'When an inspection vessel has signalled that an inspection party is about to commence boarding a fishing vessel which has begun or is about to begin hauling its nets, the master of that fishing vessel shall ensure that the net is not retrieved for a period of 30 minutes after receiving the signal.'

during the fishing year, without delay and at the request of the Member State responsible for inspection, of the validity of a special fishing permit held by a vessel fishing in the waters in question, and on its own initiative, of the special fishing permits which have expired.

Any significant difference between the Community fishing vessel's position recorded in the "NAFO report" and the actual position established at the time of the vessel's inspection.`

Community vessels fishing in the Sao Tomé and Príncipe fishing zone shall permit and facilitate the boarding and fulfilment of the tasks of Sao Tomé and Príncipe officials responsible for the inspection and monitoring of fishing activities.

the boarding of a fishing vessel within an organisation's area of competence by one or more authorised inspectors in order to make an inspection;

spot checks and inspections on fishing vessels, the premises of businesses and other bodies with activities relating to the Common Fisheries Policy;

Community vessels fishing in Gabon's EEZ shall allow on board any Gabonese officials responsible for inspection and monitoring of fishing activities and shall assist them in the accomplishment of their duties.

At the request of the Angolan authorities, Community fishing vessels fishing under the terms of the Agreement shall allow on board any Angolan officials responsible for the inspection and monitoring of fishing activities and shall facilitate the accomplishment of their duties.

Member States shall also be authorised to carry out inspections in accordance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy relating to fishing activities in all Community waters outside waters under their sovereignty on fishing vessels, only:

When drawing up operational surveillance and inspection programmes the Commission shall ensure that, where, at any time, more than 10 Community fishing vessels are engaged in fishing activities targeted at regulated resources in the Regulatory Area, an inspection vessel from a Member State is present in the area or that an agreement has been concluded with another Contracting Party to ensure the presence of an inspection vessel.

However, in special circumstances, taking into account the size of the fishing vessel and the quantity of fish held on board, the duration of the inspection may exceed the periods referred to above.

At the request of the Angolan authorities, Community fishing vessels operating under the terms of the Agreement shall allow on board any Angolan officials responsible for the inspection and monitoring of fishing activities and facilitate the accomplishment of their duties.

On the basis of appointments by Member States communicated to the Commission, the Commission shall establish, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30(2), a list of Community inspectors, inspection vessels and inspection aircraft and other means of inspection authorised to carry out inspections under this Chapter in Community waters and on Community fishing vessels.

This Regulation lays down control and inspection measures relating to fishing for stocks of the highly migratory fish species listed in Annex I to this Regulation and shall apply to vessels flying the flag of Member States and registered in the Community, (hereinafter referred to as Community fishing vessels), operating in one of the zones specified in Article 2.

By way of derogation from the previous paragraph, the technical inspection procedures applying to tuna vessels and surface longliners fishing for pelagic species shall be laid down in Chapters XIII and XIV of this Agreement.

Member States shall notify the Commission by 1 September each year of the names of the inspectors and special inspection vessels (which term includes fishing vessels carrying inspectors) and the identity of the helicopters which they intend to assign to the Scheme for the following calendar year.

The Annexes to the NEAFC scheme of control and enforcement in respect of fishing vessels fishing in areas beyond the limits of national fisheries' jurisdiction in the convention area adopted by the NEAFC set out the formats for communicating data and models for certain inspection tools which should be adopted at Community level.

Once a year and after any alteration in tonnage or changes to the fishing category necessitating the use of a different type of gear, any Community vessel shall report to the port of Nouadhibou to undergo the inspections required by the legislation in force.

Whereas it is appropriate to establish detailed rules for the application of new provisions of the said scheme particularly those concerning the inspection of community fishing vessels operating in the NAFO zone and presumed to have committed a major apparent infringement;

Provisions on control, inspection and enforcement concern, on the one hand, obligations for the masters of fishing vessels and operators in the marketing chain and, on the other hand, spell out the different responsibilities for the Member States and the Commission.

cooperate with and assist in the inspection of the fishing vessel conducted in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Regulation, and shall not obstruct, intimidate or interfere with the inspectors in the performance of their duties and shall ensure their safety;

The appropriate authorities of the Contracting Parties shall notify the Executive Secretary by 1 November each year of the names of the inspectors and special inspection vessels (which term includes fishing vessels carrying inspectors) and the type and call sign of the helicopters or other aircraft which they are assigning to the scheme in accordance with paragraph 13 of the scheme.

For these purposes, the Commission may carry out inspections on fishing vessels as well as on the premises of businesses and other bodies with activities relating to the Common Fisheries Policy and shall have access to all information and documents needed to exercise its responsibility.

Whereas, with the objective of improving control and enforcement in the NAFO Regulatory Area and complementing the existing Scheme of Joint International Inspection and Surveillance, the Community has agreed, in the framework of the NAFO and the Agreement on Fisheries with Canada, to deploy Community observers on board Community fishing vessels while engaged in fishing activities in the said NAFO Regulatory Area;

"infringement" means any activity or omission of a fishing vessel which gives clear grounds for suspecting that a breach of the provisions of this Regulation and of any other regulation transposing an NEAFC recommendation has occurred and which has been noted in an inspection report in accordance with the Scheme;

The form must be completed legibly, must be signed by the skipper of the vessel and must be sent to the National Inspection and Surveillance Directorate of the Fisheries and Environment Ministry via the Delegation of the Commission of the European Communities within 45 days of the end of the fishing campaign in Angolan waters;

any presumed act committed or omitted by a fishing vessel that is recorded in an inspection report and gives serious reason for suspecting a breach of the provisions of this Regulation or any other Regulation transposing a recommendation adopted by a regional organisation for one of the zones indicated in Article 2;

Inspections by the Commission carried out of its own accord and without the assistance of inspectors of the Member State concerned shall take place only on fishing vessels and places of first landing or first sales, and shall be limited to areas or stocks subject to a specific monitoring programme decided under Article 34c of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.

inspectors shall have authority to inspect and measure all fishing gear on or near the working deck and readily available for use and to inspect and record estimates of the catch on and below decks in so far as such inspection and measurement are necessary to establish whether the vessel is complying with the Commission's measures; (b)

Some of those special provisions have been transposed into Community law by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3943/90 of 19 December 1990 on the application of the system of observation and inspection established under Article XXIV of the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources(4), by Council Regulation (EC) No 66/98 of 18 December 1997 laying down certain conservation and control measures applicable to fishing activities in the Antarctic(5), and by Council Regulation (EC) No 1721/1999 of 29 July 1999 laying down certain control measures in respect of vessels flying the flag of non-Contracting Parties to the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources(6).

Proposals adopted by the Commission for the allocation of catches in the Regulatory Area shall take into account the interests of Commission members whose vessels have traditionally fished within that Area , and , in the allocation of catches from the Grand Banks and Flemish Cap , Commission members shall give special consideration to the Contracting Party whose coastal communities are primarily dependent on fishing for stocks related to these fishings banks and which has undertaken extensive efforts to ensure the conservation of such stocks through international action , in particular , by providing surveillance and inspection of international fisheries on these banks under an international scheme of joint enforcement.