration with a request to institute an investigation.

1b. REPORT IS DIRECTLY RECEIVED BY COAST GUARD CENTRE (e.g. from other Focal Point, observation crew of another country or by a person of the public):

1. Coast Guard Centre fills out the Standard Marine Pollution Report in consultation with the reporter.
2. Coast Guard Centre passes the information on to:

à Police force in the port of destination (in charge of investigation)
à Response authorities,
à Marine Surveyors Authorities,
à Special assigned co-ordinator maritime pollution.

1. MSA performs an extensive technical inspection on board.
2. Police institutes a criminal investigation on board.

Note: MSA and Police in port of destination are likely to combine efforts. Bear in mind to consult with Public Prosecutor entrusted with maritime affairs for possible request for legal assistance at foreign reporting authority.

 2b. (CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BY POLICE IN PORT OF REGISTRATION:

Central Office sends all files to the Police in the Port of registration if the ship has already left the port of destination. Police is in charge of the criminal investigation and consults with the Public Prosecutor (note: investigation at the office of the shipowner; interrogate discharged crew; request for legal assistance; criminal investigation on board on return of the vessel in Dutch port).

4.    CENTRAL OFFICE:
Sends - when correct and complete - the original process-verbal to the Council of the Public Prosecutor entrusted with pollution cases.

5.    CENTRAL OFFICE INFORM OFFICIALS INVOLVED ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND FINAL RESULT.

6.    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT:
Reports alleged violations and follow-up in case of prosecution in an obliged annual report to IMO.

7. CENTRAL OFFICE CLOSES THE DOSSIER.

SHIP DUTCH FLAG

1. MSA forwards files for follow-up to the Central Office for the Public Prosecutors entrusted with maritime affairs.
2. Central Office sends files, when correct and complete, to the police force in the port of destination with a request to institute an investigation on arrival.

1b. REPORT IS DIRECTLY RECEIVED BY COAST GUARD CENTRE (e.g. from other Focal Point, observation crew of another country or by a person of the public):

1. Coast Guard Centre fills out the Standard Marine Pollution Report in consultation with the reporter.
2. Coast Guard Centre passes the information on to:

à Response authorities,
à Marine Surveyors Authorities,
à Special assigned co-ordinator maritime pollution.

1. MSA,
2. Public Prosecutor entrusted with maritime affairs whether criminal investigation can or should be instituted in the Netherlands (a request for legal assistance can be considered).

3. IF IT IS DECIDED TO INSTITUTE A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION:
Central Office sends all files to the Police in the Port of registration if the ship has already left the port of destination. Police is in charge of the criminal investigation and consults with the Public Prosecutor (note: investigation at the office of the shipowner; interrogate discharged crew; request for legal assistance; criminal investigation on board on return of the vessel in Dutch port).

5.    CENTRAL OFFICE:
Sends - when correct and complete - the original process-verbal to the Council of the Public Prosecutor entrusted with maritime pollution cases.

6.    CENTRAL OFFICE INFORM OFFICIALS INVOLVED ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND FINAL RESULT.

7.    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT:
Reports alleged violations and follow-up in case of prosecution in an obliged annual report to IMO.

8.    CENTRAL OFFICE CLOSES THE DOSSIER.

UNIDENTIFIED POLLUTER

1. Coast Guard-, Police- and Navy vessels/aircraft report information in compliance with 11 points in Standard Marine Pollution Report.

2. Coast Guard Centre takes reporters of the public through the 11 points of the Standard Marine Pollution Report.

3. Takes required steps in compliance with special procedures for Legal Investigation Team North Sea Pollution (LITNP).

1. Coastal Police force in the area where the pollution occurred (in charge of investigation and takes or co-ordinates sample taking).
2. Official in charge of the LITNP
3. Response authorities,
4. Marine Surveyors Authorities.
5. Special assigned co-ordinator maritime pollution. He consults with the Public Prosecutor and may inform the Flag State in order to invite a request for legal assistance and setting up a criminal investigation.

It is important that the official in charge of the LITNP as soon as possible gathers information to identify possible polluters. Therefore the first action necessary is to collect samples at the position of the pollution, analyse the samples in order identify the details of the pollution. These details form the basis for a message that can be placed in the "mailbox" of MOU-PSC with a request to Parties to the MOU for extra attention to arriving vessels and report suspected vessels to the Coast Guard Centre. Similar information and request will be forwarded to Focal Points of Bonn Agreement Parties, Helsinki Convention Parties and Parties to the Barcelona Convention. Similar tracks can be followed through INTERPOL.

