In such cases, Member States should be allowed to lower the 20 mile threshold so as to make it possible for the information required by this Directive to be recorded in respect of passengers on board who embarked in the first or intermediate ports.
I gcásanna den sórt sin, ba cheart cead a bheith ag na Ballstáit an tairseach 20 míle a ísliú ionas go bhféadfaí an fhaisnéis a cheanglaítear leis an Treoir seo a thaifeadadh maidir le paisinéirí ar bord, ar paisinéirí iad a tháinig ar bord ag an gcéad chalafort nó ag calafoirt idirmheánacha.