Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting the following documents :

• Notifications received (2008 – 2022) by flag States in accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 1005/2008:

“1. The acceptance of catch certificates validated by a given flag State for the purposes of this Regulation shall be subject to the condition that the Commission has received a notification from the flag State concerned certifying that: (a) it has in place national arrangements for the implementation, control and enforcement of laws, regulations and conservation and management measures which must be complied with by its fishing vessels; (b) its public authorities are empowered to attest the veracity of the information contained in catch certificates and to carry out verifications of such certificates on request from the Member States. The notification shall also include the necessary information to identify those authorities.
2. The information to be given in the notification laid down in paragraph 1 is set forth in Annex III.
3. The Commission shall inform the flag State of the receipt of the notification sent pursuant to paragraph 1. If all elements mentioned in paragraph 1 are not provided by the flag State, the Commission shall indicate to the flag State which elements are missing and request that it provide a new notification”.

To the extent possible, I would prefer to receive all these documents in a digital, machine-readable, format.

Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Patricia González
Access Info Europe