Article 3 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation:

1. (a)

   ‘Dissostichus spp’: means fish of the species Dissostichus eleginoides and Dissostichus mawsoni;

2. (b)

   ‘Catch document’: means a document containing the information specified in Annex I and presented in accordance with the specimen shown in Annex II;

3. (c)

   ‘CCAMLR area’: means the area of application defined in Article I of the ConventionF1;

4. (d)

   F2‘import’ means the physical entering or bringing of a catch into any part of the geographical territory under the control of a State F3or from Northern Ireland into Great Britain, except F4(in either case) where the catch is landed or transhipped within the definitions of ‘landing’ or ‘transhipment’ set out in points (e) and (f);

5. (e)

   ‘landing’ means the initial transfer of catch in its harvested or processed form from a vessel to dockside or to another vessel in a port or free trade zone where the catch is certified by an authority of the Port State as landed;

6. (f)

   ‘transhipment’ means:

   • the transfer of a catch in its harvested or processed form from a vessel to another vessel or means of transport, and, where such transfer takes place within the territory under the control of a Port State, for the purpose of effecting its removal from that State F5or its removal from Great Britain to Northern Ireland or vice versa,

   • temporarily placing a catch on land or an artificial structure to F6facilitate such transfer where the catch is not landed within the definition of point (e);

7. (g)

   F7‘export’ means any movement of a catch in its harvested or processed form:

   • from the territory under the control of a State or free trade zone of landing, or, where that State or free trade zone forms part of a customs union, any other Member State of this customs union, or

   • where Great Britain is the place of landing, from Great Britain;

8. (h)

   F8‘re-export’ means any movement of a catch in its harvested or processed form:

   • from territory under the control of the State, free trade zone, or Member State of a customs union of import unless that State, free trade zone, or any Member State of that customs union of import is the first place of import, in which case the movement is an export within the definition in point (g), or

   • where Great Britain is the place of import, from Great Britain, unless Great Britain is the first place of import, in which case the movement is an export within the definition in point (g);

9. (i)

   ‘Port State’ means the State that has control over a particular port area or free trade zone for the purposes of landing, transhipment, importing, exporting and re exporting and whose authority serves as the authority for landing or transhipment certification.