# 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 71: Timing of weighing

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

1. Where fisheries products are transhipped between United Kingdom fishing vessels and the first landing of the transhipped fisheries products is to take place in a port outside of the United Kingdom, the fisheries products shall be weighed before being transported away from the port or place of transhipment.
2. When the fisheries products are weighed on board a United Kingdom fishing vessel in accordance with Article 60(3) of the Control Regulation and they are weighed again on land after landing the figure resulting from the weighing on land shall be used for the purpose of Article 60(5) of the Control Regulation.
3. Without prejudice to special provisions for United Kingdom fishing vessels not subject to the electronic completion and transmission of fishing logbook data as referred to in Article 15 of the Control Regulation a fisheries administration may require the master to hand over a copy of the log sheet to the competent authorities of the country of landing prior to weighing.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/404/article/71 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-404/article-71
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