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(2) The ships used to carry the mspection officers may be either 

 special inspection vessels or fishing vessels. The name of the ships so 

 used for the time being shall be notified to the other Government. 



(3) Each inspector shall carry a document of identity supplied by 

 the authorities of his Government stating that he has authority to act 

 under the arrangements of the Agreement. 



(4) A ship carrying an inspector may give the signal from the Inter- 

 national Code of Signals requesting permission to come aboard (SQ3) 

 to any vessel of the other country engaged for the time being in fishing 

 for sea fish or in the treatment of sea fish in the area covered by the 

 Agreement. The International Code of Signals should be used in re- 

 sponding either affirmatively (C) or negatively (N). The master shall 

 stop the vessel and facilitate boarding by the inspection team unless. 

 actually fishing, shooting, or hauling, in which case he shall stop the 

 vessel and facilitate boarding immediately after it has finished 

 hauling. 



(5) On boarding the vessel, an inspector shall produce the document 

 of identity described above. Inspections shall be made so that the vessel 

 suffers minimum interference and inconvenience. An inspector shall 

 limit his inquiries to the ascertainment of the facts in relation to the 

 observance of the Agreement. In making his examination, an inspector 

 may ask the master ^o make available fishing log books and to furnish 

 such other assistance as he may require. He shall draw up a report of 

 his inspection using the attached form. Inspectors will be furnished 

 with the attached questionnaire in both the English and Polish lan-^ 

 guages. He shall sign the report in the presence of the master of the 

 vessel who shall be entitled to add or have added to the report any 

 observations. The master must sign such observations. Copies of the 

 report shall be given to the master of the vessel and to the inspectors 

 Government who shall transmit copies to the appropriate authorities 

 of the flag state of the vessel. Where any infringement of the Agree- 

 ment is discovered, the inspector should, where possible, inform any 

 inspection ship of the flag state knoAvn to be in the vicinit3^ 



(6) Inspectors shall carry out their duties under these arrangements 

 in accordance with the rules set out in this Annex, but they shall re- 

 main under the operational control of their national authorities and 

 shall be responsible to them. 



(7) Each Government shall consider and act on reports of foreign 

 inspectors under these arrangements on the same basis as reports of 

 national inspectors. The provisions of this paragraph shall not impose 

 any obligation on either Government to give the report of a foreign 

 inspector a higher evidential value than it would possess in the in- 

 spector's own country. Each Government shall collaborate in order to 

 facilitate judicial or other proceedings arising from a report of an 

 inspector under these arrangements. 



(8) The inspector may, subject to any limitations that are imposed 

 by both Governments jointly, carry out such examination of the catch 

 and fishing gear as he deems necessary to establish whether or not the 

 Agreement is being complied with. He shall report his findings to the 

 authorities of the flag state of the inspected vessel as soon as possible.. 



It was agreed that the inspection of fish and fishing gear can be car- 

 ried out on and below the fishing decks of vessels of each country. 



