The Paris MOU, is an administrative agreement between the maritime authorities of seventeen European countries and Canada. In 1978 the ‘Hague Memorandum’ between a number of maritime authorities in Western Europe was developed. It dealt mainly with enforcement of shipboard living and working conditions, as required by ILO Convention no. 147. However, just as the Memorandum was about to come into effect, in March 1978, a massive oil spill occurred off the coast of Brittany (France), as a result of the grounding of the supertanker ‘Amoco Cadiz’.
This incident caused a strong political and public outcry in Europe for far more stringent regulations with regard to the safety of shipping. This pressure resulted in a more comprehensive memorandum which covered:
- Safety of life at sea - Prevention of pollution by ships, and- Living and working conditions on board ships.  Subsequently, a new, effective instrument known as the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control was adopted in January 1982 and was, initially, signed by fourteen European countries. It entered into operation on 1 July 1982. Since that date, the Paris Memorandum has been amended several times to accommodate new safety and marine environment requirements stemming from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as well as other important developments such as the various EU Directives which address marine safety.
The geographical scope of the Paris MOU region covers the European coastal States and the coastal States of the North Atlantic basin from North America to Europe.

 

PARIS MOU
Participating Maritime Authorities & Associate Members	27 Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK.
Observers	Japan, United States, IMO, ILO, Tokyo MoU, Caribbean MoU, Med MoU
Target Inspection Rate	25% annual inspection rate per country
Relevant Instruments	LL66 & LL PROT 88 SOLAS 74 SOLAS PROT 78 & 88 MARPOL 73/78 STCW 78 COLREG 72 TONNAGE 69 ILO Convention No. 147
Inspection Priorities	Overriding Priority -   Report by pilot services or authorities. -   Report from crew members. -   Carrying dangerous cargo or polluting goods & failed to report this. -   Class withdrawn Target factor Generic element: -    Flag State on Black list -    Targeted ship type -    Non EU recognized classification society -    Age of the ship -    Class deficiency ratio -    Above average -    Flag   Historic Element: -    Entering region for first time in the last 12 months. -    Not inspected in the last 6 months. -    Previous detention in last 12 months -    No. of deficiencies during last 12 months.
Amendments entry into force	Will take effect 60 days after acceptance or at the end of any different period determined unanimously by the representatives of the authorities in the Committee.
Committee Composition	A Representative of each of the authorities & the EC Commission.
Secretariat location	The Hague, Netherlands
Information Centre location	Centre Administratif des Affaires Maritimes (CAAM), Saint-Malo, France.
Date of Signature	1st July 1982
Official Languages	English - French

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Paris MOU Structure

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Addresses of Paris MOU Maritime Authorities

