Without prejudice to Article 39(4) of this Regulation F2a F2F3United 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 F4... F2fishing vessels used exclusively for the exploitation of aquaculture.

Return messages shall be issued to the F2F10United 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 F2a F2F11United 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 F2F12United 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 F13a fisheries administration by appropriate telecommunications means on a daily basis and no later than 24.00 even when there are no catches. F14...

The competent authorities of F17a 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 F2F18United 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 F19a fisheries administration or is otherwise authorised to leave by the competent authorities of F19a fisheries administration. The flag Member State shall immediately notify the F20third country when it has authorised one of its fishing vessels to leave a port in the F20third 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 F21a fisheries administration.

When the competent authorities of a F22fisheries 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 F2F23United Kingdom fishing vessel or their representative(s) thereof as soon as possible. If, in respect of a particular F23United Kingdom fishing vessel or their representative, that situation occurs more than three times within a period of calendar year, F24a fisheries administration must ensure that the electronic recording and reporting system of the fishing vessel is thoroughly checked. F24A 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 F25fisheries 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 F26third country they shall notify the competent authorities of that F26third country thereof as soon as possible.

The master or the operator of the F2F27United 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 F28a fisheries administration immediately on receipt of the notification.

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