authorise fishing vessels flying its flag for fishing activities only where it is able to exercise effectively its flag State responsibilities in respect of such vessels;

ensure that only authorised fishing vessels flying its flag conduct fishing activities on regulated resources;

ensure that notified and authorised fishing vessels flying its flag comply with applicable recommendations adopted by NEAFC and with this Regulation; and

undertake to manage the number of authorised fishing vessels and their fishing effort commensurate to the fishing opportunities available to that Member State.

vessel name;

IMO number or, if not applicable, other unique vessel identifier;

flag State;

external registration number (where available);

international radio call sign;

vessel type (where available);

vessel tonnage;

vessel length;

vessel engine power; and

authorised regulated resources, as well as start date and end date of the authorisation.

vessel name;

the letter(s) of the port or district in which it is registered, and the number(s) under which it is registered;

its international radio call sign;

IMO number if subject to IMO Resolution A.1078(28) or, if not applicable, other unique vessel identifier;

the names and addresses of the owner and, where relevant, the charterer;

vessel length; and

engine power, in kW/horsepower.

the call sign of the vessel;

the quantity of lost gear; and

if the vessel has tried to retrieve the gear or not.

record their cumulative production by species and product form in a production logbook in accordance with Annex VI; and

stow in the hold all processed catch in such a way that the location of each species can be identified from a stowage plan maintained on board the fishing vessel in accordance with the following requirements:

transmit the electronic fishing logbook data by electronic means to their FMC, including at a minimum the data set out in Annex VIII including all catches when the vessel engaged in fishing activities for fishery resources;

send a prior notification of entry before entering the Regulatory Area no earlier than 12 hours and no later than two hours in advance of each entry into the Regulatory Area, indicating the start of the fishing trip and including the information on catch retained on board prior to entering the Regulatory Area;

transmit a correction report for the prior notification of entry before entering the Regulatory Area to update the information on catch retained on board, date and time and position at the time of the transmission, if the fishing vessel has engaged in fishing activities after sending the prior notification of entry and before entering the Regulatory Area;

record daily all data for all fishing operations in the electronic fishing logbook and submit a fishing operation declaration to the FMC at least daily and no later than 23:59 UTC; on days where no fishing operations have been conducted or no catches have been taken, a nil report shall be transmitted; data for fishing operations may be reported per haul or as daily information; each transmission of the electronic fishing logbook shall include information on the catch that has been taken in the Regulatory Area since the last communication of catches;

record and transmit a separate report for each gear, if the fishing vessel used more than one type of gear on the same day;

record all fishing operations within the Regulatory Area in the electronic fishing logbook and transmit the data to the FMC before exiting the Regulatory Area or on receipt of a notification of inspection in the Regulatory Area;

transmit to the FMC a prior notification of exit before exiting the Regulatory Area no earlier than eight hours and no later than two hours in advance of each exit, including the total quantity on board by species; and

transmit a correction report for the prior notification of exit before leaving the Regulatory Area to update the information on catch on board, date and time and exit position if the fishing vessel has engaged in fishing activities after sending the prior notification of exit report and before exiting the Regulatory Area; in addition, the master shall record those fishing activities in the electronic fishing logbook and transmit the information to the FMC before submitting the correction to the prior notification of exit.

cancel a prior notification of entry report after entering the Regulatory Area;

cancel a prior notification of exit report after leaving the Regulatory Area;

cancel a prior notification more than once;

send a new prior notification outside the time limits given in paragraph 1, points (b) and (g); and

correct data recorded in the electronic fishing logbook after 12:00 UTC of the day after the reported fishing operations were finalised, or after leaving the Regulatory Area.

data recorded in the electronic fishing logbook is corrected only in cases allowed for in this Regulation; and

all corrections and cancellations are recorded and visible for inspection purposes.

communicate to their FMC reports of transhipments, in accordance with the specification and format set out in Annex VIII and by electronic means, which include the quantities on-loaded and off-loaded for each transhipment; the master of a Union donor fishing vessels shall transmit a donor transhipment notification report at least 24 hours in advance of the start of the transhipment; the master of a Union receiver fishing vessel shall make a receiver transhipment declaration report no later than one hour after the end of the transhipment; and the reports shall include the date, time, geographical position of the planned transhipment and total round weight by species to be off-loaded or which have been on-loaded in kilogrammes and the identification of vessels transhipped to or from, respectively;

transhipment operations may only commence after the authorisations have been given by the flag Member State or Contracting Party of the receiving vessel and, in the case of Union receiver vessels, the flag Member State shall transmit the authorisation to tranship without delay to the NEAFC Secretariat with the Commission and EFCA in copy; and

without prejudice to Section 5, subsequent to a Union receiver fishing vessel having been involved in a transhipment operation at sea involving fishery resources caught in the Regulatory Area, or in a transhipment operation in the Regulatory Area of fisheries resources caught outside the Regulatory Area, the master of that vessel shall send a port of landing notification report in the format set out in Annex VIII, indicating the total catch onboard, total weight to be landed, the name of port and the date and time of landing, at least 24 hours in advance of the start of any landing, regardless of whether the landing is to take place in a port inside or outside the Convention Area.

