1.For the purposes of this Article:
(a)‘sea products’ means fishery products, minerals, salvage and all other products which have not yet been landed by sea going vessels;
(b)sea products shall be deemed to belong to that Member State where the vessel, which is carrying out the capturing, is registered.
2.Statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States shall cover the following dispatches and arrivals:
(a)arrivals when sea products are landed in the reporting Member State’s ports or acquired by vessels registered in the reporting Member State from a vessel registered in another Member State;
(b)dispatches when sea products are landed in another Member State’s ports or acquired by vessels registered in another Member State from a vessel registered in the reporting Member State.
3.The partner Member State shall be, on arrival, the Member State where the vessel, which is carrying out the capturing, is registered and, on dispatch, the Member State where the sea product is landed or the vessel acquiring the sea product is registered.
[F14. Provided that there is no conflict with other Community legislation, national authorities shall have access to all available additional data sources other than those of the Intrastat System or the Single Administrative Document for customs or fiscal purposes such as information on declarations of national registered vessels on sea products landed in other Member States.]