Article 2
Obligations of the Contracting States
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The Contracting States shall take within the framework
of their legislation all the necessary measures to create favou-
rable conditions for the entry and stay of foreign vessels in
their ports.
Article 3
Admittance to ports.
The coastal state shall have the exclusive right to
declare the ports under its sovereignty or jurisdiction open
to the entry of foreign vessels and to regulate such entry.
Article 4f
Emergency entry
A vessel which is compelled to enter a port because
of distress or the danger of distress, lack of stores of
fuel, food or water or the need for emergency repairs to the
vessel or rendering urgent medical aid to any person on board
the vessel, shall observe the rules of stay established in
the port for all other foreign vessels with the exception of
paying taxes and port charges unless they are due for actual
services rendered.
Article 5
Compliance with regulations established
in the port
Exemption from inspection
1. Subject to the provisions of this Convention, a
vessel during its stay in a foreign port shall comply with the
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