Special fishing permits
Article 5
1. The special fishing permits referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 shall indicate the gear groupings and geographical areas for which they are issued. 2. For vessels fishing with regulated gear, in any geographical area which form part of a group of vessels that has been excluded from the application of the fishing effort regime pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008, the special fishing permit shall indicate the activity or technical characteristics for which exclusion has been granted and the conditions applying to such exclusion. 3. The form and content of the list of vessels holding a special fishing permit, as referred to in Article 14(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008, shall comply with Annex II. Member States shall keep the list updated by recording changes to the number of vessels included in it or to the special fishing permits issued, within 20 working days from such change. 4. Member States shall provide the Commission and other Member States with the link to the relevant page of their official website on which the list of the vessels holding a special fishing permit is published. Member States shall inform the Commission and other Member States of any changes to that link within 20 working days from such change. 5. Member States shall ensure that all data concerning the lists of vessels holding special fishing permits and any changes to those lists are duly archived. The archived information shall be made available to the Commission upon its request.