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1. For certain stocks listed in Annex IA and identified by a footnote with a cross-reference to this Article, a Member State may, under the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of this Article, grant to vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries additional allocation within an overall limit set out in Annex IA as a percentage of the quota allocated to that Member State.

2. A Member State may grant additional allocation to vessels only in accordance with the following conditions:

(a) the vessel makes use of a close circuit television cameras (CCTV), associated to a system of sensors that record all fishing and processing activities on board the vessel;

(b) an amount of the additional allocation granted to an individual vessel that participates in fully documented fisheries shall be no more than 75 % of the discards predicted by that type of vessel, and in any case shall not represent more than a 30 % increase of the vessel’s allocation;

(c) all catches of the relevant stock by that vessel shall be counted against its allocation.

3. Where a Member State detects that a vessel participating in trials on fully documented fisheries fails to comply with the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of this Article, it shall immediately withdraw the additional allocation granted to the vessel concerned and exclude it from participation in these trials for the rest of the year 2011.

4. A Member State intending to apply paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, shall, before any additional allocation is granted, submit to the Commission the following information:

— the list of vessels participating in the trials, and the specifications of the remote electronic monitoring equipment installed on board;

— the capacity, type and specification of gears used by those vessels;

— the estimated discard rates of those types of vessels; and — the amount of catches of the stock subject to the relevant TAC made by those vessels in 2010.