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Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 Article 49

Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 Article 49

Scientific observers

Article 49

1.   Each fishing vessel participating in the exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 43 shall have at least two scientific observers, one of which shall be an observer appointed in accordance with the CCAMLR Scheme of International Scientific Observation, on board throughout all fishing activities within the fishing period. 2.   Each Member State, subject to and in accordance with their applicable laws and regulations, including rules governing the admissibility of evidence in domestic courts, shall consider and act on reports from inspectors of designating CCAMLR Contracting party under this scheme on the same basis as reports from its own inspectors and both Member State and designating CCAMLR Contracting party concerned shall cooperate in order to facilitate judicial or other proceedings arising from any such report.

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CitationArticle 49 of Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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