# Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1936/2001 and (EC) No 601/2004 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1093/94 and (EC) No 1447/1999, Article 13: Catch documentation schemes agreed and in force in the framework of a regional fisheries management organisation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Catch documents, and any related documents, validated in conformity with catch documentation schemes adopted by a regional fisheries management organisation which are recognised as complying with the requirements laid down in this Regulation, shall be accepted as catch certificates in respect of the fishery products from species to which such catch documentation schemes apply and shall be subject to the check and verification requirements incumbent upon a fisheries administration, when the fishery products are to be imported into the United Kingdom in accordance with Articles 16 and 17 and to the provisions on refusal of importation laid down in Article 18. ...
2. Paragraph 1 is without prejudice to any enactment implementing such catch documentation schemes in the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1005/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1005/article-13
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