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Schedule MAXIMUM FINES ON SUMMARY CONVICTION [APART FROM FINES RELATED TO VALUE OF FISH]

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Community ProvisionSubject matterMaximum fine on summary conviction
Part I
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Article 4.1

Prohibition on fishing for, keeping on board, transhipping or landing fishery resources from the Regulatory Area without a special fishing permit issued by flag Member State. Requirement to comply with conditions set out in any such permit.£50,000
2

Article 5.1

Requirement for masters of Community fishing vessels, in addition to the information specified in Article 6 of Regulation 2847/93, to enter in their logbook each entry into and departure from the Regulatory Area.£50,000
3

Article 6.1, as read with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1085/2000f1

Requirement for masters of Community fishing vessels to send to the competent authorities in their flag member State a catch report. Reports of catch of regulated resources shall include and be submitted as follows:

  1. (a)

    the quantities held on board when entering the Regulatory Area—reports to be submitted between 12 and 6 hours in advance of each entry into the Regulatory Area;

  2. (b)

    weekly catches—to be transmitted no later than the end of the seventh day following entry into the Regulatory Area or, when fishing trips take longer than seven days, at the latest on Monday for catches taken in the Regulatory Area during the preceding week ending at midnight on Sunday;

  3. (c)

    quantities held on board when leaving the Regulatory Area, including, where appropriate, the number of fishing days and catches taken in the Regulatory Area—reports to be submitted between 8 and 6 hours in advance of each departure from the Regulatory Area;

  4. (d)

    quantities loaded and unloaded for each transhipment of fish during stay in the Regulatory Area—to be submitted no later than 24 hours after completion of transhipment.

£50,000
4

Article 9

Prohibition on Community fishing vessels from engaging in transhipment activities in the Regulatory Area without prior authorisation from the competent authorities in the Member State whose flag they are flying and in which they are registered.£50,000
5

Article 15

Requirement on masters of Community fishing vessels which are being boarded and inspected to:—

  1. (a)

    facilitate safe and effective boarding;

  2. (b)

    cooperate with and assist in inspection conducted in accordance with the Council Regulation, and not to obstruct, intimidate or interfere with NEAFC inspectors in the performance of their duties and shall ensure their safety;

  3. (c)

    permit NEAFC inspectors to communicate with the authorities of the flag state and the inspecting state;

  4. (d)

    provide access to relevant areas, decks, rooms of vessel, catches (processed or not), nest and other gear, equipment and any relevant documents;

  5. (e)

    provide NEAFC inspectors with reasonable facilities, including, where appropriate, food and accommodation where they remain on board in accordance with Article 18(3) of the Council Regulation;

  6. (f)

    facilitate safe disembarkation by NEAFC inspectors.

The statutory maximum
6

Article 24

Prohibition on receiving transhipments of fish from non-Contracting Party vessels.£50,000
7

Article 25.1

Prohibition on landing and/or transhipment of catches, after having entered a designated port within the meaning of Article 28(e)(2) of Regulation 2847/93, before completion of inspection by competent authorities.£50,000

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

(OJ No. L128, 25.9.2000, p. 1) laying down detailed rules for the application of control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries.