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Reports on surveillance and inspection activities, on infringements and their follow-up and on IUU activities

1. By 1 February each year, each Member State shall report to EFCA and the Commission the following information:

(a) the number of inspections it has carried out under Articles 22, 23 and 31, specifying the number of inspections by flag State of the inspected fishing vessel and, in the case of infringement, the date and position of the respective fishing vessel and the nature of infringement;

(b) the number of hours flown and the number of hours at sea on NEAFC patrols, the number of sightings by flag State of the sighted vessels and the list of individual fishing vessels for which a surveillance report has been completed;

(c) the number of inspections of non-Contracting Party vessels that it conducted under the NEAFC Scheme at sea or in its ports, the names of the vessels inspected and their respective flag States, the dates of the inspections, the names of any ports where the inspections were conducted and the results of such inspections;

(d) where fish are landed or transhipped following an inspection pursuant to the NEAFC Scheme, the evidence presented pursuant to Article 46; and (e) the status of the proceedings concerning each infringement of the conservation and management measures adopted by NEAFC which were committed during the previous calendar year with those infringements continuing to be listed in each subsequent report until the proceedings are concluded in accordance with the relevant provisions of national law; the report shall indicate the status of the proceedings and in particular whether the case is pending, under appeal or still under investigation, and the report shall furthermore describe in specific terms any sanctions or penalties imposed, stating in particular the amount of fines, the value of forfeited fish or gear, any written warnings given and, if no action has been taken, the reasons therefor.

2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided in conformity with the templates adopted by NEAFC.

3. EFCA shall compile a Union report on the basis of the reports of the Member States and the information available under the Union joint inspection and surveillance scheme. EFCA shall send the Union report to the Commission by 20 February each year. The Commission shall send the Union report to the NEAFC Secretariat by 1 March each year.