TITLE IIGENERAL CONDITIONS FOR ACCESS TO WATERS AND RESOURCES

CHAPTER IV Vessel monitoring system

Article 19Characteristics of satellite-tracking devices

1.

The satellite-tracking device installed on board F1F2United Kingdom fishing vessels shall ensure the automatic transmission to the FMC of F3a fisheries administration, at regular intervals, of data relating to:

(a)

the fishing vessel identification;

(b)

the most recent geographical position of the fishing vessel, with a position error which shall be less than 500 metres, with a confidence interval of 99 %;

(c)

the date and time (expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)) of the fixing of the said position of the fishing vessel; and

(d)

the instant speed and course of the fishing vessel.

2.

F4A fisheries administration must ensure that satellite-tracking devices are protected against input or output of false positions and cannot be manually over-ridden.