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Article 29

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

Each Member State shall adopt laws, regulations or other measures requiring that:

  1. (a)

    to the extent consistent with the Member State's national law and practice, the medical care prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (b), and further in Article 28, shall be provided free of charge to the fisherman; and that

  2. (b)

    until the fisherman has been repatriated, the fishing vessel owner shall defray the cost of the medical care the fisherman is exempted from under paragraph (a) of this Article to the extent the country, responsible for the fisherman's social security protection, does not cover the cost under its social security system; and that

  3. (c)

    the fishing vessel owner shall be liable for defraying the cost of the medical care prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (c), to the extent the country, responsible for the fisherman's social security protection, does not cover the cost under its social security system.