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1. No later than 72 hours before the estimated date of unloading, the vessel captain, the owner or his agent shall notify their national authorities of the dates and places of unloading of all or part of a catch, with a view to its verification.

2. If a fishing trip terminates when the vessel has been unloaded, a new tracking form shall be issued for that vessel for its next fishing trip and any tuna retained on board shall be recorded as the first entry on the new form.

3. If a fishing trip does not terminate when the vessel has been unloaded, the vessel shall retain the original tracking form and a copy shall be sent, with original signatures, to the national authorities of the port of unloading.

4. Where tuna is unloaded from one fishing vessel and then loaded aboard a carrier vessel for transport to a processing location, the flag State of the carrier vessel shall be responsible for obtaining the relevant tuna tracking form, retaining the information on the unloading (including the total weight unloaded if it has been checked), verifying that the dolphin-safe tuna is kept separate from the non-dolphin-safe tuna during loading and transport and transmitting all relevant informations to the AIDCP secretariat, with a copy to the Commission. The two kinds of tuna may be stored in the same place during transport, provided that they remain physically separated by netting or similar material, and the non-dolphin-safe tuna is clearly identified as such.

5. If the tuna is unloaded for immediate processing, the Member State where processing takes place shall be responsible for keeping the documentation on unloading and for recording the confirmed weight of the dolphin-safe and non-dolphin-safe tuna. The Member State in question shall use the original tuna tracking form for entering the requisite information into the database and for tracking of the processed tuna, and shall send a copy of this form to the flag Member State of the vessel that fished the tuna concerned.

6. Unloaded tuna shall be placed in different bins, according to their dolphin-safe status or otherwise. Each bin shall be identified by the corresponding tuna tracking form number, the status of the tuna and the confirmed weight.

7. Each sale of part of the catch must be accompanied by the corresponding reference number throughout all stages of processing. Every transfer of the catch must be notified to the competent authorities of the Member State of unloading/processing, specifying the tracking form number, the species and quantity of tuna involved, and the consignee.

8. When tuna is landed in third country ports, the Member State may, under specific agreement, delegate the supervision of unloading and transport to the national authorities of the port involved. When the third country port State is a Party to the AIDCP, the responsibility of the tracking form becomes that of the port State. When the third country port State is not a Party to the AIDCP, the flag Member State of the vessel remains responsible for the tracking form, unless otherwise agreed in a specific bilateral arrangement.

9. The Commission may adopt detailed rules for the application of this Article in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 10(2).