The US Coast Guard has announced that it has removed the conditions of entry on vessels arriving from the country of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire.
The Coast Guard has determined that the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire is now maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures in its ports and has issued a Port Security Advisory removing Cote d’Ivoire from the list of countries that do not.
Therefore, effective immediately, conditions of entry outlined in the PSA no longer apply to vessels that arrive in the United States after visiting ports in the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire.
In 2011, the Coast Guard determined that effective anti-terrorism measures were not in place in the ports of Cote d’Ivoire. Accordingly, conditions of entry were imposed on vessels arriving from Cote d’Ivoire.
Based on recent assessments, the Coast Guard has determined that Cote d’Ivoire is maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures, and the Coast Guard is, accordingly, removing the conditions of entry announced in previously published Notices.
With this notice, the current list of countries assessed and not maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures is as follows:
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- The Gambia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Iran
- Iraq
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Micronesia
- Nauru
- Nigeria
- Republic of Seychelles
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Syria
- Timor-Leste
- Venezuela
- Yemen.
