# 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 94: Independence of control observers

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

In order to be independent from the owner, the operator, the master of the United Kingdom fishing vessel and any crew member, as prescribed by Article 73(2) of the Control Regulation, control observers shall not be:
a relative or an employee of the master of the United Kingdom fishing vessel or any other crew member, the representative of the master or the owner or the operator of the United Kingdom fishing vessel to which he is assigned,
an employee of a company controlled by the master, a crew member, the representative of the master or the owner or the operator of the United Kingdom fishing vessel to which he is assigned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/404/article/94 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-404/article-94
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