On F12F33United Kingdom fishing vessels of 17 metres length overall or more with fish rooms the master shall keep on board accurate drawings with description of its fish rooms, including the indication of all access points and of their storage capacity in cubic metres.

The master of F34a United Kingdom fishing F12vessel with chilled or refrigerated seawater tanks shall keep on board an up-to-date document indicating the calibration of the tanks in cubic metres at 10 centimetre intervals.

The documents referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be certified by the competent authority of F35a fisheries administration. Any modification of the characteristics contained in the documents referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3, shall be certified by a competent authority of F35a fisheries administration.

The documents referred to in this Article shall be presented for the purposes of control and inspection at the request of the officials.

The provisions contained in Articles 9 to 12 of this Regulation shall apply to F12F37United Kingdom fishing vessels fishing in all F12F37United Kingdom waters and the provisions contained in Articles 13 to 17 of this Regulation to F37United Kingdom waters outside 12 nautical miles measured from the base lines F38....

It shall be prohibited in F12F39United Kingdom waters as set down in paragraph 1 to carry out fishing activities with passive gear, buoys, and beam trawls, which are not marked and identifiable in accordance with the provisions of Articles 10 to 17 of this Regulation.

The master of F12a F12F42United Kingdom fishing vessel or his representative shall ensure that each passive gear carried on board or used for fishing is clearly marked and identifiable in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

The label shall not be removable, effaced, altered, illegible, covered or concealed.

The master of a F12F43United Kingdom fishing vessel or his representative shall ensure that two end marker buoys and intermediary marker buoys, rigged in accordance with Annex IV, are fixed to each passive gear used for fishing and are deployed in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

The letters and numbers displayed on the marker buoy shall not be effaced, altered or allowed to become illegible.

The cords linking the buoys to the passive gear shall be of submersible material, or shall be weighted down.

The cords linking the end marker buoys to each gear shall be fixed at the ends of that gear.

End marker buoys shall be deployed so that each end of the gear may be determined at any time.

The mast of each end marker buoy shall have a height of at least 1 metre above the sea level measured from the top of the float to the lower edge of the bottom most flag.

End marker buoys shall be coloured, but may not be red or green.

Each end marker buoy may include a top sign on the top of the buoy with one or two striped luminous bands which shall be neither red nor green and shall be at least 6 centimetres broad.

The label shall contain the information contained in Article 13(2) of this Regulation.

Without prejudice to specific provisions contained in multi-annual plans, the master of a F12F89United Kingdom fishing vessel of 10 metres length overall or more that is not subject to the electronic completion and transmission of fishing logbook data, transhipment declarations and landing declarations, shall complete and submit the fishing logbook data, transhipment declarations and landing declarations referred to in Articles 14, 21 and 23 of the Control Regulation in paper format. These transhipment declarations and landing declarations may also be completed and submitted by the representative of the master on his behalf.

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In F91United Kingdom waters, the fishing logbook, transhipment declaration and landing declaration in paper format shall be completed and submitted by masters of F91United Kingdom fishing vessels in accordance with the model in Annex VI.

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When F93United Kingdom fishing vessels are carrying out fishing activities in the waters of a third country, in waters regulated by a Regional Fisheries Management Organisation or in waters outside F93United Kingdom waters not regulated by a Regional Fisheries Management Organisation, the fishing logbook, transhipment declaration and landing declaration in paper format shall be completed and submitted by masters of F93United Kingdom fishing vessels in accordance with Article 31 of this Regulation and the models in Annexes VI and VII, unless the third country or the rules of the Regional Fisheries Management Organisation concerned specifically require the use of a different kind of fishing logbook, transhipment declaration or landing declaration. If the third country does not specify a particular fishing logbook, transhipment declaration or landing declaration, but does require data elements different from those required by F94laws applicable in the United Kingdom, such data elements shall be recorded.

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The fishing logbook, transhipment declaration and landing declaration in paper format shall be completed and submitted in accordance with the instructions set out in Annex X.

