Commission Regulation (EC) No 2092/98 of 30 September 1998 concerning the declaration of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources
1. 10. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 266/47 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2092/98 of 30 September 1998 concerning the declaration of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992, establishing a Community system of fisheries and aquaculture (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1181/98 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (3), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 2635/97 (4), and in particular Article 19(f)(3) thereof, which provides that the Commission shall ensure that the Member States responsible for control have available the data concerning the identification of vessels having access to their waters; Whereas the implementation of arrangements for the management of fishing effort in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 685/95 of 27 March 1995 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources (5), and of Council Regulation (EC) No 779/97 of 24 April 1997 introducing arrangements for the management of fishing effort in the Baltic Sea (6), highlights the need to adopt provisions to ensure that the data relating to lists of named fishing vessels are communicated without delay; Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2090/98 (7) establishes the basis for the transmission of data to the fishing vessel register of the Community; Whereas the communication of data 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 the Management in accordance with the opinion of Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Member States shall transmit to the Commission the data referred to in Article 19(f)(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 as well as the list of vessels authorised to fish in the fisheries listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 685/95 and those listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 779/97 in accordance with the procedures laid down in Annex III hereto. Amendments to the lists of vessels shall be reported to the Commission in accordance with the same procedures at the latest four working days before the entry of vessels into the fishing area. The Commission shall acknowledge receipt of amendments to lists by digital transfer over a telecommunications network not later than two days before the entry of vessels into the fishing area. Article 2 transmit Member States shall to the Commission the aggregated data on fishing effort referred to in Article 19I of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation: ü for each area referred to in Article 19(a)(1) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 2847/93, before the 15th of each month for the previous month in the case of demersal species, ü for each area referred to in Article 19(a)(1)(a) of Regu- lation (EEC) No 2847/93, in the case of demersal species, salmon, sea trout and freshwater fish, before 15 April, 15 July, 15 October and 15 January for the previous quarter, and before 15 February of each calendar year for each month of the previous year, ü for each area referred to in Article 19(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 for the previous quarter before the end of the first month of each calendar quarter in the case of pelagic species. (1) OJ L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. (2) OJ L 164, 9. 6. 1998, p. 1. (3) OJ L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. (4) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 14. (5) OJ L 71, 31. 3. 1995, p. 5. (6) OJ L 113, 30. 4. 1997, p. 1. (7) See page 27 of this Official Journal. Article 3 Corrections to erroneous information contained in the register shall be forwarded to the Commission within 30 days of the date on which the error is detected. L 266/48 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 10. 98 Article 4 Member States shall have access without delay to data concerning the identification of vessels engaged in fishing activity in the fisheries listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 685/95 and those listed in the Annex to Regula- tion (EC) No 779/97 under their jurisdiction or sover- eignty in accordance with the procedures laid down in Annex IV hereto. Article 5 communicate shall Member States information referred to in this Regulation to the Commission by digital transfer over a telecommunications network in accordance with the detailed rules and codes set out in Annexes I to IV. The Commission shall acknowledge the receipt of messages as soon as they have been validated in the data base. Article 6 The vessels concerned by this Regulation shall be identi- fied 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 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 September 1998. For the Commission Emma BONINO Member of the Commission 1. 10. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 266/49 ANNEX I FISHING EFFORT DEFINITION OF DATA TO BE COMMUNICATED AND DESCRIPTION OF A RECORD Aggregated declarations by fishery Name of the zone Width Alignment Definition and remarks Updating indicator Declaring entity Fishery Year of observation First month Last month Effort/power Filler (1) Calculated as S(i=1,n) a period and P i 3 3 5 4 2 2 14 14 ü ü L ü ü ü R ü Code identifying type of declaration (see Table 1) Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) making the declaration Code of fishery (see Annex II) in which activity has taken place Year (YYYY) during which the vessel is observed First month (MM) of observation period Last month (MM) of observation period Number of kW (as a whole number) multiplied by the number of days present in the area (as a whole number) to express fishing effort during the observation period (1) P i i where n is the number of vessels in the area, a is the number of days spent at sea by the vessel in the area during the observation is the average power of the vessel in the area during the period of observation. i Table 1 ü Codes for the updating indicator Declaration by fishery Deletion of declaration by fishery FIS DFI L 266/50 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 10. 