The Member States concerned shall carry out control and inspection with respect to fishing activities and fishing related activities regarding the different stocks and area(s) referred to in Annexes I to V to this Decision on the basis of risk management, in accordance with Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and Article 98 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011.

Each Member State concerned shall attribute a level of priority for control and inspections on the basis of the results of the risk assessment carried out in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 5.

Each fishing vessel and/or fleet segment as referred to in Article 5(2)b shall be subject to control and inspections according to the level of priority attributed pursuant to paragraph 2, ensuring that all the stocks of the fisheries listed in Annexes I to V are adequately covered.

Inspections ashore of operators engaged in fishing related activities shall be conducted when relevant in relation to the step in the fishery/marketing chain and when part of the risk management strategy as referred in Article 6.