Member States shall specify and describe which sampling strategy will be applied.
The Commission can have access on request to the sampling plan used by the Member State.
Level of inspection in ports
As a general rule, the accuracy to be achieved should be at least equivalent to what would be obtained by a simple random sampling method, where inspections shall cover 20 % in number of all cod landings in a Member State.
Level of inspection of marketing
Inspection of 5 % of the quantities of cod offered for sale at auction.
Level of inspection at sea
Flexible benchmark: to be set after a detailed analysis of the fishing activity in each area. Benchmarks at sea shall refer to the number of patrol days at sea in the cod management areas, possibly with a separate benchmark for days patrolling specific areas.
Level of aerial surveillance
Flexible benchmark: to be set after a detailed analysis of the fishing activity conducted in each area and taking the available resources at the Member State’s disposal into consideration.