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In accordance with Article 12(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, the catch certificate provided for in Article 12 and Annex II to that Regulation shall, as of 1 January 2010 , be replaced — for fisheries products obtained from catches made by fishing vessels flying the Icelandic flag — by the Icelandic catch certificate, based on the Icelandic System on weighing and recording of catches, which is an electronic traceability system under the control of the Icelandic authorities ensuring the same level of control by authorities as required under the EU catch certification scheme.
A specimen of the Icelandic catch certificate is given in the Appendix.
Documents referred to in Article 14(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 may be communicated by electronic means.
Iceland shall require a catch certificate for landings and imports to Iceland of catches made by fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Union.] ]
Textual Amendments
F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 86/2010 of 29 January 2010 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 as regards the definition of fishery products and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1010/2009 as regards exchange of information on inspections of third country vessels and administrative arrangements on catch certificates.