To this end, the flag Member State shall notify the Member State responsible for inspection:
(a) of the data relating to the special fishing permits, as soon as they are issued, which it has granted for vessels likely to fish in the waters in question;
(b) during the fishing year, without delay and at the request of the Member State responsible for inspection, of the validity of a special fishing permit held by a vessel fishing in the waters in question, and on its own initiative, of the special fishing permits which have expired.
