L 266/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 1.10.98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2091/98 of 30 September 1998 concerning the segmentation of the Community fishing fleet and fishing effort in relation to the multiannual guidance programmes THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992, establishing a Community system of fisheries and aquaculture ('), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1181/98 (3, and in particular Article 13 thereof, Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Council Regula- tion (EC) No 3699/93 of 21 December 1993 laying down the criteria and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries and aquaculture sector and the processing and marketing of its prod- ucts (%), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 25/97 (*), multiannual guidance programmes for the period 1997/2001 were adopted by Commission Deci- sions 98/119/EC to 98/131/EC (°); whereas the data neces- sary in order to follow these programmes must be forwarded to the Commission, including fishing effort data for individual vessels or aggregated by segments of the fleet or by fisheries, depending on the particular cases; Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2090/98 (%), establishes the basis for the transmission of data to the tishing vessel register of the Community; Whereas the communication of data on the segmentation of the fishing fleet and on the fishing effort by fishery should refer to the data contained in the fishing vessel register of the Community; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The segment to which each vessel entering the fishing fleet belongs or any change to segment to which an existing vessel belongs must be communicated to the tishing vessel register of the Community by the Member 1 () OJ L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OJ L 164, 9. 6. 1998, p. 1. () O L 346, 31. 12. 1993, p. 1. () OJ L 6, 10. 1. 1997, p. 7. () OJ L 39, 12. 2. 1998, p, 1, 9, 15, 21, 27, 34, 41, 47, 53, 59, 65, 73 and 79. () See page 27 of this Official Journal. State in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2090/98. The segment codes to be used are those shown in Annex L. The vessels concerned shall be identified by the internal number recorded in the Community register of fishing vessels, as referred to in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 2090/98. Article 2 For each segment for which a Member State submits to the Commission a programme of fishing effort limitation, either by fishery in accordance with Article 6 of Council Decision 97/413/EC (’), or by segment in order to make up any backlog from the previous multiannual guidance programme partly by reductions in activity, the following procedures shall be adopted: — the Member State shall collect the individual data on the fishing effort of the vessels in the segment or tishery, — the processing of these data by a computer programme shall be effected by the Member State, — the transmission to the Commission of the individual data or data aggregated by segment or fishery shall be effected annually by 31 March at the latest for the preceding calendar year in accordance with tables A and B in Annex II to this Regulation. Article 3 For the segments using active gear not covered by the programmes referred to in Article 2, Member States shall collect and process the minimum data provided for in Annex II needed to ascertain that the level of activity for these do not increase, or, if they increase, to evaluate the increase. To this end, the following procedures shall be applied: — the minimum data provided for in Annex II permit- ting the evolution of fishing activity for the segments concerned to be monitored shall be collected and processed by the Member State. Details of the sampling methods selected for each segment of the fleet, together with the values of the statistical para- () OJ L 175, 3. 7. 1997, p. 27.