1. Each Member State shall communicate to the Commission as soon as it is available to it any information it considers relevant concerning methods, practices or revealed tendencies used or suspected of having been used for IUU fishing or serious infringements referred to in Article 42(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008.
2. The Commission shall communicate to the Member States, as soon as it becomes available to it, any information that would help them to enforce the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008.
1. Where a Member State becomes aware of operations which constitute, or appear to constitute, IUU fishing or serious infringements referred to in Article 42(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 and which are of particular relevance at Community level, it shall communicate to the Commission as soon as possible any relevant information needed to determine the facts. The Commission shall convey that information to the other Member States concerned.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, operations which constitute IUU fishing or serious infringements referred to in Article 42(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 shall be deemed to be of particular relevance at Community level especially where:
(a)
they have, or might have, connections in other Member States; or
(b)
it appears likely to the Member State that similar operations have also been carried out in other Member States.
3. Where the Commission considers that operations which constitute IUU fishing or serious infringements referred to in Article 42(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 have taken place in one or more Member States, it shall inform the Member States concerned thereof which shall as soon as possible carry out enquiries. The Member States concerned shall, as soon as possible, communicate to the Commission the findings of those enquiries.
