Annex III, point 13 to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 shall be replaced by the following:
‘13. Vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North-East Atlantic
13.1.
The Commission shall without delay inform Member States of vessels flying flags of non-contracting Parties to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in North-East Atlantic Fisheries (the Convention) that have been sighted engaging in fishing activities in the Regulatory Area of the Convention and placed by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) on a provisional list of vessels that are being presumed to be undermining the Recommendations established under the Convention. The following measures shall apply to these vessels:
(a)
vessels that enter ports are not authorised to land or tranship therein and shall be inspected by the competent authorities. Such inspections shall include the vessel's documents, log books, fishing gear, catch onboard and any other matter relating to the vessel’s activities in the Regulatory Area of the Convention. Information on the result of the inspections shall immediately be transmitted to the Commission;
(b)
fishing vessels, support vessels, refuel vessels, mother-ships and cargo vessels flying the flag of a Member State shall not in any way assist the vessels or participate in any transhipment or joint fishing operations with the vessels;
(c)
the vessels shall not be supplied in ports with provisions, fuel or other services.
13.2.
Vessels that have been placed by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission NEAFC on the list of vessels that have been confirmed as having engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries (IUU vessels) are listed in Appendix 4. In addition to the measures referred to in point 13.1 the following measures shall apply to these vessels:
(a)
IUU vessels shall be prohibited to enter a Community port;
(b)
IUU vessels shall not be authorised to fish in Community waters and be prohibited to be chartered;
(c)
imports of fish coming from IUU vessels shall be prohibited;
(d)
Member States shall refuse the granting of their flag to IUU vessels and encourage importers, transporters and other sectors concerned to refrain from negotiating and from transhipping of fish caught by such vessels.
13.3.
The Commission shall amend the list of IUU vessels to be in accordance with the NEAFC IUU list as soon as NEAFC adopts a new IUU list.’