Article 1 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "fishing activities" shall mean fishing, fish processing operations, the transhipment of fish or fish products and any other activity in preparation for, or related to, fishing in the NAFO regulatory area; (b) "NAFO regulatory area" shall mean the area referred to in Article I(2) of the NAFO Convention; (c) "non-contracting party vessel" shall mean a vessel which has been sighted and reported as having engaged in fishing activities in the NAFO regulatory area and (i) which flies the flag of a State which is not a contracting party to the NAFO Convention; or (ii) for which there are reasonable grounds for suspecting it to be without nationality. Article 2 Upon receipt of a report on a sighting of a non-contracting party vessel by a Community inspector assigned to the NAFO scheme of joint international inspection and surveillance, the Commission shall transmit this information without delay to the Secretariat of NAFO and, where possible, to the non-contracting party vessel, informing it that the information will be transmitted to all the Contracting Parties to the NAFO Convention and to its flag State. Article 3 The Commission shall communicate to all Member States without delay each report on a sighting which it has received pursuant to Article 2 or by way of a notification from the Secretariat of NAFO or another Contracting Party. Article 4 Community fishing vessels shall be prohibited from receiving transhipments of fish from non-contracting party vessels. Article 5 1. Member States shall ensure that each non-contracting party vessel which enters a designated port within the meaning of Article 28(e)(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 is inspected by their competent authorities. The vessel may not land or tranship any catch until this inspection has been completed. 2. If, on completion of inspection, the competent authorities find that the non-contracting party vessel holds on board any of the species listed in Annexes I and II, the Member State concerned shall prohibit any landing and/or transhipment. 3. However, no such prohibition shall apply if the master of the inspected vessel or his representative proves to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member State concerned that: - species held on board were caught outside the NAFO regulatory area, or - species held on board and listed in Annex II were caught in accordance with the conservation and enforcement measures established by NAFO. Article 6 1. Member States shall communicate without delay to the Commission the results of each inspection and, where appropriate, any subsequent prohibition of landing and/or transhipment, which was applied as a result of the inspection. This information shall include the name of the inspected non-contracting party vessel and its flag State, the date and the port of inspection, the grounds for a subsequent prohibition of landing and/or transhipment or, where no such prohibition was applied, the evidence presented pursuant to Article 5(3). 2. The Commission shall transmit this information without delay to the Secretariat of NAFO and as soon as possible to the flag State of the inspected non-contracting party vessel. Article 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 8 June 2000. For the Council The President G. Oliveira Martins (1) OJ C 56, 29.2.2000, p. 1. (2) Opinion delivered on 19 May 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 378, 30.12.1978, p. 1. (4) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98 (OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5).
Article 2 
Upon receipt of a report on a sighting of a non-contracting party vessel by a Community inspector assigned to the NAFO scheme of joint international inspection and surveillance, the Commission shall transmit this information without delay to the Secretariat of NAFO and, where possible, to the non-contracting party vessel, informing it that the information will be transmitted to all the Contracting Parties to the NAFO Convention and to its flag State. Article 3 The Commission shall communicate to all Member States without delay each report on a sighting which it has received pursuant to Article 2 or by way of a notification from the Secretariat of NAFO or another Contracting Party. Article 4 Community fishing vessels shall be prohibited from receiving transhipments of fish from non-contracting party vessels. Article 5 1. Member States shall ensure that each non-contracting party vessel which enters a designated port within the meaning of Article 28(e)(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 is inspected by their competent authorities. The vessel may not land or tranship any catch until this inspection has been completed. 2. If, on completion of inspection, the competent authorities find that the non-contracting party vessel holds on board any of the species listed in Annexes I and II, the Member State concerned shall prohibit any landing and/or transhipment. 3. However, no such prohibition shall apply if the master of the inspected vessel or his representative proves to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member State concerned that: - species held on board were caught outside the NAFO regulatory area, or - species held on board and listed in Annex II were caught in accordance with the conservation and enforcement measures established by NAFO. Article 6 1. Member States shall communicate without delay to the Commission the results of each inspection and, where appropriate, any subsequent prohibition of landing and/or transhipment, which was applied as a result of the inspection. This information shall include the name of the inspected non-contracting party vessel and its flag State, the date and the port of inspection, the grounds for a subsequent prohibition of landing and/or transhipment or, where no such prohibition was applied, the evidence presented pursuant to Article 5(3). 2. The Commission shall transmit this information without delay to the Secretariat of NAFO and as soon as possible to the flag State of the inspected non-contracting party vessel. Article 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 8 June 2000. For the Council The President G. Oliveira Martins (1) OJ C 56, 29.2.2000, p. 1. (2) Opinion delivered on 19 May 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 378, 30.12.1978, p. 1. (4) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98 (OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5).
