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Appendix F: International Databases as Potential Sources of Shared Information
Pages 214-217

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... To permit verification of compliance with the maritime security provisions of SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code • Scope of operation: Covers all states parties to SOLAS • Legal basis: Communication of information is legally required pursuant to SOLAS Regulation XI-2/13 Port State Information Exchanges Equasis • Status: Operational • Administration: Multilateral, public Web-based data system • Nature of information: Primarily safety-related, port-state-relevant information provided by the following: -- States parties to the Paris and Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control and the USCG -- Classification societies -- P&I Clubs -- Lloyd's of London -- International Association of Independent Tanker Owners -- IMO 214
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From page 215...
... European Communities: SafeSeaNet • Status: Operational • Administration: Internet-based data exchange platform between the maritime administrations of EC member states • Nature of information: Primarily safety- and pollution-prevention-related information on vessels in Europeans waters • Scope of operation: All EC states participate, as well as some non-EC states such as Norway • Legal basis: EC Directive 2002/59/EC Information on Fishing Vessels High Seas Vessels Authorization Record (HSVAR) • Status: Operational • Administration: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations • Nature of information: Data on individual vessels authorized to fish on the high seas as means to counter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing • Scope of operation: Global, applies to all fishing vessels on the high seas • Legal basis: Article VI of the 1993 Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas (not yet in force)
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From page 216...
... 27-41 Other There exist other regional maritime information exchange systems that directly bear on maritime security. Mention will be made here of only one -- the SOUTHCOM Information Exchange System, based on the DoS Cooperating Nations Information Exchange System, which includes the following: • The Caribbean Information Sharing Network (CISN)
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... • REDICA (Central American Network) , also known as CENTAM Net, is a community-of-interest initiative to share SBU information in a protected environment among nations in Central America to enhance communication and increase regional cooperation for the purpose of combating common threats and addressing issues of common concern.
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  • south american
  • security provisions
  • central american
  • permit verification

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  • dos cooperating
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