CHAPTER IIU.K.COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DATA IN THE FRAMEWORK OF MULTIANNUAL F1... PROGRAMMES

SECTION 4U.K.Data management process

Article 13U.K.Data storage

[F2A fisheries administration must]:

(a)

ensure that primary data collected under national work plans are safely stored in computerised databases and take all necessary measures to ensure that they are treated as confidential;

(b)

ensure that metadata relating to the primary socioeconomic data collected under national work plans are safely stored in computerised databases;

(c)

take all necessary technical measures to protect such data against any accidental or illicit destruction, accidental loss, deterioration, or unauthorised consultation or distribution.

Article 14U.K.Data quality control and validation

1.[F3A fisheries administration is] responsible for the quality and completeness of the primary data collected under national work plans, and for the detailed and aggregated data derived therefrom which are transmitted to end-users of scientific data.

2.[F4A fisheries administration must] ensure that:

(a)primary data collected under national work plans are properly checked for errors by appropriate quality control procedures;

(b)detailed and aggregated data derived from primary data collected under national work plans are validated before their transmission to end-users of scientific data;

F5(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .