# 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 9: General principles

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

1. A fisheries administration must carry out inspections in its designated ports of at least 5 % of landing and transhipment operations by third country fishing vessels each year . A fisheries administration may, by regulations, specify benchmarks for such inspections determined on the basis of risk management. Benchmarks specified in regulations made under this paragraph are without prejudice to the higher thresholds adopted by regional fisheries management organisations.
2. The following fishing vessels shall be inspected in all cases:
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) fishing vessels identified ... as presumed to have engaged in IUU fishing in accordance with Article 25;
(d) fishing vessels appearing in a IUU vessel list adopted by a regional fisheries management organisation notified to the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1005/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1005/article-9
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