Article 8

Each Member State shall adopt laws, regulations or other measures providing for:

1. (a)

   the nature of medical examinations;

2. (b)

   the form and content of medical certificates;

3. (c)

   the issue of a medical certificate by a duly qualified medical practitioner or, in the case of a certificate solely concerning eyesight, by a person recognized by the competent authority as qualified to issue such a certificate; these persons shall enjoy full independence in exercising their professional judgement;

4. (d)

   the frequency of medical examinations and the period of validity of medical certificates;

5. (e)

   the right to another, binding examination by an independent medical practitioner, who has been appointed by the Member State as referee,

   1. (i)

      in the event that a person has been refused a certificate or has had limitations imposed on the work he or she may perform;

   2. (ii)

      in the event that a person, during his or her examination, has indicated that he or she finds himself or herself unfit to perform his or her duties on board a fishing vessel, but the medical examiner issues a medical certificate nonetheless attesting that the person is medically fit to perform his or her duties on board a fishing vessel;

   3. (iii)

      in the event that a person has been refused a certificate or has had limitations imposed on the work he or she may perform, in case the medical reasons for such refusal have disappeared.

6. (f)

   other relevant requirements.