Article 40 Duties of the flag Member State
United Kingdom
The Member States shall ensure that the master of a vessel flying their flag complies with the obligations relating to masters of the vessel set out in Article 41.
The Member State of a fishing vessel intending to land or tranship or make use of other port services, or where the vessel has engaged in transhipment operations outside a port, shall confirm by returning a copy of the Port State Control Prior Request Form set out in Annex II.L to the CEM referred to in point 43 of the Annex to this Regulation, transmitted in accordance with Article 39(5) with part B duly completed, stating that:
the fishing vessel declared to have caught the fish had sufficient quota for the species declared;
the declared quantity of fish on board has been duly reported by species and taken into account for the calculation of any catch or effort limitations that may be applicable;
the fishing vessel declared to have caught the fish had authorisation to fish in the areas declared; and
the presence of the vessel in the area in which it has declared to have taken its catch has been verified by VMS data.
The Member State shall send to the Commission the contact information of the competent authority, which shall act as the contact point for the purposes of receiving requests in accordance with Article 39(5) and providing confirmation in accordance with Article 39(6). The Commission shall post this information on the NAFO MCS website in PDF format.