THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy(1), and in particular Article 15(3) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) For the application of the rules of the common fisheries policy, in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, each Member State is required to keep a register of vessels flying its flag and the Commission is required to set up a Community fishing fleet register on the basis of the national registers.
(2) If it is to be an effective and comprehensive tool for implementing the rules of the common fisheries policy, the Community fishing fleet register should include all Community fishing vessels, including those used exclusively in aquaculture.
(3) In order to have available the information essential for the management of the capacity of fishing fleets and their activity, the information on vessel characteristics which has to appear in the register for each Member State in accordance with Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 should be identified.
(4) The definition of the procedures for forwarding to the Commission the data appearing in the register of each Member State is needed to ensure a regular updating of the Community fishing fleet register.
(5) The characteristics and external markings recorded in the register kept by each Member State should be specified in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) 2930/86 of 22 September 1986 defining characteristics for fishing vessels(2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3259/94(3), and with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels(4).
(6) The Member States should constantly monitor the quality of the information given in their national registers and ensure that it is checked by the Commission as soon as it is received.
(7) In order to monitor the movements of vessels between Member States and to ensure an unequivocal link between the information contained in the Community fishing fleet register and the data from other information systems relating to fishing activities, it is important to allocate a unique identification number to each Community fishing vessel, which under no circumstances may be reassigned or altered.
(8) To ensure the effective application of this Regulation and to simplify data management, the communication tools to be used between Member States and the Commission should be defined.
(9) It should be stipulated that the Commission is to ensure access by the Member States to all the information in the Community fishing fleet register in compliance with the provisions relating to the protection of personal data set out in Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5).
(10) In the light of the changes made by Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 to the method for managing fishing vessel registers, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2090/98 of 30 September 1998 concerning the fishing vessel register of the Community(6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 839/2002(7), should be repealed.
(11) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
1.This Regulation:
(a)determines the minimum information on vessel characteristics and activity which must figure in the register which each Member State keeps of the fishing vessels flying its flag (hereinafter called ‘the national register’);
(b)lays down the obligations of Member States regarding the collection, validation and transmission of the data from their national register to the Commission;
(c)lays down the obligations of the Commission regarding the management of the Community fishing fleet register (hereinafter called ‘the Community register’).
2.The data from the Community register shall serve as reference for the application of the rules of the common fisheries policy.
This Regulation shall apply to all Community fishing vessels, including those used exclusively in aquaculture as defined in point 2.2 of Annex III to Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999(8).
For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:
‘event’: any entry to or exit from the fleet of a vessel or registration or change in one of its characteristics as defined in Annex I;
‘transmission’: digital transfer of one or more events on the telecommunications network set up between the national administrations and the Commission;
‘snapshot’: all the events recorded for the vessels comprising the fleet of a Member State between the date of the census referred to in Annex I and the date of transmission;
‘personal data’: the names and addresses of the agents and owners of fishing vessels.
Each Member State shall collect without delay the data referred to in Annex II for the Community fishing vessels flying its flag.
Each Member State shall validate the data collected in accordance with Article 4 and record them in its national register.
Each Member State shall transmit a snapshot to the Commission on the first working day of March, June, September and December each year.
1.On receiving the snapshot, the Commission shall check the data it contains and enter them in the Community register. If no error is detected this snapshot shall replace the previous one.
If errors are detected, the Commission shall send its observations to the Member State which shall make the necessary corrections in its national register and send the Commission a new snapshot within 10 working days of the Commission's notification.
2.After receiving and checking the new snapshot, the Commission shall register or reject it if the snapshot contains errors not compatible with the correct implementation of the common fisheries policy.
If the snapshot accepted still contains errors, they shall be notified to the Member State which shall undertake to correct them forthwith in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8.
3.The Community register shall be available to the Member States, in accordance with the rules established by Article 11, some 20 working days after the snapshot's periodic transmission date.
1.Where the implementation of special measures under the common fisheries policy so requires, a Member State, either of its own accord, or at the Commission's request, shall transmit without delay from its national register the updated data for the vessels concerned.
2.The data transmitted must contain for each vessel particulars of all the events from the date of its entry to the fleet up to the transmission date.
3.On receiving the snapshot, the Commission shall check the data and substitute them in the Community register.
1.The transmission of data between the Commission and the Member States shall be managed by means of an IT application developed by the Commission.
2.The Community register and the data concerning the checks and the monitoring of transmissions shall be accessible to the Member States on the Internet.
The CFR number referred to in Annex I shall identify fishing vessels in a unique way. It shall be included in all transmissions of data between the Member States and the Commission concerning the characteristics and activities of fishing vessels.
The number shall be assigned definitively when a vessel is first registered in a national register. It may not be altered or reassigned to another vessel.
1.The Member States shall have access to all the information contained in the Community register on condition that they comply with the provisions relating to the protection of personal data arising from Regulation (EC) No 45/2001, and in particular Article 8 thereof.
2.The public shall have access to a version of the Community register which does not contain personal data.
