10. From 1 January 2035, in ports falling under the requirements of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804, it shall only be possible to apply the exceptions provided for in paragraph 5, points (d), (e) and (f) to a maximum number of port calls corresponding to 10 % of a ship’s total number of port calls that took place during a reporting period, rounded up to the nearest whole number, where relevant, or to a maximum of 10 port calls during the relevant reporting period, whichever is lower.
A port call shall not be counted for the purposes of compliance with this provision where the company demonstrates, on the basis of the exchange of information provided for in paragraph 8, that it could not have reasonably known that the ship would be unable to connect to OPS for any of the reasons referred to in paragraph 5, points (d), (e) or (f).