Article 15 F1

F2A fisheries administration must take all necessary measures to ensure that each shipment of Dissostichus spp. imported into or exported from F3Great Britain is accompanied by the export-validated or re-export-validated catch document or documents corresponding to the total quantity of Dissostichus spp. contained in the shipment.

F4A fisheries administration must ensure that F5its customs authorities or other competent official agents request and examine the documentation of each shipment of Dissostichus spp. imported into or exported from F6Great Britain in order to verify that it includes the export-validated or re-export-validated catch document or the documents corresponding to the total quantity of Dissostichus spp. contained in the shipment. These authorities or agents may also examine the content of any shipment in order to verify the information contained in the catch document or documents.

F7A fisheries administration must inform the F8other fisheries administrations of any instance where the results of the verifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 indicate that the documentation requirements set out in this Regulation have not been met.

An export-validated Dissostichus spp. catch document is one that:

In paragraph 3, “the other fisheries administrations” does not include the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.