# Commission Decision of 25 March 2009 establishing a specific control and inspection programme related to the recovery of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean (notified under document number C(2009) 2032) (2009/296/EC), Division 1.10: Inspection tasks on farm installations

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Inspectors shall systematically verify:
(a) that the relevant documentation is present and duly completed and reported (bluefin tuna catch document and re-export certificate, transfer declaration, caging declaration, transhipment declaration);
(b) that the transfer operation has been previously authorised by the catching vessel flag State authorities;
(c) that an observer was present during all transfer and harvesting of bluefin tuna, and has validated the caging declarations;
(d) that all the transfer activities from cages to the farm have been monitored by video camera in the water, unless the cages are directly fixed to the mooring system.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/296/annex/I/division/3/division/1.10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-296/annex-I/division-3/division-1.10
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