98 ANNEX II Table 1 — Codes for fisheries in western waters — Regulation (EC) No 685/95 Gear Target species Effort areas Towed gear Demersal species Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 of which Vb (1), VI of which Irish Box (5) VII of which VIIa VIIf (2) Irish Box (5) VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId Code TGD0 (6) TGD1 TGD19 TGD2 TGD21 TGD22 TGD29 TGD3 VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 TGD4 (6) of which IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3) IX (4) X (4) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (3) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (4) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (4) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (4) TGD40 TGD41 TGD42 TGD43 TGD44 TGD45 TGD46 TGD47 TGD48 TGD49 Static gear Demersal species Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 SGD0 (6) of which Vb (1), VI of which Irish Box (5) VII of which VIIa VIIf (2) Irish Box (5) VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId SGD1 SGD19 SGD2 SGD21 SGD22 SGD29 SGD3 VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 SGD4 (6) of which IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3) IX (4) X (4) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (3) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (4) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (4) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (4) SGD40 SGD41 SGD42 SGD43 SGD44 SGD45 SGD46 SGD47 SGD48 SGD49 1. 10. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 266/51 Gear Target species Effort areas Towed and static gear Benthic species Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 of which Vb (1), VI of which Irish Box (5) VII of which VIIa VIIf (2) Irish Box (5) VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId Code TSB0 (6) TSB1 TSB19 TSB2 TSB21 TSB22 TSB29 TSB3 VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 TSB4 (6) of which IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3) IX (4) X (4) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (3) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (4) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (4) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (4) TSB40 TSB41 TSB42 TSB43 TSB44 TSB45 TSB46 TSB47 TSB48 TSB49 Towed gear Scallops Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 TGJ0 (6) of which Vb (1), VI of which Irish Box (5) VII of which VIIa VIIf (2) Irish Box (5) VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId TGJ1 TGJ19 TGJ2 TGJ21 TGJ22 TGJ29 TGJ3 VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 TGJ4 (6) of which IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3) IX (4) X (4) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (3) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (4) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (4) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (4) TGJ40 TGJ41 TGJ42 TGJ43 TGJ44 TGJ45 TGJ46 TGJ47 TGJ48 TGJ49 L 266/52 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 10. 98 Gear Target species Effort areas Static gears Edible crabs and spider crabs Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 of which Vb (1), VI of which Irish Box (5) VII of which VIIa VIIf (2) Irish Box (5) VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId Code SGC0 (6) SGC1 SGC19 SGC2 SGC21 SGC22 SGC29 SGC3 VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 SGC4 (6) of which IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3) IX (4) X (4) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (3) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (4) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (4) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (4) Purse seines, pelagic trawls and small-mesh gillnets Pelagic species except: bream, shark, tuna and highly migratory species Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 of which Vb (1), VI of which Irish Box (5) VII of which VIIa VIIf (2) Irish Box (5) VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId SGC40 SGC41 SGC42 SGC43 SGC44 SGC45 SGC46 SGC47 SGC48 SGC49 PSP0 (6) PSP1 PSP19 PSP2 PSP21 PSP22 PSP29 PSP3 VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 PSP4 (6) of which IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3) IX (4) X (4) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (3) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (4) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (4) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (4) PSP40 PSP41 PSP42 PSP43 PSP44 PSP45 PSP46 PSP47 PSP48 PSP49 1. 10. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 266/53 Gear Target species Effort areas Surface longliners Bream, shark, tuna and highly migratory species Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 of which Vb (1), VI of which Irish Box (5) VII of which VIIa VIIf (2) Irish Box (5) VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId Code LLM0 (6) LLM1 LLM19 LLM2 LLM21 LLM22 LLM29 LLM3 VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 LLM4 (6) of which IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3) IX (4) X (4) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (3) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (4) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (4) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (4) Gear for tuna fishing Tuna Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 of which Vb (1), VI of which Irish Box (5) VII of which VIIa VIIf (2) Irish Box (5) VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId LLM40 LLM41 LLM42 LLM43 LLM44 LLM45 LLM46 LLM47 LLM48 LLM49 MIT0 (6) MIT1 MIT19 MIT2 MIT21 MIT22 MIT29 MIT3 VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 MIT4 (6) of which IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3) IX (4) X (4) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (3) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (3) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (4) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (4) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (4) MIT40 MIT41 MIT42 MIT43 MIT44 MIT45 MIT46 MIT47 MIT48 MIT49 (1) Except in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of the Faeroes or Iceland. (2) North of 50ü 30Y N. (3) Only in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of Spain. (4) Only in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of Portugal. (5) Part of the zone included in the zone defined in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 685/95. (6) These areas are reserved for the compilation of data and may not be used for the declarations of fishing effort. L 266/54 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 10. 