Where there are clear grounds for believing that a vessel navigating in the exclusive economic zone or the territorial sea of a State has, in the exclusive economic zone, committed a violation of applicable international rules and standards for the prevention, reduction and control of pollution from vessels or laws and regulations of that State conforming and giving effect to such rules and standards, that State may require the vessel to give information regarding its identity and port of registry, its last and its next port of call and other relevant information required to establish whether a violation has occurred.
Kadar ima država tehtne razloge, da verjame, da je ladja, ki plove v njeni izključni ekonomski coni ali v njenem teritorialnem morju, kršila v izključni ekonomski coni ustrezna mednarodna pravila in standarde za preprečevanje, zmanjšanje in nadziranje onesnaževanje z ladij ali zakone in predpise te države, ki so v skladu z omenjenimi pravili in standardi in katerih namen je njihova uveljavitev, lahko ta država zahteva od ladje podatke o njeni identiteti in luki vpisa, njeni zadnji in naslednji luki pristanka ter druge pomembne podatke, ki so potrebni, da bi se ugotovilo, ali je bila kršitev storjena.