Transhipment operations
Article 28
1. Any transhipment operation conducted by a Union fishing vessel on the high seas or under direct authorisations shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 21 and 22 of the Control Regulation. The flag Member State shall provide the Commission by the end of March each year, for transhipments which took place the previous year, with the information given in the transhipment declaration, the date of transhipment, the geographical position and area where the transhipment took place. 2. Masters of Union fishing vessels fishing under direct authorisations or on the high seas shall notify the competent authorities of their flag Member State, prior to the transhipment, of the following information: (a) the name and external identification number of the receiving vessel; (b) the time and geographical position of the planned transhipment operation; and (c) the estimated quantities of species to be transhipped. 3. This Article shall not apply to transhipments carried out in ports by Union fishing vessels.