Article 1

Decision 2011/207/EU is amended as follows:

  1. 1.

    the title is replaced by the following:

    ‘Commission Implementing Decision of 29 March 2011 establishing a specific control and inspection programme related to the recovery of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean’;
  2. 2.

    in Article 3, point 2 is replaced by the following:

    1. ‘2.

      all catches, landings, transfers, transhipments and caging operations, including sampling programmes and pilot studies;’;

  3. 3.

    in Article 4, the following points 9 and 10 are added:

    1. ‘9.

      the implementation of pilot studies on how to better estimate both the number and weight of bluefin tuna at the point of capture;

    2. 10.

      the implementation of sampling programmes and/or alternative programmes at the time of caging in order to improve the counting and the weight estimations of the caged fish.’;

  4. 4.

    in Article 9, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

    ‘1.

    Member State intending to conduct surveillance and inspect fishing vessels in the waters under the jurisdiction of another Member State in the framework of a Joint Deployment Plan shall notify its intentions to the contact point of the coastal Member State concerned, as referred to in Article 80, point 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and to the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA).’;

  5. 5.

    Article 10 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Article 10Information of infringements

    Member States whose officials detect any infringement while carrying out an inspection on the activities listed in Article 3 shall inform without delay the Commission of the date of inspection and the details of the infringement.’;

  6. 6.

    in Article 14, the words ‘the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA)’ are replaced by the words ‘the EFCA’.

  7. 7.

    Article 15 is amended as follows:

    1. (a)

      in paragraph 1, the words ‘the CFCA’ are replaced by the words ‘the EFCA’;

    2. (b)

      in paragraph 3, the introductory sentence is replaced by the following:

      ‘3.

      This report shall contain the following information, in accordance with the table set out in Annex IV:’;

  8. 8.

    Annexes I and II are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.