Belgium: Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport Directorate - General Maritime Transport City Atrium Vooruitgangsstraat 56 1210 Brussel Belgium telefax: +32 2 277 40 51 telephone: +32 2 277 31 11 Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport Port State Control Loodsgebouw, Tavernierkaai 3 B-2000 Antwerp Belgium telefax: +32 3 229 00 31 telephone: +32 3 229 00 30 e-mail: sc.antwerpen AT  mobilit.fgov.be	Bulgaria Ministry of Transport Bulgarian Maritime Administration 9 Diakon Ignatiy Street 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria telephone +359 2 930 0910 telefax +359 2 930 0920 Maritime Administration Varna 5 Primorsky Blvd., 9000 Varna Bulgaria telephone: +0359 52 684 920 telefax: +359 52 602 378 website: www.marad.bg
Canada: Transport Canada Marine Safety Tower C, Place de Ville, 10th floor, 330 Sparks Street Ottawa Ontario K1A 0N8 Canada telephone: +1 613 993 8196 telefax: +1 613 993 3137 website: www.tc.gc.ca	Croatia: Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development Safety of Navigation and Maritime Environment Protection Directorate Inspection Division Prisavlje 14 10000 Zagreb Croatia telefax: +385 16 16 90 69 telephone: +385 16 16 91 38
Cyprus: Ministry of Communications and Works Department of Merchant Shipping PO Box 56193 CY-3305 Lemesos Cyprus telefax: +357 25 848 200 telephone: +357 25 848 100 email: maritimeadmin AT dms.mcw.gov.cy website: www.shipping.gov.cy	Denmark: Danish Maritime Authority 38C Vermundsgade DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark telefax: +45 39 17 44 01 telephone: +45 39 17 44 00 email: psc AT dma.dk website: www.dma.dk
Estonia: Estonian Maritime Administration Valge 4 11413 Tallinn Estonia telefax: +372 6205 506 telephone: +372 6205 500 website: www.vta.ee Ship Supervision Department (PSC) Lume 9 10 416 Tallinn Estonia telefax: +372 6205 706 telephone: +372 6205 700 e-mail: ljo AT vta.ee	Finland: Finnish Maritime Administration PO Box 171 FIN-00181 Helsinki Finland telefax: +358 20 448 4500 telephone: +358 20 4481
France: Sous Direction de la Sécurité Maritime Direction des Affaires Maritimes 3, Place de Fontenoy 75007 Paris 07 SP France telefax: +33 1 44 49 86 14 telephone: +33 1 44 49 86 16 e-mail: psc.france AT developpement-durable.gouv.fr website: www.mer.gou.fr	Germany: See-Berufsgenossenschaft Schiffsicherheitsabteilung Reimerstwiete 2 20457 Hamburg Germany telephone: +49 40 3613 7202 telefax: +49 40 3613 7295 e-mail: psc-germany AT see-bg.de website: www.see-bg.de
Greece: Hellenic Mercantile Marine Ministry Safety of Navigation Directorate 150 Gr. Lambraki Av. Piraeus 185 18 Greece telephone: +30 104 19 1352 telefax: +30 104 12 8150	Iceland: Icelandic Maritime Administration Vesturvor 2 PO Box 120 IS-202 Kopavogur Iceland telefax: +354 560 0060 telephone: +354 560 0000 e-mail: psc @ sigling.is
Ireland: Marine Survey Office Maritime Safety Directorate Department of Transport Leeson Lane Dublin 2 Ireland telephone:+ 353 1 6783400 (switchboard)                                                   telefax: + 353 1 6783409 e-mail: mso AT transport.ie website: www.transport.ie	Italy: Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti Comando. Generale del Corpo delle Capitanerie di Porto Via dell' Arte 16 00144 Roma EUR Italy telefax: + 390 659 084 723 telephone: + 390 659 084 918 ICG Safety of Navigation Department Statizione Maritima - Ponte dei Mille 16126 Genoa Italy telefax: + 390 1025 181 54 ext. 121 telephone: + 390 1024 782 45 e-mail: 008 AT sicnavge.it
Latvia: Ministry of Transport of Latvia Gogola iela 3 LV-1734 Riga Latvia Maritime Administration of Latvia Trijadibas iela 5 LV-1048 Riga Latvia telefax: +371 786 0 083 telephone: +371 706 2 166 e-mail: lja AT lja.bkc.lv website: www.jurasadministracija.lv	Lithuania: Lithuanian Maritime Safety Administration J. Janonio str. 24 LT-5800 Klaipeda Lithuania telefax: +370 46 469 600 telephone: +370 46 469 602 website: www.msa.lt
Malta: Malta Maritime Authority Merchant Shipping Directorate Maritime Trade Centre Marsa MRS 1912 Malta Telefax: +356 21241460 Telephone: + 356 21250360 email: mership AT mma.gov.mt website: www.mma.gov.mt	Netherlands: Directorate-General for Civil Aviation and Freight Transport Maritime Transport PO Box 20904 2500 EX The Hague The Netherlands website: www.verkeerenwaterstaat.nl Netherlands Shipping Inspectorate PO Box 8634 3009 AP Rotterdam The Netherlands telefax: +31 10 202 3520 telephone: +31 70 456 4500 e-mail: psc AT ivw.nl (only PSC) website: www.ivw.nl
Norway: Norwegian Maritime Directorate Smedasundet 50A, 5528 Haugesund P.O.Box 2222, N5509 Haugesund Norway telefax: +47 52 74 50 01 telephone: +47 52 74 50 00 website: www.sjofartsdir.no	Poland: Gdynia Harbour Master Office Polska Str. 2 81 - 330 Gdynia Poland telefax: +48 58 620 0591 telephone: +48 58 621 6636 Ministry in charge of Maritime affairs on Port State MOU Chalubinskiego 4/6 00 928 Warszawa Poland website: www.umgdy.gov.pl
Portugal: Instituto Portuário e dos Transportes Maritimos Edificio Vasco da Gama Rua General Gomes Araújo 1399-005 Lisboa Portugal telefax: +351 21 391 4766 telephone: +351 21 391 45 00 e-mail: imp.psc AT imarpor.pt website: www.imarpor.pt	Romania: Romanian Naval Authority RNA building, Gate No. 1 Constanta port 900900 Constanta Romania telefax: +40 241 60 1853 telefax: +40 241 61 6229 telehone: +40 241 61 6124 telephone: +40 241 55 3997 e-mail: rna AT rna.ro website: www.rna.ro
Russian Federation: Department of State Policy for Maritime and River Transport (Maritime Administration of the Russian Federation) 1, Rozhdestvenka St., Building 1 109012 Moscow Russian Federation telefax: +7 495 926 1323 / 1328 telephone: +7 495 926 1024 Regional Information & Technical Centre (RITC) 80, Babushkina Str., "Marine Computer Systems" 192174 Saint-Petersburg Russian Federation e-mail: ritc AT mcs.ru telefax: +7 812 368 3993 telephone: +7 812 368 3938	Slovenia: Ministry of Transport, Maritime directorate  Maritime inpsection Division Lungusova 4 1535 Ljubljana Slovenia telephone: +386 1478 8500 telefax: +386 1478 8230 website: www.mzp.gov.si
Spain: Direccion General de la Marina Mercante Inspeccion General de Buques y Construccion Naval Calle Ruiz de Alarcon 1 28071 Madrid Spain telephone: +34 91 597 9247 telefax: +34 91 597 9235 website: www.mfom.es	Sweden: Swedish Maritime Administration Maritime Safety Inspectorate International Secretariat SE-601-78 Norrköping Sweden telefax: +46 11 23 99 34 telephone: +46 11 191 000 e-mail: inspektion AT sjofartsverket.se
Sweden MEI notification Swedish Coast Guard Maritime Clearance Box 145 SE- 871 23 Harnosand telefax: +46 611 201 90 telephone: +46 611 855 30 sweden24 AT coastguard.se	United Kingdom: Maritime and Coastguard Agency Spring Place 105 Commercial road Southampton SO15 1EG United Kingdom telephone: +44 2380 329 343 telefax: +44 23 80329 104 e-mail: psc_headquarters AT mcga.gov.uk website: www.mcga.gov.uk

 

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Focal Point 
Capt. Richard W. Schiferli
Secretary 
Secretariat  Paris MoU on Port State Control
P.O.Box 90653, 2509 LR Den Haag,
The Netherlands.

Phone No.: +31 70 456 1508
Fax No.    : +31 70 456 1599
E-mail : richard.schiferli@parismou.org