establish and operate an FMC in accordance with Articles 9 and 9a of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and provide for back-up and recovery procedures in case of system failures;

implement a VMS for its fishing vessels which conduct fishing activities, or plan to conduct fishing activities, in the Regulatory Area;

require their fishing vessels conducting fishing activities in the Regulatory Area to be equipped with an autonomous system able to automatically transmit messages to the FMC, allowing a continuous tracking of the position of the fishing vessel;

ensure that the autonomous system enables a fishing vessel to communicate by satellite to the FMC reports including the following information:

transmit to the NEAFC Secretariat the position reports as soon as they are received for vessels flying their flag upon entering into or exiting from the Regulatory Area and at least once every hour when operating in the Regulatory Area;

cooperate with the Commission, EFCA and the NEAFC Secretariat in order to maintain a database delimiting the Regulatory Area suitable for importing coordinates directly into a Geographic Information System. Changes to those coordinates shall be notified to the NEAFC Secretariat without delay in a computer-readable form in accordance with the procedures described in Annex IX with the Commission and EFCA in copy. The coordinates shall be without prejudice to each Member State’s position concerning the delimitation of sea areas under their sovereignty and jurisdiction;

ensure that the VMS data received from its fishing vessels are recorded in a computer-readable form and stored for at least 3 years; and

in respect of bottom fishing in the Regulatory Area:

implement an automatic system able to monitor and detect possible bottom fishing in areas outside the existing bottom fishing areas, and possible fishing inside closed bottom fishing areas; and

ensure that delimitations of closed bottom fishing areas are installed and up to date in their VMS.

the Fishing Activity Domain XML Schema Definition based on the UN/FLUX P1000-3 standard compliant with the FLUX Fishing Activities Implementation Document adopted by NEAFC and notified by the Commission, to exchange fishing logbook data, prior notification data, transhipment declaration data, and landing declaration data referred to in Articles 14 and 15;

the Vessel Position Domain XML Schema Definition based on the UN/FLUX P1000-7 standard compliant with the FLUX Vessel Position Implementation Document adopted by NEAFC and notified by the Commission, to report VMS data referred to in Article 16; and

data exchange formats and data communication systems compliant with the rules set out in Annex XI.

the system shall be repaired or replaced within one month and as soon as the fishing vessel enters a port, whichever is the earlier; and

the fishing vessel shall not be authorised to leave port to commence fishing without the system having been repaired or replaced.

the names and unique numbers of the NEAFC inspectors, including their email address; and

the inspection vessels, as well as the types of aircraft and their identification details (registration number, name, radio call sign and email addresses) assigned to the NEAFC Scheme during that year.

the form PSC 1 shall be used where the vessel is carrying its own catch;

the form PSC 2 shall be used where the vessel has engaged in transhipment operations, providing the information separately for catches from each donor vessel.

the fishing vessel which declared having caught the fish had sufficient quota for the species declared;

the quantities of fish on board have been duly reported and taken into account for the calculation of any catch or effort limitations that may be applicable;

the fishing vessels declared having caught the fish had authorisation to fish in the areas declared;

the presence of the vessel in the area of catch declared has been verified according to VMS data.

the fish concerned shall be kept in storage under the control of the competent authorities;

the fish concerned shall only be released to be sold, taken over or transported once the confirmation referred to in paragraph 1 has been received; and

if the confirmation has not been received within 14 days of the landing, the competent authorities of the port Member State may confiscate and dispose of the fish in accordance with national rules.

the names and details of the NEAFC port inspectors authorised to carry out inspections under the scope of Chapter V of the NEAFC Scheme in accordance with the format of Annex XIV;

the names and details of the officials authorising landings, transhipments and the use of other port services; and

the names and details of any other officials to be provided with access to the NEAFC websites and applications for monitoring, control and surveillance.

carry and present an appropriate identity document to the master of the fishing vessel at the earliest opportunity during an inspection;

examine all relevant areas of the vessel in order to verify compliance with the relevant conservation and management measures;

make all possible efforts to avoid delaying a vessel unduly, to ensure that the vessel suffers the minimum interference and inconvenience and to avoid the degradation of the quality of the fish;

not interfere with the master’s ability to communicate with the authorities of the flag State;

verify that the vessel identification documentation on board and information relating to the owner of the vessel is true, complete and correct, including through appropriate contacts with the flag State or international records of vessels if necessary;

verify that the vessel’s flag and markings, including name, external registration number, IMO number, international radio call sign and other markings, and main dimensions, are consistent with the information contained in the documentation;

verify that the authorisations for fishing and fishing-related activities are true, complete, correct and consistent with the information provided in accordance with Article 28;

review all other relevant documentation and records held on board, including those in electronic format, and VMS data from the flag State or relevant regional fisheries management organisations; relevant documentation may include logbooks, catch, transhipment and trade documents, crew lists, stowage plans and drawings, descriptions of fish holds, and documents required pursuant to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ( 10 );

