Brussels, 04/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - The list of the ships banned from EU ports between 1 November 2003 and 31 August 2004 has been published in the Official Journal C 243 on 30 September. The nineteen ships were flying the flags of eight different States: St Vincent and the Grenadines, Bolivia, Panama, Turkey, Belize, Cyprus, Romania and Syrian Arab Republic. Most of the ships listed are bulk carriers but there are also ro-ro passenger ships, chemical tankers and an oil tanker. In compliance with directive 95/21 on ship inspections by the port of the country in question, this banning measure was taken because the boats have been rendered stationary on several occasions in a Member State and because boats have flow the flag of countries considered at risk in the Paris memorandum of understanding (which aimed to scrap boas that did not meet international standards in a harmonised port inspection system: Editor's note). Since then, after managing to meet European standards on maritime safety, some of these ships can again sail in European waters. The European Commission is expected to publish this list in six months in compliance with directive 95/21. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has also published a list of boasts banned from European ports, on its website, which is regularly updated.