Such tasks shall include the collection, recording and evaluation of technical data in the fields of maritime safety, maritime security and maritime traffic, as well as in the field of marine pollution, both accidental and deliberate, the systematic exploitation of existing databases, including their cross-fertilisation, and, where appropriate, the development of additional databases.
Takšne naloge vključujejo zbiranje, evidentiranje in oceno tehničnih podatkov na področjih pomorske varnosti, pomorske zaščite in pomorskega prometa, pa tudi na področju onesnaženja morja, bodisi naključnega bodisi namernega, sistematično uporabo obstoječih podatkovnih zbirk, ki vključuje njihovo medsebojno bogatenje in, kjer je primerno, razvoj dodatnih podatkovnih zbirk.