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Article 17General provisions#
1.Any vessel used for control purposes including surveillance shall display in a clearly visible way, a pennant or a symbol as set out in Annex III. This requirement does not apply to undercover operations conducted by vessels authorised for such purposes under the national laws of Member States.
2.Whenever a boarding vessel or craft is used to facilitate the transfer of officials carrying out inspections, it shall fly a similar flag or pennant of a size appropriate to that of the boarding vessel or craft to indicate that it is engaged in fishery inspection duties.
3.Persons in charge of inspection vessels shall have due regard to the seafarers’ rules and manoeuvre at a safe distance from the fishing vessel in accordance with the international rules for the prevention of collisions at sea.
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