98 Table 2 — Codes for fisheries in the Baltic sea — Regulation (EC) No 779/97 Gear Target species Effort areas Towed gear Static gear and driftnets All gears All gears Demersal species Demersal species Pelagic species (herring, sprat) Subdivisions 22-32 Subdivisions 22-32 Subdivisions 22-32 of which Management units 3 (1) Salmon, sea trout and freshwater fish Subdivisions 22-32 (1) Comprising subdivisions 29, 30 and 31 north of latitude 59ü 30Y N. Code TGD5 DGD5 AGH5 AGH51 AGS5 1. 10. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 266/55 ANNEX III LIST OF VESSELS BY FISHERY DEFINITION OF THE DATA TO BE COMMUNICATED AND DESCRIPTION OF A RECORD Name of the zone Width Alignment Definition and remarks Updating indicator Declaring entity Fishery Internal number Name of vessel Date of event 3 3 5 12 40 8 Code identifying type of declaration (see Table 1) Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) making the declaration Code of fishery (see Annex II) made up of three components: ü type of gear (see Table 2) ü two characters ü type of target species (see Table 3) ü one character ü code of ICES area (see Table 3, Annex IV) ü two characters Internal number of vessels (see Annex I of Regulation (EG) No 2090/98) ü ü L L L ü Date (YYYYMMDD) when event occurred Table 1 ü Codes for updating indicator Addition of vessel to list Deletion of vessel from list Cancellation of incorrect declaration ADD SUP CAN Table 2 ü Codes for groups of fishing gear by fishery Type of gear Code Area (1) Towed gear Static gear Towed and static gear Purse seines, pelagic trawls and small-mesh nets Surface longlines Miscellaneous gear Static gear and driftnets All gears (1) B for the Baltic sea and W for western waters TG SG TS PS LL MI DG AG W + B W W W W W B B L 266/56 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 10. 98 Table 3 ü Codes for target species or groups of target species Species Code Area (1) Demersal species Pelagic species Benthic species Bream, shark, tuna and highly migratory species Scallops Edible crabs and spider crabs Tuna Pelagic species (herring and sprat) Salmon, sea trout and fresh water fish (1) B for the Baltic sea and W for western waters D P B M J C T H S W + B W + B W W W W W B B 1. 10. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 266/57 ANNEX IV RULES ON ACCESS TO DATA FOR COASTAL STATES Table 1 ü Identification features of the vessel observed or the vessels of a given fishery (when querying the register) Identification feature Width Definition and remarks Fishing zone External marking Name of vessel International radio call sign Flag 2 14 40 7 3 Number of fishing zone (ICES area) as given by the last two characters of the code identifying the fishery (see Annex II) in which the vessel observed is located In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87. i. e. the IRCS. Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) whose flag the vessel is flying (Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92). Table 2 ü Data accessible to coastal states from the features in Table 1 (reply from the register) Identification feature Width Definition and remarks Fishery External marking Name of vessel International radio call sign Flag Internal number Registration number Vessel ; 15 m between pp and ; 18 m overall Declaring entity 5 14 40 7 3 12 14 1 3 Code identifying the fishery (see Annex II) in which the vessel observed is located In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 i. e. the IRCS. Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) whose flag the vessel is flying (Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92). Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by unique identification number (one to nine characters). ‘Y'= yes; ‘N'= no Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) making the declaration on the vessel in the fishery concerned. L 266/58 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 10. 98 Table 3 ü Rules for access to data on fisheries of the states responsible for controls in western waters (1) Regulation (EC) No 685/95 Effort area Area No (2) Country Vb (3), VI Irish box (VI) (4) VII VII a VII f (5) Irish box (VII) (4) VIII a, VIII b, VIII d IX, X and CECAF 34. 1. 1, 34. 1. 2, 34. 2. 0 (excluding other waters) VIII c, VIII e, IX (6) IX (4) X (4) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (6) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (6) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (6) CECAF 34. 1. 1 (7) CECAF 34. 1. 2 (7) CECAF 34. 2. 0 (7) 1 19 2 21 22 29 3 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 IRL IRL IRL IRL ü IRL ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü GBR GBR GBR GBR GBR GBR GBR ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü FRA ü ü ü FRA ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ESP ESP ü ü ESP ESP ESP ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü PRT ü PRT PRT ü ü ü PRT PRT PRT (1) The declaring state has access to data on its own vessels on all fishery lists. (2) Number of fishing zone as given in the fishery code (see Table 1, Annex II). (3) With the exception of waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of the Faeroes or Iceland. (4) Part of the area included in the area defined in Article 3, par. 5 of Regulation (EC) No 685/95. (5) North of latitude 50° 30Y north (6) Only in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of Spain. (7) Only in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of Portugal. Table 4 ü Rules for access to data on fisheries of the states responsible for controls in Baltic sea (1) Regulation (EC) No 779/97 Effort area Area No (2) Country Subdivisions 22-32 Managements units 3 5 51 DNK - DEU - FIN - SWE FIN - SWE (1) The declaring state has access to data on its own vessels on all fishery lists. (2) Number of fishing zone as given in the fishery code (see Table 2, Annex II)