# 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 1.6: Inspection tasks at transfer operations

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

Inspectors shall systematically verify:
(a) that the master of the catching vessel has sent a prior notification, countersigned by the ICCAT regional observer on-board, to its flag State authorities;
(b) that the master of the catching vessel has received a prior authorisation from its flag State authorities;
(c) that the masters of catching vessels have completed and transmitted to their flag State authorities the ICCAT transfer declaration as attached (Annex 3) to Recommendation 08-05;
(d) that the transfer declaration has been verified by the ICCAT regional observer on-board the catching vessel and transmitted to the master of the tug vessel;
(e) that the master of the catching and the tug vessels has ensured a monitoring of all the transfer activities by video camera in the water.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/296/annex/I/division/3/division/1.6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-296/annex-I/division-3/division-1.6
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