Article 4 Format of the information exchanged

The format of the information exchanged between Member States, third countries and the Commission in accordance with Articles 11, 18, 22 and 25 of the SMEFF Regulation shall be the Fishing License Authorization & Permit (FLAP) Domain XML Schema Definition based on the United Nations Fisheries Language for Universal Exchange (UN/FLUX) P1000-9 standard.

Data fields, core components and well-formatted Extensible Markup Language (XML) messages shall comply with the XML Schema Definition (XSD) based on the UN/FLUX standardisation libraries.

The XSD and codes on the Master Data Register page of the European Commission Fisheries website shall be used.

Member States shall use the FLAP implementation document available on the European Commission fisheries website to ensure that the correct messages are communicated and the correct procedures are followed for the Union fishing authorisations database.