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.