3.Requests for access to personal data in the Community register shall be dealt with by the Commission in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2090/98 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
| a Relevant information for transmission of data by fixed—length formatting | |||
| b Formerly Internal No. | |||
| c In the case of a fleet census, this is the date of the census in the Member State (Table 2). For all other types of event, the date of the official document recording the event must be notified. | |||
| d All national code changes require Commission approval. | |||
| e Fishing gear considered to be the one most frequently used on board the vessel for a fishing period of a year or for a fishing campaign. | |||
| f Numeric value with two optional decimal places. The separator for the decimal places is the point. No separator accepted for thousands. | |||
| g Not valid for all vessels in fleet or reported from 1 January 2003. | |||
| Name of zone | Maximum number of characters | AlignmentaL(eft)/R(ight) | Definition and comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country of registration | 3 | — | Member State (Alpha—3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered for fishing pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. Always the reporting country. |
| CFRb | 12 | — | (Community fleet register number). Unique identification number of a fishing vessel. Member State (Alpha—3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (nine characters). Where a series has fewer than nine characters, additional zeros must be inserted on the left hand side. |
| Event code | 3 | — | Code identifying the type of event reported. (Table 1) |
| Date of eventc | 8 | — | Date (YYYYMMDD) on which event occurred |
| Licence indicator | 1 | — | Vessel with a fishing licence according to Regulation (EC) No 3690/93:
|
| Registration number | 14 | L | |
| External marking | 14 | L | Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 |
| Name of vessel | 40 | L | |
| Port of registration | 5 | L | National coded |
| IRCS indicator | 1 | — | Vessel with an international radio on board:
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| IRCS | 7 | L | (International radio call sign). International radio call sign |
| VMS indicator | 1 | — | (Vessel monitoring system) Vessel with a satellite monitoring system in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002:
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| Main fishing geare | 3 | L | Code of main gear (Table 3) |
| Subsidiary fishing gear | 3 | L | Code of subsidiary gear (Table 3) |
| LOA | 6 | R | (Length over all) Length over all in metres, defined in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86. |
| LBP | 6 | R | (Length between perpendiculars) Length between perpendiculars in metres, defined in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86. |
| Tonnage GT | 8 | R | In GT, defined in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86. |
| Other tonnagef | 8 | R | In tonnes according to the Oslo Convention or in accordance with a definition to be laid down by the Member State. |
| GTsf | 7 | R | In GT, an increase in tonnage permitted on grounds of safety pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. |
| Power of main enginef | 8 | R | In kW, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86. |
| Power of auxiliary enginef | 8 | R | In kW. Includes all installed engine power not included under the heading ‘Power of main engine.’ |
| Hull material | 1 | — | Code (Table 4) |
| Year of commissioning | 4 | — | In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86. |
| Month of commissioning | 2 | — | In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86. |
| Day of commissioning | 2 | — | In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86. |
| Segment | 3 | — | Code (Table 5) |
| Country of importation/exportation | 3 | — | Alpha—3 ISO code for the importing or exporting country. |
| Type of export | 2 | — | Code (Table 6) |
| Code for public aid | 2 | — | Code (Table 7) |
| Date of administrative decision | 8 | — | Date (YYYYMMDD) of the administrative decision referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1438/2003, Article 6. |
| Segment covered by administrative decision | 3 | — | Code of MAGP segment to be notified in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1438/2003. |
| Year of construction | 4 | — | |
| Place of construction | 100 | L | Free text. Name of shipyard, town and country where hull was built. |
| Name of vessel agent | 100 | L | Vessel agent:
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| Address of vessel agent | 100 | L | Free text. The address must be sufficiently clear for the agent to be contacted: street, number, box, postal code, town and country. |
| Indicator of owner | 1 | — | Vessel of which agent is also owner
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| Name of owner | 100 | L | Owner of vessel:
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| Address of owner | 100 | L | Free text. The address must be sufficiently clear for the owner to be contacted: street, number, box, postal code, town and country. |
| Entry to fleet | Census | CEN |
| New construction | CST | |
| Change of activity | CHA | |
| Intra-Community import, transfer | IMP | |
| Within fleet | Modification | MOD |
| Exit from fleet | Break-up, shipwreck | DES |
| Change of activity | RET | |
| Intra-Community export, transfer | EXP |
Date of census fixed by country
| BEL, DNK, FRA, GBR, PRT | 1.1.1989 |
| NLD | 1.9.1989 |
| DEU, ESP | 1.1.1990 |
| IRL | 1.10.1990 |
| ITA | 1.1.1991 |
| GRC | 1.7.1991 |
| SWE, FIN | 1.1.1995 |
| CYP, EST, LTU, LVA, MLT, POL, SVN | 1.5.2004 |
| Member States acceding after 1 May 2004 | Accession date] |
Textual Amendments
Code for fishing gear
| a Not valid for vessels in fleet or reported from 1 January 2003 . | ||||
| b Valid only for subsidiary fishing gear.] | ||||
| Gear category | Gear | Code | Static (S) or towed (T) or mobile gear (M) | Pelagic (P) or demersal (D) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrounding nets | Purse seines | PS | M | P |
