Article 1
1. Member States shall notify the Commission, by electronic means under a specific case number, of all instances of behaviour which seriously infringe the rules of the common fisheries policy which have been discovered by the Member States' monitoring authorities and have been the subject of an official report, specifying the nature of such infringements in accordance with the typology laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1447/1999 and giving details of the infringements, in accordance with the model set out in Annex I and using the codes set out in Annex II. 2. They shall notify the Commission of the type of proceedings initiated, the decision(s) taken (including all instances), and the nature of the penalties imposed, in specific terms. 3. Member States shall send this information to the Commission, for the first time, before 31 March 2001 for the year 2000 and thereof, by 31 March each year, for the previous calendar year. 4. The annual report by the Member States shall include all serious infringements, mentioned in paragraph 1, discovered in the previous year and infringements discovered earlier on which a decision has been taken in the previous year thus changing the dossier. 5. The format for notifying the relevant information by electronic means shall be laid down in consultation with the Member States and the Commission.