Where the instructions set out in Annex X state that the application of a rule is optional, F96a fisheries administration may make it mandatory.

All entries in the fishing logbook, transhipment declaration or landing declaration shall be legible and indelible. No entry shall be erased or altered. If a mistake is made the incorrect entry shall be crossed out with a single line and the new correct entry shall be written and initialled by the master. Each line shall be initialled by the master.

The master of the F12F97United Kingdom fishing vessel or, for transhipment declarations and landing declarations, his representative shall certify with his initials or signature that the entries in the fishing logbook, transhipment declaration and landing declaration are correct.

When a F12F98United Kingdom fishing vessel has made a landing in a port or a transhipment in a port or in a place close to the shore of F99the United Kingdom, its master shall submit the original(s) of the fishing logbook, transhipment declaration and landing declaration as soon as possible and not later than 48 hours after completion of transhipment or landing to the competent authorities of the F100fisheries administration concerned. The original(s) of such a transhipment declaration and landing declaration may also be submitted by the representative of the master on his behalf.

When no catches are landed after a fishing trip, the master shall submit the original(s) of the fishing logbook and transhipment declaration as soon as possible and not later than 48 hours after arrival in port. The original(s) of such a transhipment declaration may also be submitted by the representative of the master on his behalf.

When a F12F101United Kingdom fishing vessel has made a transhipment in a port or in a place close to the shore or a landing in a port of a F102third country, it shall submit the first copy (copies) of the fishing logbook, transhipment declaration and landing declaration as soon as possible and not later than 48 hours after transhipment or landing to the competent authorities of the F103country in which the transhipment or landing takes place. The original(s) of the fishing logbook, transhipment declaration and landing declaration shall be dispatched as soon as possible and not later than 48 hours after transhipment or landing to the competent authorities of F104a fisheries administration.

When a F12F105United Kingdom fishing vessel has made a transhipment in a port or in the waters of a third country or on the high seas or a landing in a port of a third country, it shall dispatch the original(s) of the fishing logbook, transhipment declaration and landing declaration as soon as possible and not later than 48 hours after the transhipment or landing to the competent authorities of F106a fisheries administration.

When a third country or the rules of a Regional Fisheries Management Organisation require a different kind of fishing logbook, transhipment declaration or landing declaration from the one in Annex VI the master of the F12F107United Kingdom fishing vessel shall submit a copy of that document to his competent authorities as soon as possible and not later than 48 hours after transhipment or landing.

On departure from a port, or following completion of a transhipment operation, and when catches remain on board, the quantities of each species shall be indicated on a new fishing logbook page.

The codes given in Annex XI shall apply to indicate, under the appropriate headings of the paper format fishing logbook, the fishing gear used.

In the case of a transhipment operation between two F12F109United Kingdom fishing vessels on completion of a transhipment operation the master of the transhipping fishing vessel or his representative shall hand over a copy of his vessel’s paper transhipment declaration to the master of the receiving vessel or his representative. The master of the receiving vessel or his representative on completion of transhipment operation shall also hand over a copy of his vessel’s paper transhipment declaration to the master of the transhipping vessel or his representative.

The copies referred to in paragraph 1 shall be presented for the purposes of control and inspection at the request of an official.

Without prejudice to Article 39(4) of this Regulation F12a F12F111United Kingdom fishing vessel subject to electronic completion and transmission of fishing logbook, transhipment declaration and landing declaration in accordance with Articles 15, 21 and 24 of the Control Regulation shall not be allowed to leave port without a fully operational electronic recording and reporting system installed on board.

This Chapter shall not apply to F112... F12fishing vessels used exclusively for the exploitation of aquaculture.

Return messages shall be issued to the F12F117United Kingdom fishing vessels for each transmission of fishing logbook, transhipment, prior notification and landing data. The return message shall contain an acknowledgement of receipt.

The master of F12a F12F118United Kingdom fishing vessel shall retain the return message until the end of the fishing trip.

