TITLE IVCONTROL OF MARKETING
CHAPTER II Weighing of fisheries products
Article 84Privately operated weighing facilities for fresh fish
1.
In addition to the provisions of Article 72 of this Regulation, the use of privately operated weighing facilities shall also be subject to the requirements of this Article.
2.
The natural or legal persons weighing any catches referred to in Article 78 of this Regulation shall for each weighing system keep a bound, paginated record. This shall be completed immediately after the completion of weighing of an individual landing, and at the latest by 23.59 local time of the day of completion of weighing. This record shall indicate:
(a)
the name and external registration letters and numbers of the vessel from which any catches referred to in Article 78 of this Regulation have been landed;
(b)
the unique identity number of the tankers and its load in cases where any catches referred to in Article 78 of this Regulation have been transported from the port of landing before weighing in accordance with Article 79 of this Regulation. Each tanker load shall be weighed and recorded separately. However the total weight of all the tanker loads from the same vessel may be recorded as a whole in case these tanker loads are weighed consecutively and without interruption;
(c)
the species of fish;
(d)
the weight of each landing;
(e)
the date and time of the beginning and end of the weighing.
3.
Without prejudice to Article 72(3) of this Regulation, where the weighing is carried out on a conveyor belt system all use of the system shall be recorded in the bound, paginated record of weighing.