Where, in the course of fishing operations, the quantity of VME indicators, as defined in Annex III, that has been caught in that fishing operation exceeds the thresholds defined in Annex IV, an encounter with VMEs shall be considered to have taken place.
Má tharlaíonn sé le linn oibríochtaí iascaireachta go sáraíonn cainníocht tháscairí VME, mar a shainítear in Iarscríbhinn III iad, a gabhadh san oibríocht iascaireachta sin, na tairseacha a shainítear in Iarscríbhinn IV, measfar gurb ionann sin agus teagmháil le VMEanna.