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1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that their pilots who are engaged in the berthing or unberthing of ships, or who are engaged on ships bound for a port or in transit within a Member State, immediately inform the competent authority of the port State or the coastal State, as appropriate, whenever they learn in the course of their normal duties that there are apparent anomalies which may prejudice safety, including the safe navigation of the ship or the safety of seafarers on board, or which may pose a threat of harm to the marine environment.

2. If port authorities or bodies, in the course of their normal duties, learn that a ship within their port has apparent anomalies which may prejudice safety, including the safe navigation of the ship or the safety of seafarers on board, or which may pose a threat of harm to the marine environment, such authority or body shall immediately inform the competent authority of the port State.

3. Member States shall require pilots and port authorities or bodies to report at least the following information, in electronic format whenever possible:

— ship information (name, IMO identification number, call sign and flag),

— sailing information (last port of call, port of destination),

— description of apparent anomalies found on board.

4. Member States shall ensure that proper follow-up action is taken on apparent anomalies notified by pilots and port authorities or bodies and shall record the details of action taken.

5. Implementing powers shall be conferred on the Commission to adopt measures for the implementation of this Article, including harmonised procedures for the reporting of apparent anomalies by pilots and port authorities or bodies and of follow-up actions taken by Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 31(3).