Article 20 Flag State notifications and cooperation with third countries

United Kingdom

The acceptance of catch certificates validated by a given flag F1state for the purposes of this Regulation shall be subject to the condition that F2a fisheries administration has received a notification from the flag state concerned certifying that:

(a)

it has in place national arrangements for the implementation, control and enforcement of laws, regulations and conservation and management measures which must be complied with by its fishing vessels;

(b)

its public authorities are empowered to attest the veracity of the information contained in catch certificates and to carry out verifications of such certificates on request from F3a fisheries administration. The notification shall also include the necessary information to identify those authorities.

The information to be given in the notification laid down in paragraph 1 is set forth in Annex III.

F4A fisheries administration must inform the flag F5state of the receipt of the notification sent pursuant to paragraph 1. If all elements mentioned in paragraph 1 are not provided by the flag state, a fisheries administration must indicate to the flag state which elements are missing and request that it provide a new notification.

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F75.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Art. 20(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(21)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in Art. 20(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(21)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in Art. 20(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(21)(a)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Words in Art. 20(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(21)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5: Word in Art. 20(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(21)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6: Art. 20(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(21)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7: Art. 20(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(21)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)