| 11. | With developed international equivalencies, AMO officers can crew vessels registered with more than a dozen flag states.
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| 12. | The Tokyo and Paris organizations generate, based on deficiencies and detentions, black-, white-, and grey-lists of flag states.
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| 13. | In Vanuatu, the Vanuatu Maritime Authority has the responsibility to enforce maritime laws and exercise flag state control.
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| 14. | Panama was the world's largest flag state for container ships, with 541 of the vessels in its registry.
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| 15. | If coastal nations abuse rights when boarding a vessel, the treaty allows flag states to seek compensation, he said.
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| 16. | But as to whether they are in practice, he said, " you'd have to ask the flag states ."
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| 17. | However, those cases both involved ships that flew the flag of the flag state and were thus easily distinguishable.
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| 18. | The league has been officially called the All Flags State League Division 1 due to sponsorship arrangements since 2011.
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| 19. | Because of universal jurisdiction, action can be taken against pirates without objection from the flag state of the pirate vessel.
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| 20. | The Regulation regarding the flag stated that the colors of the flag must match the ones shown in the annex.
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