1° The following are also reserved for ships operated by shipowners who are nationals of a Member State of the European Community or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, registered in a Member State of the European Community or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and flying the flag of that same State:
a) Between ports in the same French overseas department ;
b) Between ports in the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Martinique;
c) Between ports in the departments of Mayotte and La Réunion.
2° The administrative authority may reserve, under conditions laid down by decree, for the vessels mentioned in 1°, the carriage of certain goods carried out :
a) Between the ports of the French overseas departments and those of mainland France ;
b) Between the ports of Réunion and the other French overseas departments.
3° However, by way of derogation from the provisions of 1° and 2°, the local maritime affairs departments concerned may authorise a vessel that does not meet the conditions of 1° to carry out a specific transport operation.