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1. Masters of Union ◄ fishing vessels of 12 metres’ length overall or more shall record by electronic means the information referred to in Article 14, and shall send it by electronic means to the competent authority of the flag Member State at least once a day.

2. Masters of Union ◄ fishing vessels of 12 metres’ length overall or more shall send the information referred to in Article 14 at the request of the competent authority of the flag Member State, and shall in any event transmit the relevant fishing logbook data after the last fishing operation has been completed and before entering port.

3. Paragraph 1 shall apply:

(a) as from 1 January 2012 to Union ◄ fishing vessels of 12 metres’ length overall or more and less than 15 metres’ length overall;

(b) as from 1 July 2011 to Union ◄ fishing vessels of 15 metres’ length overall or more and less than 24 metres’ length overall; and (c) as from 1 January 2010 to Union ◄ fishing vessels of 24 metres’ length overall or more.

4. A Member State may exempt masters of Union ◄ fishing vessels of less than 15 metres’ length overall flying its flag from paragraph 1 if they:

(a) operate exclusively within the territorial seas of the flag Member State; or (b) never spend more than 24 hours at sea from the time of departure to the return to port.

5. Masters of Union ◄ fishing vessels that electronically record and report data on their fishing activities shall be exempt from the obligation to complete a paper fishing logbook, a landing declaration and a transhipment declaration.

6. Member States may conclude bilateral agreements on the use of electronic reporting systems on vessels flying their flags within the waters under their sovereignty or jurisdiction. The vessels falling within the scope of such agreements shall be exempt from completing a paper fishing logbook within those waters.

7. A Member State may oblige or authorise masters of fishing vessels flying its flag as of 1 January 2010 to electronically record and transmit the data referred to in Article 14.

8. The competent authorities of a coastal Member State shall accept electronic reports received from the flag Member State containing the data from fishing vessels referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.

9. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 119.