In the event of a technical failure or non-functioning of the electronic recording and reporting system fitted on board a F12F119United Kingdom fishing vessel, the master of the fishing vessel or his representative shall, starting from the time that the event was detected or from the time that he was informed in accordance with Article 40(1) of this Regulation, communicate fishing logbook, transhipment declaration and landing declaration data to the competent authorities of F120a fisheries administration by appropriate telecommunications means on a daily basis and no later than 24.00 even when there are no catches. F121...

The competent authorities of F124a fisheries administration shall enter the data referred to in paragraph 1 into the electronic data base without delay on their receipt.

Following a technical failure or non-functioning of its electronic recording and reporting system, a F12F125United Kingdom fishing vessel may only leave port once the recording and reporting system fitted on board is fully functioning to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of F126a fisheries administration or is otherwise authorised to leave by the competent authorities of F126a fisheries administration. The flag Member State shall immediately notify the F127third country when it has authorised one of its fishing vessels to leave a port in the F127third country with a non-functioning electronic recording and reporting system.

The removal of the electronic recording and reporting system for repair or replacement shall be subject to the approval of the competent authorities of F128a fisheries administration.

When the competent authorities of a F129fisheries administration have not received data transmissions in accordance with Articles 15, 22 and 24 of the Control Regulation they shall notify the master or the operator of the F12F130United Kingdom fishing vessel or their representative(s) thereof as soon as possible. If, in respect of a particular F130United Kingdom fishing vessel or their representative, that situation occurs more than three times within a period of calendar year, F131a fisheries administration must ensure that the electronic recording and reporting system of the fishing vessel is thoroughly checked. F131A fisheries administration must investigate the matter in order to establish why data have not been received and shall take appropriate measures.

When the competent authorities of a F132fisheries administration have not received data transmissions in accordance with Articles 15, 22 and 24 of the Control Regulation and the last position received through the Vessel Monitoring System was from within the waters of a F133third country they shall notify the competent authorities of that F133third country thereof as soon as possible.

The master or the operator of the F12F134United Kingdom fishing vessel or their representative shall send all data which have not yet been transmitted and for which a notification was received in accordance with paragraph 1 to the competent authorities of F135a fisheries administration immediately on receipt of the notification.

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The master of a F150United Kingdom fishing vessel shall send an electronic departure message to the competent authorities of F151a fisheries administration before leaving port and before starting any other electronic transmission related to the fishing trip.

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 F152a fisheries administration.

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.

When a F12F153United Kingdom 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 F154a fisheries administration. Transmission shall be resumed when the F153United Kingdom fishing vessel leaves the port. Prior notification is not required for F12F153United Kingdom fishing vessels equipped with and transmitting data via VMS.

For the completion and submission of fishing logbooks as referred to in Articles 14 and 15 of the Control Regulation the F155... conversion factors set out in Annexes XIII, XIV and XV shall apply to convert stored or processed fish weight into live fish weight. They shall apply to fisheries products on board or transhipped or landed by F12F156United Kingdom fishing vessels.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where Regional Fisheries Management Organisations, of which the F157United Kingdom is a contracting party or cooperating non-contracting party, for its regulatory area or a third country with whom the F157United Kingdom has an agreement to fish, for the waters under its sovereignty or jurisdiction, have established conversion factors, those factors shall apply.

Where no conversion factors as referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 exist for a given species and presentation, the conversion factor adopted by the F158a fisheries administration shall apply.

Without prejudice to paragraph 2 the competent authorities of F159a fisheries administration shall use the F160... conversion factors referred to in paragraph 1 when calculating the live weight of transhipments and landings in order to monitor the quota uptake.

The fish live weight shall be obtained by multiplying the fish processed weight by the conversion factors referred to in Article 49 of this Regulation for each species and presentation.

In case of collective presentations, only one conversion factor corresponding to one of the parts of the collective presentation of a fish shall be used.

The margin of tolerance referred to in Article 14(3) of the Control Regulation for the estimation of quantities in kilograms live weight of each species retained on board shall be expressed as a percentage of the fishing logbook figures.

For catches which are to be landed unsorted the margin of tolerance may be calculated on the basis of one or more representative samples for the total quantities kept on board.

