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1. Intra-farm transfer shall not take place without the authorisation and the presence of the competent authority of the farm Member State. Each transfer shall be recorded by control cameras to confirm the number of bluefin tuna individuals transferred. The video recording shall comply with the minimum standards for video recording procedures set out in Annex X. The competent authority of the farm Member State shall monitor and control those transfers and shall ensure that each intra-farm transfer is recorded in the eBCD system.

2. Notwithstanding the definition of caging in Article 5, point 30, the relocation of bluefin tuna individuals between two different locations on the same farm (intra-farm transfer) using a transport cage, shall not be considered as caging for the purposes of Section 7.

3. During intra-farm transfers, regrouping fish of the same flag origin and the same joint fishing operation, may be authorised by the competent authority of the farm Member State, providing that traceability and the applicability of the SCRS’s growth rates are maintained.

4. The competent authority of the farm Member State and the farm operator shall retain the video records from intra-farm transfers undertaken in farms under its jurisdiction for a minimum of 3 years and keep the information for as long as necessary for enforcement purposes.