Article 3 
The Commission shall communicate to all Member States without delay each report on a sighting which it has received pursuant to Article 2 or by way of a notification from the Secretariat of NAFO or another Contracting Party. Article 4 Community fishing vessels shall be prohibited from receiving transhipments of fish from non-contracting party vessels. Article 5 1. Member States shall ensure that each non-contracting party vessel which enters a designated port within the meaning of Article 28(e)(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 is inspected by their competent authorities. The vessel may not land or tranship any catch until this inspection has been completed. 2. If, on completion of inspection, the competent authorities find that the non-contracting party vessel holds on board any of the species listed in Annexes I and II, the Member State concerned shall prohibit any landing and/or transhipment. 3. However, no such prohibition shall apply if the master of the inspected vessel or his representative proves to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member State concerned that: - species held on board were caught outside the NAFO regulatory area, or - species held on board and listed in Annex II were caught in accordance with the conservation and enforcement measures established by NAFO. Article 6 1. Member States shall communicate without delay to the Commission the results of each inspection and, where appropriate, any subsequent prohibition of landing and/or transhipment, which was applied as a result of the inspection. This information shall include the name of the inspected non-contracting party vessel and its flag State, the date and the port of inspection, the grounds for a subsequent prohibition of landing and/or transhipment or, where no such prohibition was applied, the evidence presented pursuant to Article 5(3). 2. The Commission shall transmit this information without delay to the Secretariat of NAFO and as soon as possible to the flag State of the inspected non-contracting party vessel. Article 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 8 June 2000. For the Council The President G. Oliveira Martins (1) OJ C 56, 29.2.2000, p. 1. (2) Opinion delivered on 19 May 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 378, 30.12.1978, p. 1. (4) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98 (OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5).
Article 4 
Community fishing vessels shall be prohibited from receiving transhipments of fish from non-contracting party vessels. Article 5 1. Member States shall ensure that each non-contracting party vessel which enters a designated port within the meaning of Article 28(e)(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 is inspected by their competent authorities. The vessel may not land or tranship any catch until this inspection has been completed. 2. If, on completion of inspection, the competent authorities find that the non-contracting party vessel holds on board any of the species listed in Annexes I and II, the Member State concerned shall prohibit any landing and/or transhipment. 3. However, no such prohibition shall apply if the master of the inspected vessel or his representative proves to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member State concerned that: - species held on board were caught outside the NAFO regulatory area, or - species held on board and listed in Annex II were caught in accordance with the conservation and enforcement measures established by NAFO. Article 6 1. Member States shall communicate without delay to the Commission the results of each inspection and, where appropriate, any subsequent prohibition of landing and/or transhipment, which was applied as a result of the inspection. This information shall include the name of the inspected non-contracting party vessel and its flag State, the date and the port of inspection, the grounds for a subsequent prohibition of landing and/or transhipment or, where no such prohibition was applied, the evidence presented pursuant to Article 5(3). 2. The Commission shall transmit this information without delay to the Secretariat of NAFO and as soon as possible to the flag State of the inspected non-contracting party vessel. Article 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 8 June 2000. For the Council The President G. Oliveira Martins (1) OJ C 56, 29.2.2000, p. 1. (2) Opinion delivered on 19 May 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 378, 30.12.1978, p. 1. (4) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98 (OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5).
Article 5 
1. Member States shall ensure that each non-contracting party vessel which enters a designated port within the meaning of Article 28(e)(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 is inspected by their competent authorities. The vessel may not land or tranship any catch until this inspection has been completed. 2. If, on completion of inspection, the competent authorities find that the non-contracting party vessel holds on board any of the species listed in Annexes I and II, the Member State concerned shall prohibit any landing and/or transhipment. 3. However, no such prohibition shall apply if the master of the inspected vessel or his representative proves to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member State concerned that: - species held on board were caught outside the NAFO regulatory area, or - species held on board and listed in Annex II were caught in accordance with the conservation and enforcement measures established by NAFO. Article 6 1. Member States shall communicate without delay to the Commission the results of each inspection and, where appropriate, any subsequent prohibition of landing and/or transhipment, which was applied as a result of the inspection. This information shall include the name of the inspected non-contracting party vessel and its flag State, the date and the port of inspection, the grounds for a subsequent prohibition of landing and/or transhipment or, where no such prohibition was applied, the evidence presented pursuant to Article 5(3). 2. The Commission shall transmit this information without delay to the Secretariat of NAFO and as soon as possible to the flag State of the inspected non-contracting party vessel. Article 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 8 June 2000. For the Council The President G. Oliveira Martins (1) OJ C 56, 29.2.2000, p. 1. (2) Opinion delivered on 19 May 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 378, 30.12.1978, p. 1. (4) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98 (OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5).
Article 6 
1. Member States shall communicate without delay to the Commission the results of each inspection and, where appropriate, any subsequent prohibition of landing and/or transhipment, which was applied as a result of the inspection. This information shall include the name of the inspected non-contracting party vessel and its flag State, the date and the port of inspection, the grounds for a subsequent prohibition of landing and/or transhipment or, where no such prohibition was applied, the evidence presented pursuant to Article 5(3). 2. The Commission shall transmit this information without delay to the Secretariat of NAFO and as soon as possible to the flag State of the inspected non-contracting party vessel. Article 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 8 June 2000. For the Council The President G. Oliveira Martins (1) OJ C 56, 29.2.2000, p. 1. (2) Opinion delivered on 19 May 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 378, 30.12.1978, p. 1. (4) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98 (OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5).
Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 8 June 2000