Article 15
Scientific observers 1. Member States shall designate scientific observers authorised to carry out the tasks associated with the implementation of the observation system adopted by the CCAMLR in accordance with this Regulation. 2. The duties and tasks of scientific observers carried on board vessels are set out in Annex VII. 3. Scientific observers shall be nationals of the Member State which designates them. They shall comply with the customs and rules in force on the vessel on which they make their observations. 4. Scientific observers shall be familiar with the harvesting and scientific research activities to be observed, the provisions of the Convention and the measures adopted under the Convention, and shall have received adequate training to carry out their duties competently. They shall, in addition, be able to communicate in the language of the flag State of the vessels on which they carry out their activities. 5. Scientific observers shall carry a document, issued by the Member State which designates them in a form approved by the CCAMLR, identifying them as CCAMLR scientific observers. 6. Scientific observers shall present to the CCAMLR, through the Member State which designates them, and at the latest one month after the end of the observation period or after the return of the observers to their country of origin, a report on each observation visit carried out using the observation formats approved by the CCAMLR Scientific Committee. A copy shall be transmitted to the flag State of the vessel concerned and to the Commission. 7. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 20(2).