For the purpose of the application of Article 14 of the Control Regulation species caught for live bait shall be considered as a species caught and kept on board.

The master of a F12F161United Kingdom fishing vessel crossing an effort zone where it is authorised to fish shall record and report the information referred to in Article 14(5) of the Control Regulation as applicable even if he does not carry out any fishing activities in that zone.

Registered buyers, registered auctions or other bodies or persons that are responsible for the first marketing, or storage before first marketing of fisheries products or where appropriate the master of F12a F12F185United Kingdom fishing vessel, shall keep the records referred to in paragraph 1 for a period of 3 years.

Where fisheries products are transhipped between F12F186United Kingdom fishing vessels and the first landing of the transhipped fisheries products is to take place in a port outside of the F187United Kingdom, the fisheries products shall be weighed before being transported away from the port or place of transhipment.

When the fisheries products are weighed on board F12a F12F188United Kingdom fishing vessel in accordance with Article 60(3) of the Control Regulation and they are weighed again on land after landing the figure resulting from the weighing on land shall be used for the purpose of Article 60(5) of the Control Regulation.

Without prejudice to special provisions for F12F189United Kingdom fishing vessels not subject to the electronic completion and transmission of fishing logbook data as referred to in Article 15 of the Control Regulation F190a fisheries administration may require the master to hand over a copy of the log sheet to the competent authorities of the F191country of landing prior to weighing.

All weighing systems shall be calibrated and sealed F192... by the competent authorities of F193a fisheries administration.

The natural or legal person responsible for the weighing system shall maintain a record of calibration.

Where the weighing is carried out on a conveyor belt system a visible counter shall be fitted that records the cumulative total of the weight. The reading of the counter at the start of the weighing operation as well as the cumulative total shall be recorded. All use of the system shall be recorded by the natural or legal person responsible for the weighing in the weighing logbook.

Without prejudice to special provisions and in particular Articles 70 and 74 of this Regulation when landed quantities of frozen fisheries products are weighed, the weight of frozen fisheries products landed in boxes or blocks may be determined per species and, where appropriate, presentation by multiplying the total number of boxes or blocks by a net average weight for a box or block calculated according to the methodology set down in Annex XVIII.

Before weighing the registered buyer, registered auction or other bodies or persons responsible for the first marketing of fisheries products shall ensure that the fisheries products be cleaned of ice as is reasonable without causing spoilage and reducing quality.

Without prejudice to special rules for pelagic species referred to in Articles 78-89 of this Regulation which are landed in bulk for transfer to the point of first marketing, storage or processing, the deduction of water and ice from the total weight shall not exceed 2 %. In all cases the percentage for deduction of water and ice shall be recorded on the weighing slip with the entry for weight. There shall be no deduction of water or ice for landings for industrial purposes or for non-pelagic species.

The sampling plan referred to in Article 60(1) of the Control Regulation and any substantial modification thereof shall be adopted by F194a fisheries administration in accordance with the risk-based methodology described in Annex XIX.

The sampling plan referred to in Article 60(3) of the Control Regulation and any substantial modification thereof shall be adopted by F195a fisheries administration in accordance with the risk-based methodology described in Annex XX. If catches are weighed on board, the margin of tolerance as referred to in Articles 14(3) and 21(3) of the Control Regulation shall not apply when the figure resulting from weighing after landing is greater than the corresponding figure resulting from weighing on board.

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The control plan referred to in Article 61(1) of the Control Regulation and any substantial modification thereof shall be adopted by F198a fisheries administration in accordance with the risk-based methodology described in Annex XXI.

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Catches of species referred to in Article 78 of this Regulation shall be weighed immediately on landing. However, catches of these species may be weighed after transport where:

• for a destination within F201the United Kingdom F202a fisheries administration has adopted a control plan as referred to in Article 61(1) of the Control Regulation in accordance with the risk-based methodology described in Annex XXI,

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F208A fisheries administration must ensure that all landings of species referred to in Article 78 of this Regulation by F209United Kingdom fishing vessels outside the F210United Kingdom are carried out in ports expressly chosen for the purpose of weighing by third countries which have concluded agreements with the F210United Kingdom concerning such species.

