Inadmissibility of applications by operators included in the Union IUU vessel list or whose vessel is flagged to a non-cooperating third county
Article 4
1. The period of inadmissibility for an operator whose fishing vessel is included in the Union list of fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as referred to in Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 shall be the whole period during which the fishing vessel is included in that list and, in any event, not less than 24 months from the date of its listing. 2. Operators whose fishing vessel is flagged to a country identified as a non-cooperating third country as provided for in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 shall be inadmissible during the whole period while that country is listed and, in any event, for a minimum period of 12 months. 3. The starting date of the inadmissibility period shall be the date of entry into force of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 ( 7 ) establishing the Union IUU vessel list or of the Council Implementing Decision 2014/170/EU ( 8 ) establishing the list of non-cooperating third countries or the date of an amendment to such a Regulation or a Decision whereby a fishing vessel or a country would be added to such a list.