For det første skal skibsklassifikationsselskaber, når de handler på vegne af nationale myndigheder - da det er flagstaternes ansvar at garantere skibes sikkerhed - være dækket af de samme retlige garantier, som når det er de nationale myndigheder, der agerer.
The first was that ship classification societies, when acting on behalf of national administrations - because it is the responsibility of flag States to guarantee the safety of ships - must be covered by the same legal guarantees as when it is the national administrations that are acting.