1. It shall be prohibited, as of 24 July 2023, to provide access to ports and locks in the territory of the Union by any vessel performing ship-to-ship transfers, at any point of the voyage to a Member State's ports or locks, if the competent authority has reasonable cause to suspect that the vessel is in breach of the prohibitions set out in Article 4o (1) and (2) and Article 4p(1) and (4).
2. A competent authority shall not grant access if a vessel does not notify the competent authority at least 48 hours in advance about a ship-to-ship transfer occurring within the Exclusive Economic Zone of a Member State or within 12 nautical miles from the baseline of that Member State's coast.
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply in the case of a vessel in need of assistance seeking a place of refuge, of an emergency port call for reasons of maritime safety, or for saving life at sea.
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise a vessel to access a p
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