1. Member States shall carry out inspections of at least 15 % of landings or transhipments by third-country fishing vessels, referred to in Article 49, in its ports each year.
2. Inspections shall involve the monitoring of the entire discharge or transhipment and include a cross-check between the quantities by species recorded in the prior notice of landing and the quantities by species landed or transhipped.
3. Inspectors shall make all possible efforts to avoid unduly delaying a fishing vessel and ensure that the fishing vessel suffers the minimum interference and inconvenience and that degradation of the quality of the fish is avoided.
Other provisions in CHAPTER VIII — SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LANDING OR TRANSHIPPING OF FROZEN FISH CAUGHT BY THIRD-COUNTRY FISHING VESSELS IN THE NEAFC REGULATORY AREA
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CitationArticle 53 of Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2006 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)
