Where the state granting the flag during the period that the vessel was off the Union fishing fleet register became recognised under Union law as a non-cooperating state with regard to combating, deterring and eliminating IUU fishing, or as a state allowing for non-sustainable exploitation of living marine resources, such fishing authorisation shall only be granted if it is established that the vessel's fishing operations ceased and the owner took immediate action to remove the vessel from the register of that state.
I gcás ina mbeidh an stát a dheonaíonn an bratach le linn na tréimhse a mbeidh an soitheach de chuid chlár cabhlaigh iascaireachta an Aontais, aitheanta faoi dhlí an Aontais mar stát neamh-chomhoibritheach i ndáil le hiascaireachta neamhdhleathach, neamhthuairiscithe agus neamhrialáilte a chomhrac, a dhíspreagadh agus dhíothú nó mar stát ina gceadaítear dúshaothrú neamh-inbhuanaithe beo-acmhainní uisceacha, gur scoireadh d'oibríochtaí iascaireachta an tsoithigh agus go ndearna an t-úinéir beart láithreach leis an tsoitheach a bhaint ó chlár an stáit sin.