‘control’ means control as defined in Article 4, point (3), of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;

‘inspection’ means inspection as defined in Article 4, point (4), of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;

‘means of control and inspection’ means surveillance vessels, aircraft, vehicles and other material resources as well as inspectors, observers and other human resources used by Member States for control and inspection;

‘joint deployment plan’ means a plan setting out operational arrangements for the deployment of available means of control and inspection;

‘international control and inspection programme’ means a programme that sets objectives, common priorities and procedures for control and inspection activities to implement international obligations of the Union relating to control and inspection;

‘specific control and inspection programme’ means a programme that sets objectives, common priorities and procedures for control and inspection activities established in accordance with Article 95 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;

‘fishery’ means fishing activities as defined in point (28) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

‘Union inspectors’ means the inspectors included in the list referred to in Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

to coordinate control and inspection by Member States related to the control and inspection obligations of the Union;

to coordinate the deployment of the national means of control and inspection pooled by the Member States concerned in accordance with this Regulation;

to assist Member States in reporting information on fishing activities and control and inspection activities to the Commission and third parties;

in the field of its competences, to assist Member States to fulfil their tasks and obligations pursuant to the rules of the common fisheries policy;

to assist Member States and the Commission in harmonising the application of the rules of the common fisheries policy, and thereby to contribute to the achievement of its objectives, including the sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources;

to contribute to, and participate in, the work of Member States and the Commission on research into, and development of, control and inspection techniques and to develop pilot projects on research into, and development of, such techniques;

to contribute to the coordination of the training of inspectors and the exchange of experience between Member States;

to coordinate the operations to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (‘IUU’) fishing in conformity with Union rules;

to assist in the uniform implementation of the control system of the common fisheries policy, including in particular:

to cooperate with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, established by Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ), and the European Maritime Safety Agency, established by Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ), each within its mandate, to support the national authorities carrying out coast guard functions as set out in Article 8 of this Regulation, by providing services, information, equipment and training as well as by coordinating multipurpose operations;

where appropriate, to cooperate with and coordinate activities with other decentralised agencies of the Union within the scope of their tasks, missions, and areas of activity;

to assist the Commission in the performance of tasks assigned to the Commission in legislative acts of the Union with regard to the objectives of the Agency.

establish and develop a core curriculum for the training of the instructors of the fisheries inspectorate of the Member States and provide additional training courses and seminars to those officials and other personnel involved in control and inspection activities;

establish and develop a core curriculum for the training of Union inspectors before their first deployment and provide updated additional training and seminars on a regular basis to those officials;

at the request of Member States, undertake the joint procurement of goods and services relating to control and inspection activities by Member States as well as the preparation for and the coordination of the implementation by Member States of joint pilot projects;

draw up joint operational procedures in relation to joint control and inspection activities undertaken by two or more Member States;

elaborate criteria for the exchange of means of control and inspection between Member States and between Member States and third countries, and for the provision of such means by the Member States;

conduct risk analysis on the basis of fisheries data on catches, landings and fisheries effort, as well as risk analysis of unreported landings including, inter alia, a comparison of data on catches and imports with data on exports and on national consumption;

at the request of the Commission or of Member States, develop common inspection methodologies and procedures;

assist Member States, at their request, to comply with their Union and international obligations, including the fight against IUU fishing, and those arising in the framework of regional fisheries management organisations;

promote and coordinate the development of uniform risk management methodologies in the field of its competence;

coordinate and promote cooperation between Member States, and common standards for the development of sampling plans provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

fulfil the requirements of the relevant control and inspection programme;

apply the criteria, benchmarks, priorities and common inspection procedures determined by the Commission in control and inspection programmes;

seek to match the existing national means of control and inspection, communicated in accordance with Article 12(2), with needs, and organise their deployment;

organise the use of human and material resources, with regard to the periods and zones in which they have to be deployed, including the operation of teams of Union inspectors from more than one Member State;

take account of the existing obligations of the Member States concerned in respect of other joint deployment plans, as well as any specific regional or local constraints;

lay down the conditions under which the means of control and inspection of a Member State may enter waters under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of another Member State.

the relative extent of the waters subject to its sovereignty or jurisdiction, if any, that are covered by the joint deployment plan;

the quantity of fish landed on its territory in a given reference period as a proportion of the total landings from the fishery that is subject to the joint deployment plan;

the relative number of Union fishing vessels flying its flag (engine power and gross tonnage) that are involved in the fishery that is subject to the joint deployment plan in relation to the total number of vessels that are involved in that fishery;

the relative size of its quota allocation or, in the absence of a quota, its catch in a given reference period in respect of that fishery.

issue manuals on harmonised standards of inspections;

develop guidance material reflecting best practice in relation to control of the common fisheries policy, including on the training of control officials, and update such material on a regular basis;

provide the Commission with the necessary technical and administrative support to carry out its tasks.