Kommissionen gennemgår alle underretninger om konstaterede overtrædelser, begået af fartøjer, der fører et tredjelands flag, og vurderer alvoren heraf under hensyntagen til de strafferetlige og administrative afgørelser, der er truffet af medlemsstaternes myndigheder og til den økonomiske fordel, rederen kunne have opnået, samt konsekvenserne af de konstaterede forhold for fiskeressourcerne.
The Commission shall consider all notified infringements committed by third-country vessels, assessing the seriousness of each case in the light of judicial and administrative decisions by the competent authorities in the Member States and in particular of the commercial benefits which the vessel owner may have enjoyed and the impact of the infringement on fishery resources.