If the Member State of landing or transshipment is not the flag Member State and its competent authorities do not undertake, in conformity with their national law, appropriate measures including the initiation of administrative action or criminal proceedings against the natural or legal persons responsible, or do not transfer prosecution in accordance with Article 31 (4), the quantities illegally landed or transshipped may be set against the quota allocated to that former Member State.
Če država članica, kjer poteka iztovarjanje ali pretovarjanje, ni država članica, pod katere zastavo pluje plovilo, in če njeni pristojni organi v skladu z nacionalnim pravom ne sprejmejo ustreznih ukrepov, vključno s sprožitvijo upravnega ali kazenskega postopka proti odgovorni fizični ali pravni osebi, ali če ne prenesejo pregona v skladu s členom 31(4), se lahko nezakonito iztovorjena ali pretovorjena količina tej državi članici odbije.