Medlemsstaterne anvender bestemmelserne i dette direktiv uden formel eller reel forskelsbehandling af fremmede skibe og i overensstemmelse med folkeretten, herunder afsnit 7 i kapitel XII i De Forenede Nationers havretskonvention af 1982, og de underretter straks skibets flagstat og alle andre berørte stater om foranstaltninger, der træffes i henhold til dette direktiv.
Member States shall apply the provisions of this Directive without any discrimination in form or in fact against foreign ships and in accordance with applicable international law, including Section 7 of Part XII of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and they shall promptly notify the flag State of the vessel and any other State concerned of measures taken in accordance with this Directive.