Transfer of ownership
Article 9
1. If an operator is subject to an inadmissibility period pursuant to Articles 3, 4 and 6, the inadmissibility period resulting from serious infringements committed prior to the change of ownership shall not be transferred to the new operator in the case of sale or transfer of ownership of the fishing vessel. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where, in accordance with the point system established by Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, infringement points are assigned for serious infringements committed under Article 42(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 or Article 90(1)(a) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 prior to the change of ownership of the fishing vessel, those infringement points shall be taken into account for the purposes of triggering the inadmissibility and calculating the duration of the inadmissibility period of the new operator pursuant to Article 3 and Article 8(2) only when the new operator commits, after the change of ownership, a serious infringement under Article 42(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 or Article 90(1)(a) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.