# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1986 of 13 December 2018 establishing specific control and inspection programmes for certain fisheries and repealing Implementing Decisions 2012/807/EU, 2013/328/EU, 2013/305/EU and 2014/156/EU, Article 3: Objectives

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

1. The specific control and inspection programmes shall ensure a uniform and effective implementation of the conservation and control measures applicable to stocks and fisheries referred to in Annexes I to V.
2. Control and inspection activities carried out under each specific control and inspection programme shall in particular aim at ensuring compliance with the following provisions:
(a) fishing opportunities management and any specific conditions associated therewith, including the monitoring of quota uptake, effort regime and technical measures applied in the areas concerned;
(b) reporting obligations applicable to fishing activities, in particular the reliability of the information recorded and reported;
(c) the obligation to land all catches of species subject to the landing obligation pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, and the measures to reduce discarding provided for in Title IIIa of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98;
(d) the special rules for weighing of certain pelagic species provided for in Articles 78 to 89 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011;
(e) specific provisions approved by Regional Fisheries Management Organizations regarding the stocks and the areas concerned by this Decision.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/1986/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1986/article-3
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.