It is obvious that the effort stressed also depends on the seriousness of the pollution.

SHIP DUTCH FLAG

Marine Surveyor Authorities determine during:
a. regular inspection on board, or
b. annual check on dispatched oil- and/or cargo records (administrative check)
that a discharge at sea might have taken place.

1a. REGULAR INSPECTION ON BOARD:
MSA executes an extensive technical inspection on board the suspected vessel.

1. MSA checks at random the annually dispatched oil- and/or cargo records;
2. MSA informs the shipowner at irregularities.

2. FINDING AN OFFENCE:
a. as a result of inspection mentioned under 1a:
Police and MSA co-operate in an investigation.
b. as a result of check mentioned under 1b:
MSA informs the Central Office by forwarding al relevant documents.

1. Checks the documents and opens/labels a dossier;
2. Consults with MSA, police and Public Prosecutor entrusted with maritime affairs;
3. Sends relevant document (2b) to the Police force in the Port of Registration.

4. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
a. as a result of inspection mentioned under 1a:
- Police institutes a criminal investigation on board the suspected vessel,
- MSA executes an extensive technical inspection on board
b. as a result of check mentioned under 1b:
- Starting-point is that the Police concentrates the criminal investigation on the shipowner,
- Police involves MSA as experts in the investigation,
- If the Public Prosecutor so decides an investigation will be instituted on board the suspected vessel, in which case Police and MSA will join effort.

5. ALL OFFICIALS INVOLVED FORWARD THEIR REPORT ON FINDINGS (STATEMENTS OR PROCES-VERBAL) TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE

6. CENTRAL OFFICE:
  Sends - when correct and complete - the original process-verbal to the Council of the Public Prosecutor entrusted with maritime pollution cases
and:
informs Department of Transport, MSA and Police.

7. CENTRAL OFFICE INFORM OFFICIALS INVOLVED ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND FINAL RESULT

8. CENTRAL OFFICE CLOSES THE DOSSIER.

3. CENTRAL OFFICE:

1. Checks the documents and opens/labels a file;
2. Consults with MSA, Police and/or Public Prosecutor entrusted with maritime affairs (with regard to request for legal assistance);
3. Sends documents to Police force in Port of Registration.

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION:

1. Starting-point is that the Police concentrates the criminal investigation on the shipowner,
2. Police and MSA join effort in the investigation,
3. If the Public Prosecutor decides that an investigation on board is required, Police and MSA join effort again.

1. traces the trade the ship is in,
2. if it is found that the ship regularly comes to a Dutch port, a Flag State inspection will be performed (procedure 12);
3. If the Public Prosecutor entrusted with maritime affairs decides to institute an investigation on board, the Central Office will be informed by MSA on arrival of the ship in a Dutch port.

7. CENTRAL OFFICE: Sends - when correct and complete - the original process-verbal to the Council of the Public Prosecutor entrusted with maritime pollution cases
and:
informs Department of Transport, MSA and Police.

9. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT:
Reports alleged violations and follow-up in case of prosecution in an obliged annual report to IMO.

10. CENTRAL OFFICE CLOSES THE DOSSIER.

a. Dutch MSA performs an extensive technical inspection on board the suspected vessel.
b. Dutch MSA reports findings to Central Office for the Public Prosecutor.
c. Police force in port of call institutes a criminal investigation.

a. Checks the documents and opens/labels a file;
b. Consults with Public Prosecutor entrusted with maritime affairs with regard to invite Flag State to request for legal assistance;

If it is evident that the vessel has discharged:
a. OUTSIDE Dutch territorial waters investigation follows PROCEDURE 1, point 3;
b. INSIDE Dutch territorial waters investigation follows PROCEDURE 4, point 3

Discharge: a. Discharge within the zone of jurisdiction of the state of the reporting Focal Point
                b. KNOWN Dutch port of destination

2.    COAST GUARD CENTRE (= Netherlands Focal Point) PASSES INFORMATION ON:

1. Marine Surveyor Authorities,
2. Central Office to the Public Prosecutor entrusted with maritime affairs,
3. Police force in port of call. They will institute a criminal investigation.

3.    CENTRAL OFFICE FOR THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR:

1. Checks the information and opens a dossier.
2. Consults (if necessary) with MSA, Police in port of call and the Public Prosecutor with regard to invite the Flag State to request for legal assistance and to institute a criminal investigation.
3. Provides MSA with all relevant documents, or
4. Provides the Police in the port of call with all relevant documents, when a request for legal assistance has been received.

