Characteristics of satellite-tracking devices
Article 19
1. The satellite-tracking device installed on board EU fishing vessels shall ensure the automatic transmission to the FMC of the flag Member State, at regular intervals, of data relating to: (a) the fishing vessel identification; (b) the most recent geographical position of the fishing vessel, with a position error which shall be less than 500 metres, with a confidence interval of 99 %; (c) the date and time (expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)) of the fixing of the said position of the fishing vessel; and (d) the instant speed and course of the fishing vessel. 2. Member States shall ensure that satellite-tracking devices are protected against input or output of false positions and cannot be manually over-ridden.