REVISED ROP EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN (EAP) (Submitted by the European Union)

For the purposes of paragraphs 1 through 3, the EU and the EU flag Member state shall ensure that the appropriate MRCC, observer provider, and the Secretariat are immediately notified of the incident, actions taken or underway to address the situation, and any assistance that may be required. [...] In the event that there are reasonable grounds to believe an ROP observer has been assaulted, intimidated, threatened, or harassed such that their health or safety is endangered and the observer or the observer provider indicates to the EU that they wish for the observer to be removed from the fishing vessel, the EU flag Member state shall take necessary measures to require that the fishing vessel. [...] In the event that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an ROP observer has been assaulted, intimidated, threatened, or harassed but neither the observer nor the observer provider wishes that the observer be removed from the fishing vessel, EU Member state shall take necessary measures to require that the fishing vessel: a) takes action to preserve the safety of the observer and mitigate an. [...] In the event that, after disembarkation from a fishing vessel of an ROP observer, an observer provider identifies, such as during the course of debriefing the observer, a possible situation involving assault or harassment of the observer while on board the fishing vessel, the observer provider shall notify, in writing, the EU and the Secretariat. [...] If notified, under paragraph 5b, 6b, or 8, that an observer has been assaulted or harassed, the EU and the EU flag Member state shall a) investigate the event based on the information provided by the observer provider and take any appropriate action in response to the results of the investigation; b) cooperate fully in any investigation conducted by the observer provider, including providing the r.