No L 257/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 9. 88 " COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2868/88 ' of 16 September 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Scheme of Joint International Inspection adopted by - Organization THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 'Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1956/88 of 9 June 1988 adopting provisions for the application of the Scheme of Joint International Inspection adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (), and in particular Article 4 thereof, Whereas detailed rules ‘should be laid down for, implementing the Scheme of Joint International Inspectlon, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Scheme and Regulation (EEC) No 1956/88, in pasticular with regard to the adoption and notification of the provisional plan for the participation of the Community in the Scheme, the notification and investigation of apparent.infringements and the cooperation of the Member States and the Commission in these matters ; Whereas the Management Committee for Fishery Resources has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Member States shall notify the Commission by 1 September each year of the names of the inspectors and special inspection vessels (which term includes fishing . vessels carrying inspectors) and the identity of the * helicopters which they intend to assign to the Scheme for the following calendar year. On the basis of this information the Commission in cooperation with the Member States shall draw up a provisional plan for the participation of the Community in the Scheme for that calendar year and shall notify it to the Executive Secretary of NAFO and to the Member States. Article 2 The Commission shall designate the authorities referred to in paragraph 3 of the Scheme. () OJ No L 175, 6. 7. 1988, p. 1. the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Article 3 Community inspectors assigned .to the Scheme in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1956/88 shall communicate to the Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, telex address 24189 Fiseu-B, within the working day following the inspection, the details of apparent infringements of vessels inspected. They shall provide the Commission on a 10-day basis" with a- list of vessels inspected. In the event of an apparent infringement or a difference between recorded catches and their estimates of catches on board, Community inspectors shall transmit to the Commission a copy of the inspection report with supporting documentation, including second photographs taken, as soon as possible after the inspection vessel returns to port. Where there is no apparent infringement or difference between recorded catches and the inspectors’. estimates of catches on board, the original of the inspection report shall be transmitted to the Commission by the inspector within 20 days of the inspection vessel’s return to port. Article 4 1.  On being notified by another Contracting Party of an apparent infringement committed by a Community vessel the Commission shall inform the Flag State of the vessel, which shall take prompt action to receive and consider the evidence and conduct any further investi- gation necessary for disposition of the apparent infrin- gement. A Community inspector shall board the vessel whenever possible. The Flag State shall whenever possible inspect the vessel on its return to port. The Flag State shall enable the Commission to cooperate fully with the appropriate authorities of the Contracting Party which carried out the inspection, in order to ensure that the evidence of apparent infringement is prepared and preserved in a form which’ facilitates admmlstranve or judicial action. 2. In the event of an apparent infringement committed by a Community vessel which is reported to it by a Community inspector the Commission shall inform the Flag State of the vessel, which shall take prompt action to receive and consider the evidence, conduct any further investigation necessary for disposition of the apparent infringement, inspect the vessel on its return to port whenever possible and cooperate fully with the