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F212A fisheries administration must publish the list of ports and changes thereto on their official websites.

The master of F12a F12F218United Kingdom fishing vessel which is under the obligation to record fishing logbook data electronically shall send the information referred to in paragraph 1 electronically to F219a fisheries administration. F220A fisheries administration must transmit this information without delay to the F221country where the landing is to be made. The electronic fishing logbook data referred to in Article 15 of the Control Regulation and the information referred to in paragraph 1 may be sent in a single electronic transmission.

A fisheries administration may provide for a shorter notification period than laid down in paragraph 1. In such a case, the fisheries administration must put this information on its official website.

Immediately upon arrival in F224a United Kingdom port and before the discharge commences, the master of a fishing vessel which is not under the obligation to record fishing logbook data electronically shall present the completed relevant page or pages of the fishing logbook for inspection by the competent authority of F225a fisheries administration at the port of landing.

The quantities of herring, mackerel, horse mackerel and blue whiting retained on board, notified prior to landing as referred to in Article 80(1)(c) of this Regulation, shall be equal to the quantities recorded in the fishing logbook after its completion.

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.

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.

Officials responsible for carrying out inspections, as referred to in Article 74 of the Control Regulation shall be authorised by the competent authorities of F251a fisheries administration. To this end, F252a fisheries administration must provide their officials with a service card stating their identity and the capacity under which they operate. Each official on duty shall carry that service card and present it during an inspection at the earliest opportunity.

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Without prejudice to provisions contained in multi-annual plans, competent authorities of F254a fisheries administration must adopt a risk based approach for the selection of targets for inspection, using all available information. In accordance with this approach, officials shall carry out inspections in accordance with rules laid down in this Chapter.

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Subject to a risk based control and enforcement strategy F256a fisheries administration must carry out the necessary inspection activities in an objective way in order to prevent the retention on board, transhipment, landing, transfer to cages and farms, processing, transport, storage, marketing and stocking of fishery products originating from activities that are not in compliance with F257Fisheries Rules.

Inspections shall be carried out in a manner as to prevent to the extent possible any negative impact on the hygiene and quality of the fisheries products inspected.

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Officials authorised to conduct inspections shall verify and note the relevant items defined in the appropriate inspection module of the inspection report in Annex XXVII. For this purpose they may take pictures, video and audio recordings in accordance with national law, and, where appropriate, samples.

Officials shall not interfere with the right of any operator to communicate with the competent flag state authorities during inspection operations.

Officials shall take into account any information provided in accordance with Article 95(2) of this Regulation by a control observer on board the fishing vessel to be inspected.

On completion of an inspection officials shall debrief operators as appropriate on fisheries regulations relevant to the prevailing circumstances.

Officials shall leave as soon as possible the fishing vessel or the inspected premise following the completion of the inspection if no evidence of an apparent infringement is detected.

The competent authorities of F261a fisheries administration must ensure that their officials, whilst being courteous and sensitive, conduct inspections professionally and to a high standard.

The competent authorities of F262a fisheries administration must establish procedures to ensure that any complaint made by operators regarding the conduct of inspections carried out by their officials is investigated in a fair and thorough manner in accordance with F263applicable laws.

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Any vessel used for control purposes including surveillance shall display so as to be clearly visible, a pennant or a symbol as shown in Annex XXVIII.

A boarding craft used to facilitate the transfer of officials carrying out inspections shall fly a similar flag or pennant of a size appropriate to that of the boarding craft to indicate that it is engaged in fishery inspection duties.

Persons in charge of inspection vessels shall have due regard to the rules of seamanship and manoeuvre at a safe distance from the fishing vessel in accordance with the international rules for the prevention of collisions at sea.

Officials responsible for the conduct of the inspection shall ensure that no action is taken that may compromise the safety of the fishing vessel and its crew.

