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1. Safety investigations carried out under this Directive shall result in a published accident report presented in a format defined by the competent safety investigation authority and in accordance with the relevant sections of Annex I. A safety investigation authority may decide to publish only a concise report on a safety investigation, where:

(a) the safety investigation does not concern a very serious marine casualty; or (b) the findings of the safety investigation concerning a marine casualty or incident do not have the potential to lead to the prevention of future marine casualties or incidents.

2. A safety investigation authority shall make every effort to make the accident report referred to in paragraph 1, including its conclusions and any possible recommendations, available to the public, and especially to the maritime sector, within 12 months of the date of the marine casualty or incident. If, in the case of a very serious marine casualty, it is not possible to produce the final accident report within that time, an interim accident report shall be published within 12 months of the date of the marine casualty or incident.

3. The safety investigation authority of the lead investigating Member State shall send a copy of the final or interim report to the Commission. The safety investigation authority shall take into account any technical observations of the Commission on final reports provided that those observations do not affect the substance of the findings, in order to improve the quality of the accident report in the way most conducive to achieving the objective of this Directive.

4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 in order to amend the following parts of Annex I to this Directive: ‘2. Factual information’, ‘3. Narrative’ and ‘4. Analysis’.