CHAPTER II INSPECTIONS OF THIRD COUNTRY FISHING VESSELS IN MEMBER STATES PORTS

SECTION 1 Conditions for access to port by third country fishing vessels

Article 5 Designated ports
1 Member States shall designate ports, or places close to the shore, where landings or transhipment operations of fishery products and port services referred to in Article 4(2) are permitted.
2 Access to port services and the conduct of landing or transhipment operations by third country fishing vessels shall be authorised only in designated ports.
3 Member States shall transmit to the Commission no later than 15 January of each year a list of designated ports. Any subsequent changes to this list shall be notified to the Commission at least 15 days before the change takes effect.
4 The Commission shall, without delay, publish the list of designated ports in the Official Journal of the European Union and on its website.