F1A fisheries administration must ensure that all fishery products are weighed on systems approved by its competent authorities unless it has adopted a sampling plan based on risk-based methodology in accordance with regulations made under paragraph 7.

Without prejudice to specific provisions, the weighing shall be carried out on landing prior to the fisheries products being held in storage, transported or sold.

By way of derogation from paragraph 2, F2a fisheries administration may permit fisheries products to be weighed on board the fishing vessel subject to a sampling plan as referred to in paragraph 1.

Registered buyers, registered auctions or other bodies or persons which are responsible for the first marketing of fisheries products in F3the United Kingdom shall be responsible for the accuracy of the weighing operation unless, in accordance with paragraph 3, the weighing takes place on board a fishing vessel, in which case it shall be the master’s responsibility.

The figure resulting from the weighing shall be used for the completion of landing declarations, transport document, sales notes and take-over declarations.

The competent authorities of a F4fisheries administration may require that any quantity of fisheries products first landed in F5the United Kingdom is weighed in the presence of officials before being transported elsewhere from the place of landing.

A fisheries administration may make regulations specifying detailed rules on the risk-based methodology and procedure of weighing.