Determination of threshold triggering inadmissibility where the operator owns or controls more than one fishing vessel
Article 8
1. If an operator owns or controls more than one fishing vessel, the inadmissibility period of an application for support submitted by that operator shall be determined separately for each individual fishing vessel, in accordance with Article 3 or Article 4. 2. In addition, applications for support submitted by that operator shall also be inadmissible: (a) if applications in relation to more than half of the fishing vessels owned or controlled by that operator are inadmissible for support pursuant to Article 3 or Article 4, or (b) where infringement points have been assigned for serious infringements pursuant to Article 42(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 or Article 90(1)(a) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, if the average number of infringement points assigned per fishing vessel owned or controlled by that operator equals or exceeds 7 points.