Article 5 Access to the fisheries in the Greenlandic EEZ

Greenland hereby undertakes to authorise Community vessels to engage in fishing activities in its EEZ in accordance with this Agreement, including the Protocol and Annex thereto. The Greenland authorities shall grant to vessels designated by the Community licenses issued under the Protocol commensurate with the fishing opportunities granted in accordance with the Protocol.

The fishing opportunities granted to the Community by Greenland under the present Agreement may be taken by vessels flying the flag of and registered in Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands to the extent to which this is necessary for the proper functioning of the fisheries agreements concluded by the Community with those Parties. To this end, Greenland undertakes to authorise vessels flying the flag of, and registered in, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands to engage in fishing activities in its EEZ.

The fishing activities governed by this Agreement shall be subject to the laws and regulations in force in Greenland. The Greenland authorities shall seek the observations of the Community authorities on any amendments to that legislation prior to the entry into force of the legislation unless the purpose of the legislation is such that it duly justifies its urgent entry into force, without any delay which could be caused by such consultation with the Community authorities. The Greenland authorities shall notify in advance and in due time the Community authorities of any amendments to that legislation.

Greenland shall assume responsibility for the effective application of the fisheries monitoring provisions in the Protocol. Community vessels shall cooperate with the competent authorities responsible for carrying out such monitoring.

The Community authorities hereby undertake to take all the appropriate steps required to ensure that Community vessels comply with this Agreement and the legislation governing fisheries in the Greenland EEZ.