26Directive 2009/16 was adopted on the basis of Article 80(2) EC (now Article 100(2) TFEU) with the aim of recasting Council Directive 95/21/EC of 19 June 1995 on port State control of shipping (OJ 1995 L 157, p. 1), which had been subject to numerous amendments since its adoption, and of strengthening the mechanisms established by that directive.
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