# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 of 8 April 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy, Article 105: Preparation of inspection

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

1. Without prejudice to benchmarks defined in specific control and inspection programmes and in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, an inspection of a fishing vessel shall take place in port or on landing, on the following occasions:
(a) routinely subject to a sampling methodology based on a risk-based management; or
(b) where it is suspected of failing to comply with the Fisheries Rules.
2. In cases referred to in paragraph 1(b) and without prejudice to the last sentence of Article 106(2) of this Regulation the competent authorities of a fisheries administration must ensure that the fishing vessel to be inspected in port is met by their officials on arrival.
3. Paragraph 1 does not exclude the possibility for a fisheries administration to undertake random inspections.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/404/article/105 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-404/article-105
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