Officials shall not require the master of a fishing vessel that is being boarded or disembarked to stop or manoeuvre during fishing, or to stop the shooting or hauling of fishing gear. Officials may, however, require the interruption or delay of the shooting of gear to permit safe boarding or disembarkation until they have boarded or disembarked the fishing vessel. In the case of boarding this delay shall not exceed 30 minutes after officials have boarded the fishing vessel unless an infringement has been detected. This provision does not affect the possibility of officials to require the gear to be hauled for inspection.

When carrying out their inspection, officials shall verify and note all appropriate items provided for in the appropriate inspection report module set out in Annex XXVII to this Regulation.

Officials may require the master to haul a fishing gear for inspection.

Inspection teams shall normally be comprised of two officials. Additional officials may supplement inspections teams when necessary.

The duration of an inspection shall not exceed 4 hours, or until the net is hauled in, and the net and catches are inspected, whichever is longer. It shall not apply in the case that an apparent infringement is detected or where the officials need further information.

In the case of an apparent infringement being detected, identification marks and seals may be affixed securely to any part of the fishing gear or the fishing vessel, including containers of fisheries products and the compartment(s) in which they may be stowed, and the official(s) may remain on board for the time necessary for the completion of appropriate measures to ensure security and continuity of all the evidence of the apparent infringement.

In cases referred to in paragraph 1(b) and without prejudice to the last sentence of Article 106(2) of this Regulation the competent authorities of F266a fisheries administration must ensure that the fishing vessel to be inspected in port is met by their officials on arrival.

Paragraph 1 does not exclude the possibility for F267a fisheries administration to undertake random inspections.

When carrying out inspections officials shall verify and note all appropriate items listed in the corresponding inspection report module set out in Annex XXVII to this Regulation. Officials shall have due regard to any specific requirements which apply to the inspected fishing vessel, in particular to relevant provisions in multi-annual plans.

When carrying out an inspection of a landing officials shall monitor the whole landing process from the beginning to the end of the respective operation. A cross-check shall be carried out between the quantities by species recorded in the prior notification of arrival to land fishery products, the quantities by species recorded in the fishing logbook and the quantities by species landed or transhipped whichever is applicable. This provision shall not exclude the possibility of an inspection taking place after the start of the landing.

F268A fisheries administration must ensure the effective inspection and control of premises used in connection with fishing activities and subsequent processing of fisheries products.

Without prejudice to provisions contained in multi-annual plans, transport inspections may take place anywhere and at anytime from the point of landing to the arrival of the fisheries products at the place of sale or processing. In carrying out inspections, the necessary measures shall be taken as to ensure the maintenance of the cold chain of the fisheries products inspected.

Without prejudice to provisions contained in multi-annual plans and national control programmes or specific control and inspection programmes, transport inspections shall include, wherever possible, a physical examination of the products transported.

The physical examination of the transported fishery products shall involve the taking of a sample representative of the different sections of the lot or lots transported.

When carrying out a transport, inspection officials shall verify and note all items referred to in Article 68(5) of the Control Regulation and all appropriate items in the report module set out in Annex XXVII to this Regulation. This shall include verification that the quantities of fisheries products transported correspond to the details entered on the transport document.

When a vehicle or a container has been sealed to avoid manipulation of the cargo, competent authorities of F270a fisheries administration must ensure that serial numbers of seals are noted on the transport document. Officials shall inspect that the seals are intact and that the serial numbers correspond with the details on the transport document.

Where seals are removed to facilitate inspection of the cargo before the cargo arrives at the final destination, officials shall replace the original seal with a fresh seal, recording the seal details in the transport document and the reasons for the removal of the original seal.

When a fisheries administration becomes aware of any potential non-compliance with Fisheries Rules, in particular serious infringement referred to in Article 90(1) of the Control Regulation or reasonably suspects that such an infringement may occur, it must notify the countries concerned without delay. That notification shall supply all necessary information.

When a fisheries administration takes enforcement measures in relation to a non-compliance or an infringement referred to in paragraph 1, it must notify the other countries concerned.

All notifications according to this Article shall be made in writing.