INVESTIGATION IN PORT OF CALL:

1. MSA performs an extensive and detailed technical inspection on board.
2. If required the Police in the port of call and MSA join efforts.
3. In case of a request for legal assistance the Police in the port of call institutes, ordered by the Public Prosecutor, a criminal investigation on board the suspected vessel.
   note: MSA and Police in port of call join effort in the earliest possible phase.

5.    CENTRAL OFFICE:
Sends - when correct and complete - the original dossier to:
a. Focal Point requesting the investigation;
or to:
Council of the Public Prosecutor entrusted with maritime affairs, when it concerns a criminal investigation due to a request for legal assistance that was invited at the Flag state. The Public Prosecutor will transfer - through Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs - the dossier to the requesting Administration;
and
informs the Department of Transport/MSA on this.

6. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT/MSA:
Reports alleged violations and follow-up in case of prosecution in an obliged annual report to IMO.

7. CENTRAL OFFICE INFORM OFFICIALS INVOLVED ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND FINAL RESULT.

8. CENTRAL OFFICE CLOSES THE DOSSIER.

(Report by Dutch authority)

Reports relevant information, preferably by using the 11 points in the Standard Marine Pollution Report without delay to the Coast Guard Centre.
At all events, one has to report:
a. Identity of the ship.
b. Port of destination.
c. Type of goods involved.
d. Brief description of the goods and the grounds for suspicion. (photographs or video)

a. Passes relevant information (using SMPR) on to:

• Focal Point at the Port of destination with a request for inspection to find out whether the goods identified are still on board and to report the results of the inspection.
• Central Office to the Public Prosecutor.

b. Informs Central Office about the results of the inspection in the port of call.

a. Checks the documents and opens a dossier.
b. Informs the reporting authority and the MSA about the result of the inspection in the port of call.
c. Further action is taken, depending on result of inspection, in concert with MSA, Police in last port of call, reporting authority and (if required) the Public Prosecutor.

a. Ship has not discharged or dumped goods:
à no action
b. Ship has discharged or dumped the goods:
à investigations continues according point 5, given hereunder.

a. It concerns a ship sailing the Dutch Flag;
à investigation according PROCEDURE 13, point 3

b. It concerns a ship sailing a Foreign Flag,
discharged / dumped INSIDE Dutch territorial waters
à investigation according PROCEDURE 5, point 3

discharged / dumped OUTSIDE Dutch territorial waters
à investigation according PROCEDURE 2, point 3

 ¬ Goods comprise all - packed or not - substances which, based on any article of the law or regulation of a Convention, are not allowed to be discharged or dumped at sea.

(Report by Foreign authority)

Reports relevant information, but in any event (as appears to be good practice) following details without delay to the Coast Guard Centre.
a. Identity of the ship.
b. Port of destination.
c. Type of goods involved.
d. Brief description of the goods and the grounds for suspicion.

Passes relevant information (using SMPR) on to:
a. Police force in port of call,
b. Marine Surveyors Authority,
c. Central Office to the Public Prosecutor.

Police in port of call (2a) and MSA jointly institute an investigation and by mutual arrangement. Taking into consideration the swift action required, a combined investigation is not always possible. However, in all event the starting point will be:
a. MSA to perform an extensive and detailed technical inspection on board and
b. The Police force in the port of call to institute a criminal investigation.

a. Checks the documents and opens a dossier.
b. Consults with MSA, Police force in port of call, reporting (foreign) authority and (if necessary) the Public Prosecutor entrusted with maritime cases on the ways the investigation will be instituted.

a. Ship has goods still on board; no discharge or dumping of goods:
à no action
b. Goods are not on board; suspected of discharge or dumping the goods:
à investigations continue according point 6, given hereunder.

a. It concerns a ship sailing the Dutch Flag;
à investigation according PROCEDURE 12, point 1a

b. It concerns a ship sailing a Foreign Flag,
discharged / dumped INSIDE Dutch territorial waters
à investigation according PROCEDURE 4, point 3

discharged / dumped OUTSIDE Dutch territorial waters
à investigation according PROCEDURE 1, point 3

 

¬ Goods comprise all - packed or not - substances which, based on any article of the law or regulation of a Convention, are not allowed to be discharged or dumped at sea. 

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