Article 3
Special fishing permit 1. Only Community fishing vessels holding a special fishing permit issued by their flag Member State in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1627/94(8) shall be authorised, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the permit, to fish, retain on board, tranship and land fishery resources from the Convention area. 2. The Member States shall transmit to the Commission, by computer transmission, within three days from the date of issue of the permit referred to in paragraph 1, the following information concerning the vessel covered by the permit: (a) the name of the vessel concerned; (b) the period for which it is authorised to fish in the Convention area, with the dates on which fishing activities start and end; (c) the fishing area or areas; (d) the target species; (e) the gear used. The Commission shall transmit such information to the CCAMLR Secretariat without delay. 3. The information transmitted to the Commission by the Member States shall include the internal fleet register number as provided for in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2090/98 of 30 September 1998 concerning the fishing vessel register of the Community(9), together with details of the home port and the names of the owner or charterer of the vessel, and shall be accompanied by the notification that the master of the vessel has been informed of the measures in force for the area or areas where the vessel will be fishing in the Convention area. 4. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall apply subject to the special provisions provided for in Articles 5, 6, 7 and 8. 5. Member States shall not issue a special fishing permit to vessels intending to engage in longline fisheries in the Convention area that do not comply with the provisions of Article 8(3), second subparagraph, of Council Regulation (EC) No 600/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain technical measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources(10). 6. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 37(2).