Without prejudice to Article 1 (2), if a Member State in whose port a ship calls voluntarily in the normal course of its business or for operational reasons receives a complaint which it does not consider manifestly unfounded or obtains evidence that the ship does not conform to the standards referred to in Directive 1999/63/EC, it shall prepare a report addressed to the government of the country in which the ship is registered and, when an inspection carried out pursuant to Article 4 provides relevant evidence, the Member State shall take the measures necessary to ensure that any conditions on board which are clearly hazardous to the safety or the health of the crew are rectified.
Brez posega v člen 1 (2), če država članica, v pristanišču katere ladja pristane prostovoljno v okviru svojega običajnega poslovanja ali iz obratovalnih razlogov, prejme prijavo, katere ne šteje za očitno neutemeljeno, ali pridobi dokaz, da ladja ne izpolnjuje standardov iz Direktive 1999/63/ES, država članica pripravi poročilo za vlado države, v kateri je ladja registrirana, in kadar se s pregledi, opravljenimi v skladu s členom 4, pridobi ustrezne dokaze, država članica sprejme potrebne ukrepe, s katerimi zagotovi, da se odpravijo vsi pogoji na ladji, ki očitno ogrožajo varnost in zdravje posadke.