Article 4
Effort restriction 1. Member States shall calculate the aggregate power and the aggregate volume of its vessels which, in any one of the years 1998, 1999 or 2000, have landed more than 10 tonnes of any mixture of the deep-sea species. These aggregate values shall be communicated to the Commission. Upon written request by the Commission, Member States shall provide within thirty days, documentation of the catch records made by vessels to which deep-sea fishing permits have been granted. 2. Each Member State can only issue deep-sea fishing permits to its vessels if: (a) the aggregate power of those vessels does not exceed the aggregate power determined in accordance with paragraph 1, and/or (b) the aggregate volume of those vessels does not exceed the aggregate volume determined in accordance with paragraph 1.