CHAPTER II Obligations of the Flag State

Article 4

1.  Member States shall require, as a condition of a licence or a permit authorising a vessel to harvest Dissostichus spp., that the vessel only land catches in States which are Contracting Parties to CCAMLR or which otherwise apply the catch documentation scheme.

2.  Member States shall attach to licences and permits authorising vessels to harvest Dissostichus spp. the names of all CCAMLR Contracting Parties and States which have notified the CCAMLR Secretariat that they apply the catch documentation scheme.

3.  Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that whenever Dissostichus spp. is landed or transhipped, their flag vessels authorised to engage in harvesting Dissostichus spp. have duly completed a catch document.

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Article 5

Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that each transhipment of Dissostichus spp. to their flag vessels is accompanied by a duly completed catch document.

Article 6

Member States shall provide catch document forms to each of their flag vessels authorised to harvest Dissostichus spp. and only to those vessels.

Article 7

Member States shall ensure that each catch document form that they issue includes a specific identification number as indicated in Annex I.

They shall also enter on each catch document form the number of the fishing licence or permit authorising to fish Dissostichus spp. they have issued to their flag vessel.