Before 15 September each year Member States shall send the Commission:
- a list of vessels flying their flag with a load capacity greater than 363 metric tonnes (400 net tonnes) which have applied for a DML for the whole of the following year ...
... for "ton": either of two formerly standard units for measuring mass: the short ton, used in Canada, the United States, etc., equal to 2000 pounds (about 907 kg) and the long ton, used in the United Kingdom ...
