Data quality control and validation
Article 14
1. Member States shall be responsible for the quality and completeness of the primary data collected under national work plans, and for the detailed and aggregated data derived therefrom which are transmitted to end-users of scientific data. 2. Member States shall ensure that: (a) primary data collected under national work plans are properly checked for errors by appropriate quality control procedures; (b) detailed and aggregated data derived from primary data collected under national work plans are validated before their transmission to end-users of scientific data; (c) the quality assurance procedures applied to the primary, detailed and aggregated data referred to in points (a) and (b) are developed in accordance with the procedures adopted by the international scientific bodies, regional fisheries management organisations, STECF and regional coordination groups.