Article 29
Identification of vessels engaged in IUU activities 1. Member States that obtain suitably documented information regarding vessels that fall under one or more of the criteria set out in Article 28, on the basis, inter alia, of the application of Articles 19 to 26, shall transmit this information to the Commission by latest 20 April, of the year following that in which the documented vessel activities have taken place. The Commission shall immediately, and by latest 30 April, transmit to the CCAMLR the information received from Member States. 2. The Commission shall transmit to the Member States, immediately upon receipt from the CCAMLR, the draft list of Contracting Party vessels presumed to have carried out IUU activities. The Member State or Member States whose vessels appear on the draft list shall transmit to the Commission by latest 1 June, their comments, as appropriate, including verifiable VMS data and other supporting information showing that the vessels listed have not engaged in fishing activities in contravention of CCAMLR conservation measures nor had the possibility of being engaged in fishing activities in the Convention area. The Commission shall transmit such comments and supplementary information to the CCAMLR by latest 30 June. 3. Upon receipt of the draft list referred to in paragraph 2, Member States shall monitor closely the vessels listed in order to track their activities and detect any possible change of name, flag or ownership thereof. 4. The Commission shall transmit to the Member States, immediately upon receipt from the CCAMLR, the list of Contracting Party vessels appearing in the provisional IUU vessel list. Member States shall submit to the Commission any additional comments or information regarding the listed vessels, at least two months in advance of the following CCAMLR Annual Meeting. The Commission shall immediately transmit such additional comments and information to the CCAMLR. 5. The Commission shall notify member States each year the IUU vessel list adopted by the CCAMLR.