1. Member States shall seize, inspect and impound any vessel in their ports, and may seize, inspect and impound any vessel subject to their jurisdiction in their territorial waters where there are reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel has been involved in activities, or the transport of items, prohibited by UNSCR 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), 2375 (2017) or 2397 (2017).
2. The provisions for the impounding of vessels in paragraph 1 shall cease to apply six months after the date on which such a vessel was impounded if the Sanctions Committee decides on a case-by-case basis, and upon the request of a flag State, that adequate arrangements have been made to prevent the vessel from contributing to future violations of the UNSCRs referred to in paragraph 1.
3. Member States shall deregister any vessel where there are reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel has been involved in activities, or the transpor
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