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Serious infringements For the purpose of this Regulation, the following infringements in respect of fishery resources shall be considered to be serious:

(a) fishing without a valid authorisation issued by the flag State;

(b) fishing without quota or after its exhaustion;

(c) use of prohibited fishing gear;

(d) serious misrecording of catches of regulated resources;

(e) repeated failure to comply with Articles 14 and 16 or, in respect of regulated resources, Article 15;

(f) landing or transhipping in a port not designated in accordance with Article 27;

(g) failure to comply with the requirements established in Article 28(1) to (4);

(h) landing or transhipping without authorisation of the port State or before the prenotified estimated time of arrival without permission of the port State as referred to in Article 29;

(i) preventing inspectors from carrying out their duties;

(j) directed fishing for a stock which is subject to a moratorium or for which fishing is prohibited;

(k) falsifying or concealing the markings, identity or registration of a fishing vessel;

(l) concealing, tampering with or disposing of evidence relating to an investigation;

(m) multiple violations which together constitute a serious disregard of conservation and management measures;

(n) engaging in transhipment or joint fishing operations with vessels of a non-Contracting Party which has not been accorded the status of active cooperating non-Contracting Party by NEAFC;

(o) supplying any provisions, fuel or other services to vessels that have been placed on the list of vessels carrying out IUU fishing referred to in Article 47(1).