
Article 1 
This Regulation applies to the removal of shark fins, retention on board, transhipment and landing of shark fins:
(1.) by United Kingdom fishing vessels in any maritime waters;
(2.) by other fishing vessels in United Kingdom waters.
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

1.. ‘shark fins’ means any fins of sharks including caudal fins, but excluding the pectoral fins of rays, which are a constituent part of raywings;
2.. ‘shark’ means any fish of the taxon Elasmobranchii;
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Article 3 

1. It shall be prohibited to remove shark fins on board vessels, and to retain on board, tranship or land shark fins.
1a. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, in order to facilitate on-board storage, shark fins may be partially sliced through and folded against the carcass, but shall not be removed from the carcass before landing.
2. It shall be prohibited to purchase, offer for sale or sell shark fins which have been removed on board, retained on board, transhipped or landed in contravention of this Regulation.
Article 4 
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Article 5 
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Article 6 

1. Where United Kingdom fishing vessels catch, retain on-board, tranship or land sharks, a fisheries administration must publish, annually, by 1 May, a comprehensive report on its implementation of this Regulation during the previous year. The report must describe the monitoring by the fisheries administration of compliance with this Regulation by vessels in its fleet, and the enforcement measures it has taken in cases of non-compliance. In particular, the fisheries administration must provide all of the following information—
(a) the number of landings of sharks;
(b) the number, date and place of the inspections that have been carried out;
(c) the number and nature of cases of non-compliance detected, including a full identification of the vessel(s) involved and the penalty applied for each case of non-compliance; and
(d) the total landings by species (weight/number) and by port.
Article 7 
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.