1.The Presidency of the Council, acting on behalf of the Member States, and the Commission shall jointly inform the IMO of the adoption of this Regulation, whereby reference shall be made to Article 211, paragraph 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
2.Each Member State shall inform the IMO of its decision to deny entry of oil tankers, pursuant to Article 7 of this Regulation, operating in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5 of revised Regulation 13G of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 into the ports or offshore terminals under its jurisdiction, on the basis of paragraph 8(b) of revised Regulation 13G of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78.
3.Each Member State shall notify the IMO if it allows, suspends, withdraws or declines the operation of a Category (1) or a Category (2) oil tanker entitled to fly its flag, in accordance with Article 5, on the basis of paragraph 8(a) of revised Regulation 13G of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78.