2012/262/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 16 May 2012 amending Decision 2008/589/EC establishing a specific control and inspection programme related to the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea

This Decision establishes a specific control and inspection programme to ensure: (a) the harmonised implementation of the multiannual plan set up by Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 for cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks; and (b) the harmonised control and inspection of the fisheries exploiting the salmon stocks in the Baltic Sea.’;

1 The specific control and inspection programme shall cover control and inspection of: (a) fishing activities by vessels referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 and by fishing vessels of all length engaged or likely to be engaged in the catch of salmon; (b) all related activities including the landing, weighing, marketing, transport and storage of fishery products and the recording of landing and sales.

2 The specific control and inspection programme shall apply for five years.’.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.