# Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006, Article 43: Designated ports

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

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2. Where a multiannual plan contains a threshold, applicable to the live weight of species subject to the plan, above which catches of such species must be landed in a designated port or place close to the shore, the master of a United Kingdom fishing vessel must ensure that landings of fish above the threshold are only made in a designated port or place close to the shore.
3. When the multiannual plan is applied in the framework of a regional fisheries management organisation, the landings or transhipments may take place in the ports of a Contracting Party or a non-contracting Cooperating Party of that organisation, in accordance with the rules laid down by that regional fisheries management organisation.
4. A fisheries administration must designate ports or places close to the shore in which landings referred to in paragraph 2 shall take place.
5. For a port or place close to the shore to be determined as a designated port, the following conditions shall be met:
(a) established landing or transhipment times;
(b) established landing or transhipment places;
(c) established inspection and surveillance procedures.
6. Where a port or place close to the shore has been determined as a designated port for the landing of a given species subject to a multiannual plan, it may be used for the landing of any other species.
7. A fisheries administration is exempt from paragraph 5(c) if the ... control action programme adopted in accordance with Article 46 contains a plan on how to perform control in designated ports, ensuring the same level of control by competent authorities. ...

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1224/article/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1224/article-43
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