Capacity building facilitates the uniform application of the rules of the CFP by Member States and provides guidance to them in respecting their obligations under the CFP while joint deployment plans address specific, recurrent compliance problems in certain areas and fisheries. Uniform inspection procedures by national inspectors also make it possible to document all cases of non-compliance in a transparent manner.

By monitoring national means, training national experts in line with Community guidelines established by the Commission, providing a communication platform for control, inspection and surveillance and facilitating the exchange of data and guaranteeing its reliability, the EFCA contributes to ensuring that the rules of the CFP are applied in a uniform way.

Ultimately, by building capacities in Member States to apply uniformly the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy, the Agency contributes to building a European level playing field for the European fishing industry with the primary objective of ensuring compliance with the rules thus providing for a long term, biological and ecological sustainable, exploitation of resources which constitute a common good.

List of Community Inspectors and inspection means

The Joint EU Inspection Vessel Týr