The IMO Convention prohibiting the use of paint with organotin or TBT components which are environmentally harmful (AFS Convention of 2001) has been transposed into Community legislation by Regulation 782/2003/EC on the prohibition of organotin compounds (TBT) on ships and the related Commission Regulation 536/2008/EC.

Following the report delivered in 2009 on how Member States apply or monitor the functioning of Regulation 782/2003/EC, and suggestions for possible corrective actions, assistance will be provided to the Commission as requested.