examine all relevant fishing gear on board, including any gear stowed out of sight as well as related devices, and verify that they are in conformity with the conditions of the authorisations; the fishing gear shall also be checked to ensure that features such as the mesh and twine size, devices and attachments, dimensions and configuration of nets, pots, dredges, hook sizes and numbers are in conformity with applicable regulations and that the markings correspond to those authorised for the vessel;

determine whether the fish on board were harvested in accordance with the applicable authorisations;

monitor the entire discharge or transhipment and cross-check between the quantities by species recorded in the prior notice of landing and the quantities by species landed or transhipped;

examine the fish, including by sampling, to determine their quantity and composition; in doing so, inspectors may open containers where the fish have been pre-packed and move the catch or containers to ascertain the integrity of fish holds; such examination may include inspections of product type and determination of nominal weight;

when the landing or transhipment is completed, verify and note the quantities by species of fish remaining on board;

evaluate whether there is clear evidence for believing that a vessel has engaged in illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing or fishing-related activities in support of such fishing;

provide the master of the vessel with the report containing the result of the inspection, including possible measures that could be taken, to be signed by the inspector and the master; the master’s signature on the report shall serve only as acknowledgment of the receipt of a copy of the report; the master shall be given the opportunity to add any comments or objection to the report, and, where appropriate, to contact the relevant authorities of the flag State, in particular where the master has serious difficulties in understanding the content of the report; and

arrange, where necessary and possible, for the translation of relevant documentation.

record the infringement in the report referred to in Article 22(3), Article 23(11) or Article 33(1);

record the evidence deemed necessary relating to the infringement;

take all necessary measures to ensure security and continuity of the evidence for subsequent dockside inspection; an identification mark may be affixed securely to any part of the fishing gear which appears to the inspector to be or to have been in contravention of applicable measures; and

attempt immediately to communicate with the inspecting Member State authorities and EFCA.

the number of inspections it has carried out under Articles 22, 23 and 31, specifying the number of inspections by flag State of the inspected fishing vessel and, in the case of infringement, the date and position of the respective fishing vessel and the nature of infringement;

the number of hours flown and the number of hours at sea on NEAFC patrols, the number of sightings by flag State of the sighted vessels and the list of individual fishing vessels for which a surveillance report has been completed;

the number of inspections of non-Contracting Party vessels that it conducted under the NEAFC Scheme at sea or in its ports, the names of the vessels inspected and their respective flag States, the dates of the inspections, the names of any ports where the inspections were conducted and the results of such inspections;

where fish are landed or transhipped following an inspection pursuant to the NEAFC Scheme, the evidence presented pursuant to Article 46; and

the status of the proceedings concerning each infringement of the conservation and management measures adopted by NEAFC which were committed during the previous calendar year with those infringements continuing to be listed in each subsequent report until the proceedings are concluded in accordance with the relevant provisions of national law; the report shall indicate the status of the proceedings and in particular whether the case is pending, under appeal or still under investigation, and the report shall furthermore describe in specific terms any sanctions or penalties imposed, stating in particular the amount of fines, the value of forfeited fish or gear, any written warnings given and, if no action has been taken, the reasons therefor.

the vessel has been inspected pursuant to Article 45 and the inspection reveals that there are species on board which are subject to NEAFC recommendations, unless the master of that fishing vessel provides satisfactory evidence to the competent authorities proving that the fish were caught outside the Regulatory Area or in compliance with all relevant NEAFC recommendations;

the flag State of that fishing vessel or the flag State or States of donor fishing vessels when the vessel has engaged in transhipment operations do not provide the confirmation in accordance with Article 29;

the master of that vessel has failed to fulfil any one of the obligations laid down in Article 24, points (b) to (f);

Member States have received clear evidence that the fishery resources on board were taken in the waters under the jurisdiction of a Contracting Party in contravention of applicable regulations; or

Member States have sufficient proof that the vessel has otherwise been engaged in IUU fishing activities in the Convention Area or has supported such fishing activities.

inspected in accordance with Article 45 when they enter their ports;

not authorised to land or tranship in their ports;

not given assistance in any way or allowed to participate in any transhipment or joint fisheries operations by fishing vessels, support vessels, refuel vessels, mother-ships and cargo vessels flying their flag; and

not supplied with provisions, fuel or other services.

prohibit the entry into their ports of such vessels and communicate such prohibition in accordance with Article 44(3);

prohibit the authorisation of such vessels to fish in waters under their national jurisdiction;

prohibit the chartering of such vessels;

refuse the granting of their flag to such vessels;

prohibit the imports of fish coming from such vessels;

prohibit importers, transporters and other sectors concerned from transhipping and trading of fishery products caught by such vessels; and

collect and exchange any appropriate information with other Member States and Contracting Parties other than the Union or cooperating non-Contracting Parties with the aim of detecting, controlling and preventing false import/export certificates regarding fishery products from such vessels.