98That fair balance is characterised by the exclusive power which every State is recognised as having, under Article 91 of the Convention on the Law of the Sea, to fix the conditions for the grant of its nationality to ships, for the registration of ships in its territory, and for the right to fly its flag. The exercise of that power is given material expression, inter alia, through the act, by the flag State, of classifying and certifying the ships which fly its flag, or of having those ships classified and certified by a body authorised to do so, having verified whether those ships have complied with all the requirements laid down by the applicable international conventions (see, to that effect, judgments of 3 June 2008, Intertanko and Others, C‑308/06, EU:C:2008:312, paragraph 59, and of 7 May 2020, Rina, C‑641/18, EU:C:2020:349, paragraphs 43, 44 and 46).
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