Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008

means products which are either sent simultaneously from one exporter to one consignee or covered by a single transport document covering their shipment from the exporter to the consignee.

means a contracting party to the international convention or agreement establishing a regional fisheries management organisation, as well as States, fishing entities or any other entities that cooperate with such an organisation and have been granted cooperating non-contracting party status with respect to such an organisation;

means any movement to a third country of fishery products harvested by fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State, including from the territory of the Union, from third countries or from fishing grounds;

means entitlement to engage in fishing activities during a specified period, in a given area or for a given fishery;

means any vessel of any size used or intended for use for the purposes of commercial exploitation of fishery resources, including support ships, fish processing vessels, vessels engaged in transhipment and carrier vessels equipped for the transportation of fishery products, except container vessels;

means all the part of the sea as defined in Article 86 of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (Unclos);

means fishing activities:

means the introduction of fishery products into the territory of the Union, including for transhipment purposes at ports in its territory;

means the importation from the territory of a third country other than the flag State of the fishing vessel responsible for the catch;

means any operation between two or more fishing vessels where catch is transferred from the fishing gear of one fishing vessel to another or where the technique used by those fishing vessels requires one common fishing gear;

means any legal entity having such status under the applicable national law, with the exception of States or public bodies in the exercise of State authority and public organisations;

means any movement from the territory of the Union of fishery products which had been previously imported into the territory of the Union;

means a subregional, regional or a similar organisation with competence, as recognised under international law, to establish conservation and management measures for living marine resources placed under its responsibility by virtue of the convention or agreement by which it was established;

means the likelihood of an event that may occur, with regard to fishery products imported into or exported from the territory of the Union, which prevents the correct application of this Regulation or of the conservation and management measures;

means the systematic identification of risk and the implementation of all measures necessary for limiting exposure to risk.

means any infringement falling within the scope of this Regulation which is listed in Article 90(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 or considered to be a serious infringement pursuant to Article 90(3) of that Regulation.

means any observation by a Member State’s competent authority responsible for inspection at sea, or by the master of a Union or third-country fishing vessel of a fishing vessel engaged in activities that may be considered to be IUU fishing in accordance with Article 3;

means the unloading of all or any fishery products on board a fishing vessel to another fishing vessel;

means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;

means fishing activities:

means fishing activities: