Council Regulation (EC) No. 2791/1999 laying down certain control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the north-east Atlantic fisheries.

This Regulation lays down the general rules and conditions for the application by the Community of: (a) the Scheme of control and enforcement applicable to fishing vessels operating in areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction in the NEAFC Convention area; (b) the Programme to promote compliance by non-Contracting Party vessels with recommendations made by the NEAFC. Only Community fishing vessels which have been issued a special fishing permit by their flag Member State shall be authorized, on the conditions set out in the permit, to fish, keep on board, tranship and land fishery resources from the Regulatory Area. The masters of Community fishing vessels shall keep in respect of processed or frozen catches of the regulated resources listed in the Annex.
Community fishing vessels shall engage in transhipment activities in the Regulatory Area only if they have received prior authorization from the competent authorities in the Member State whose flag they are flying and in which they are registered. Member States whose fishing vessels are authorized to fish in the Regulatory Area shall assign inspectors to the Scheme to carry out surveillance and inspection. Each Member State shall take steps to ensure that NEAFC inspectors are able to carry out inspections on board vessels flying its flag.