{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2107/annex-VIII/division-4/division-5",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/2107",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2017 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention area of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), and amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EC) No 1984/2003 and (EC) No 520/2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2107",
  "path": "annex/VIII/division/4/division/5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "The observer shall monitor the LSPLV's and carrier vessel's adherence to the relevant conservation and management measures adopted by ICCAT. The observers' tasks shall be, in particular, to:",
  "text": "5.1Visit the LSPLV intending to tranship to a carrier vessel, taking into account the concerns reflected in point 9, and before the transhipment takes place, to:\n(a)check the validity of the fishing vessel's authorisation or licence to catch tuna and tuna-like species and any other species caught in association with those species in the ICCAT Convention area;\n(b)inspect the fishing vessel's prior authorisations to tranship at sea from the flag CPC and, if appropriate, the coastal State;\n(c)check and record the total quantity of catch on board by species and, if possible, by stock, and the quantities to be transhipped to the carrier vessel;\n(d)check that the vessel monitoring system (VMS) is functioning and examine the logbook and verify entries, if possible;\n(e)verify whether any of the catch on board resulted from transfers from other vessels, and check the documentation on such transfers;\n(f)in the case of indication that there are any violations involving the fishing vessel, immediately report the violation(s) to the master of the carrier vessel (taking due regard of any safety considerations) and to the observer programme implementing company, who shall promptly forward it to the flag CPC authorities of the fishing vessel; and\n(g)record the results of these duties on the fishing vessel in the observer's report.\n5.2Observe the activities of the carrier vessel and:\n(a)record and report upon the transhipment activities carried out;\n(b)verify the position of the vessel when engaged in transhipping;\n(c)observe and estimate quantities of tuna and tuna-like species transhipped by species, if known, and, if possible, by stock;\n(d)observe and estimate the quantities of other species caught in association with tuna and tuna-like species by species, if known;\n(e)verify and record the name of the LSPLV concerned and its ICCAT record number;\n(f)verify the data contained in the transhipment declaration, including through comparison with the LSPLV logbook, where possible;\n(g)certify the data contained in the transhipment declaration;\n(h)countersign the transhipment declaration; and\n(i)observe and estimate quantities of product by species when offloaded in the port where the observer is disembarked to verify consistency with quantities received during transhipment at sea.\n5.3In addition, the observer shall:\n(a)issue a daily report of the carrier vessel's transhipping activities;\n(b)establish general reports compiling the information collected in accordance with the observer's duties and provide the captain the opportunity to include therein any relevant information;\n(c)submit to the ICCAT Secretariat the general reports referred to in point (b) within 20 days from the end of the period of observation;\n(d)exercise any other functions as defined by ICCAT.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/2107/annex/VIII/division/4/division/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:27.577018+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}