To further reduce the inspection effort and to maximise the time in which the ship or craft can be commercially exploited, whilst continuing to ensure high safety standards, vessels subject to port State control inspections should therefore be transferred so that they fall within the scope of Directive 2009/16/EC.
Chun laghdú breise a dhéanamh ar an iarracht chigireachta agus an oiread úsáide agus is féidir a bhaint as an am inar féidir leas tráchtála a bhaint as an long nó as an árthach, le linn ardchaighdeáin sábháilteachta a áirithiú, ba cheart soithí atá faoi réir cigireachtaí maidir le rialú Stáit ar chalafoirt a aistriú dá bharr ionas go dtagann siad faoi raon feidhme Threoir 2009/16/CE.