| Lampara nets | LA | M | P | |
| Seines | Beach seines | SB | T | D/P |
| Danish seines | SDN | T | D/P | |
| Scottish seines | SSC | T | D/P | |
| Pair seines | SPR | T | D/P | |
| Trawls | Beam trawl | TBB | T | D |
| Bottom otter trawl | OTB | T | D | |
| Bottom pair trawls | PTB | T | D | |
| Midwater otter trawls | OTM | T | D/P | |
| Pelagic pair trawls | PTM | T | D/P | |
| Otter twin trawls | OTT | T | D/P | |
| Dredges | Boat dredges | DRB | T | D |
| Hand dredges used on board a vessel | DRH | T | D | |
| Mechanised dredges including suction dredges | HMD | T | D | |
| Lift nets | Boat-operated lift nets | LNB | M | P |
| Shore-operated stationary lift nets | LNS | M | P | |
| Gill nets and entangling nets | Set (anchored) gill nets | GNS | S | D |
| Driftnet | GND | S | D/P | |
| Encircling gill nets | GNC | S | D/P | |
| Trammel nets | GTR | S | D/P | |
| Combined trammel and gill nets | GTN | S | D/P | |
| Traps | Pots (traps) | FPO | S | D |
| Hooks and lines | Hand lines and pole lines (hand operated) | LHP | S | D/P |
| Hand lines and pole lines (mechanised) | LHM | S | D/P | |
| Set longlines | LLS | S | D | |
| Longlines (drifting) | LLD | S | P | |
| Troll lines | LTL | M | P | |
| Gear unknown a | NK | |||
| No gear b | NO | |||
| a Not valid for all vessels in fleet or reported from 1 January 2003. | |
| Wood | 1 |
| Metal | 2 |
| Fibreglass/plastic | 3 |
| Other | 4 |
| Unknowna | 5 |
| a Provisional codes subject to the adoption of a segmentation for the Canary Islands and segmentations different from those of MAGPs IV for the outermost regions of France and Portugal following the adoption of the draft Council regulation on the management of fleets registered in the outermost regions (COM(2003) 175 final). | |||
| Date of event before 31.12.2002 | MAGP codes | ||
| Date of event from 1.1.2003 | Mainland fleet | MFL | |
| Outermost regiona | France | Code MAGP IV | |
| Portugal | Code MAGP IV | ||
| Spain | CAN1 à CANn | ||
| Aquaculture | AQU | ||
| Intra-Community export or transfer | EX |
| Exportation within a joint venture | SM |
Codes for public aid
| Aid not part-financed by the Community | AE |
| Aid part-financed by the Community | AC |
| No public aid | PA |
| Aid for the replacement of engine conditional to power reduction (individual option) | EI |
| Aid for the replacement of engine conditional to power reduction (group option) | EG] |
| a Data mandatory for all vessels in fleet or reported from 1 January 2003. | ||||||||
| b Field empty if ‘IRCS indicator’ is ‘N’. | ||||||||
| c One of two lengths must be reported for all events before 31 December 2002. | ||||||||
| d One of two gross tonnages must be reported for all events before 31 December 2003. | ||||||||
| e Data mandatory for all vessels in fleet or reported from 1 January 2004. | ||||||||
| f The year of commissioning or of construction must be reported for all events before 31 December 2002. | ||||||||
| g Data mandatory for all vessels in fleet or reported from 1 January 2003 with an overall length of not less than 15 metres or a length between perpendiculars of not less than 12 metres. | ||||||||
| h Data mandatory for all vessels in fleet or reported from 1 January 2003 with an overall length of not less than 27 metres or a length between perpendiculars of not less than 24 metres. | ||||||||
| i Field empty if‘ Owner indicator’ is ‘Y’. | ||||||||
| j To be completed only for entries to fleet from 1 January 2003 following an administrative decision taken between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2002. | ||||||||
| l Data mandatory only where an increase in tonnage is authorised on grounds of safety. | ||||||||
| k To be completed only for entries to fleet from 1 January 2003 following an administrative decision taken as from 1 January 2000. | ||||||||
| Entry to fleet | Within fleet | Exit from fleet | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEN | CST | CHA | IMP | MOD | DES | RET | EXP | |
| Country of registration | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| CFR | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Event code | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Date of event | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Licence indicatora | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Registration number | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| External marking | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Name of vessel | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Port of registration | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| IRCS indicator | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| IRCSb | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| VMS indicatora | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Main fishing gear | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Subsidiary fishing gear | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| LOAa c | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| LBPc | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Gross tonnage GTd (5) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Other tonnaged | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| GTs | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Power of main engine | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Power of auxiliary engine | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Hull material | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Year of commissioningf | X | a | a | a | X | X | X | X |
| Month of commissioning | X | a | a | a | X | X | X | X |
| Day of commissioning | X | a | a | a | X | X | X | X |
| Segment | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Country of importation/exportation | — | — | — | X | — | — | — | X |
| Type of exporta | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | X |
| Code for public aid | — | X | X | X | l | X | X | X |
| Date of administrative decisionk | — | X | X | X | — | — | — | — |
| Segment covered by administrative decisionj | — | X | X | X | — | — | — | — |