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Assistance to the Commission and the Member States The Agency shall assist the Commission and the Member States for the purpose of ensuring a high level of uniform and effective fulfilment of their obligations under the rules of the common fisheries policy, including as regards the fight against IUU fishing, and assist them in their relations with third countries. The Agency shall in particular:

(a) establish and develop a core curriculum for the training of the instructors of the fisheries inspectorate of the Member States and provide additional training courses and seminars to those officials and other personnel involved in control and inspection activities;

(b) establish and develop a core curriculum for the training of Union inspectors before their first deployment and provide updated additional training and seminars on a regular basis to those officials;

(c) at the request of Member States, undertake the joint procurement of goods and services relating to control and inspection activities by Member States as well as the preparation for and the coordination of the implementation by Member States of joint pilot projects;

(d) draw up joint operational procedures in relation to joint control and inspection activities undertaken by two or more Member States;

(e) elaborate criteria for the exchange of means of control and inspection between Member States and between Member States and third countries, and for the provision of such means by the Member States;

(f) conduct risk analysis on the basis of fisheries data on catches, landings and fisheries effort, as well as risk analysis of unreported landings including, inter alia, a comparison of data on catches and imports with data on exports and on national consumption;

(g) at the request of the Commission or of Member States, develop common inspection methodologies and procedures;

(h) assist Member States, at their request, to comply with their Union and international obligations, including the fight against IUU fishing, and those arising in the framework of regional fisheries management organisations;

(i) promote and coordinate the development of uniform risk management methodologies in the field of its competence;

(j) coordinate and promote cooperation between Member States, and common standards for the development of sampling plans provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.