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1. Masters of fishing vessels carrying fish referred to in Article 25 intending to call at a Union port or their representatives and masters of Union fishing vessels carrying on board fishery resources caught in the Convention Area and intending to call at a port of another Contracting Party or their representatives shall notify the competent authorities of the port State no later than three working days before the estimated time of arrival. Port Member States may establish another notification period, taking into account, in particular, the type of processing of the fish caught or the distance between the fishing grounds and its ports. In such a case, the port Member State concerned shall without delay inform the Commission, which shall promptly inform the NEAFC Secretariat.

2. The prior notification referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made through the NEAFC website by filling in the Port State Control (PSC) form provided for in Annex XXI with Part A duly completed as follows:

(a) the form PSC 1 shall be used where the vessel is carrying its own catch;

(b) the form PSC 2 shall be used where the vessel has engaged in transhipment operations, providing the information separately for catches from each donor vessel.

3. If the NEAFC website is offline, the prior notification referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sent by email or a fax-based system.

4. The prior notification referred to in paragraph 1 may be cancelled by the sender by notifying the competent authorities of the port intended to be used by the master no later than 24 hours before the notified estimated time of arrival in that port. Port Member States may establish another notification period for cancellation. In such a case, the port Member State concerned shall without delay inform the Commission, which shall promptly inform the NEAFC Secretariat.

5. The competent authorities of the port Member State shall forward without delay a copy of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 4 to the NEAFC Secretariat, to the flag State of the fishing vessel and to the flag State or States of the donor vessels when the fishing vessel has engaged in transhipment operations.