TITLE III

CONTROL OF FISHERIES
CHAPTER II

Fishing logbook, landing declaration and transhipment declaration in electronic format
Section 2

Specific rules for the fishing logbook in electronic format

Frequency of transmission
Article 47
1
When at sea the master of an EU fishing vessel shall transmit the electronic fishing logbook information to the competent authorities of the flag Member State at least once a day and no later than 24.00 even when there are no catches. He shall also send such data:
a
at the request of the competent authority of the flag Member State;
b
immediately after the last fishing operation has been completed;
c
before entering into port;
d
at the time of any inspection at sea;
e
at the time of events defined in EU legislation or by the flag State.
When the last fishing operation took place not more than 1 hour before the entry into port the transmissions referred to in (b) and (c) may be sent in a single message.
2
The master may transmit corrections to the electronic fishing logbook and transhipment declaration data up to the last transmission referred to in paragraph 1(c). Corrections shall be easily identifiable. All original electronic fishing logbook data and corrections to those data shall be stored by the competent authorities of the flag Member State.
3
The master shall keep a copy of the information referred to in paragraph 1 on board the fishing vessel for the duration of each absence from port and until the landing declaration has been submitted.
4
When a EU fishing vessel is in port, does not carry fishery products on board and the master has submitted the landing declaration for all fishing operations on the last fishing trip, transmission in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article may be suspended subject to prior notification to the FMC of the flag Member State. Transmission shall be resumed when the EU fishing vessel leaves the port. Prior notification is not required for EU fishing vessels equipped with and transmitting data via VMS.