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ANNEX II ‘ANNEX Va DETAILS ON THE SPECIFIC CONTROL AND INSPECTION PROGRAMME FOR CERTAIN TROPICAL TUNA FISHERIES UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE INDIAN OCEAN TUNA COMMISSION (1) This specific control and inspection programme shall cover the geographical areas defined as follows: “Indian Ocean” where “Indian Ocean” means the area defined in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2343. (2) The Member States concerned are France, Spain and Italy. (3) The following fisheries shall be included: — Fisheries exploiting yellowfin tuna ( Thunnus albacares ), skipjack ( Katsuwonus pelamis ) and bigeye tuna ( Thunnus obesus ) carried out by Union purse seine fishing vessels, and their Union support vessels deploying fish aggregating devices. (4) Target benchmarks to be applied for port inspections of Union purse seiners and support vessels, shall be based on the methodology provided by Article 5(8) and the risk management strategy established according to Article 6(2), with a minimum, per calendar year of a total of 14 inspections of landings and transhipments by purse seine vessels and of support vessels. These 14 inspections shall comprise a minimum of 1 inspection of support vessels. To the extent possible, inspections should be carried out by teams of Union inspectors from at least 2 Member States concerned. Member States shall endeavour to contribute to these 14 port inspections in proportion to the number of their respective active flag vessels, with a minimum of 1 inspection per Member State concerned. ’