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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-443/schedule-ANNEX E",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/443",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 20 June 2011 on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (2011/443/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-443",
  "path": "schedule/ANNEX E",
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  "number": "ANNEX E",
  "heading": "Guidelines for the training of inspectors",
  "text": "Elements of a training programme for port State inspectors should include at least the following areas:\n1.. Ethics;\n2.. Health, safety and security issues;\n3.. Applicable national laws and regulations, areas of competence and conservation and management measures of relevant RFMOs, and applicable international law;\n4.. Collection, evaluation and preservation of evidence;\n5.. General inspection procedures such as report writing and interview techniques;\n6.. Analysis of information, such as logbooks, electronic documentation and vessel history (name, ownership and flag State), required for the validation of information given by the master of the vessel;\n7.. Vessel boarding and inspection, including hold inspections and calculation of vessel hold volumes;\n8.. Verification and validation of information related to landings, transshipments, processing and fish remaining onboard, including utilising conversion factors for the various species and products;\n9.. Identification of fish species, and the measurement of length and other biological parameters;\n10.. Identification of vessels and gear, and techniques for the inspection and measurement of gear;\n11.. Equipment and operation of VMS and other electronic tracking systems; and\n12.. Actions to be taken following an inspection.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/443/schedule/ANNEX E",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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