Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005Show full title

Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required

Reporting obligations

22.Member States, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days absent from port and present within the area as set out in this Annex, shall communicate, for each calendar year within one month of the expiry of that calendar year, to the Commission the information about effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area concerned by this Annex as laid out in Table IV.

23.Member States shall communicate the data referred in point 22 to the Commission in Spread Sheet format by sending it to the appropriate mailbox address which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission.

Table IV — Reporting format
CountryCFRExternal markingArea fishedLength of management periodGear type/types notifiedDays eligible using this gearDays spent with this gear typeTransfers of days
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)
Table V — Data format
Name of zoneMax. number of characters/digitsDefinition and comments
(1)Country
3

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered for fishing under Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

Always the reporting country.

(2)CFR
12

(Community Fleet Register Number).

Unique identification number of a fishing vessel.

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters additional zeros must be inserted on the left hand side.

(3)External marking
14Under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87
(4)Area
1Indicate if the vessel has been fishing in Area 2(a) or 2(b) of this Annex
(5)Length of management period
2Indication from 1-12 of the length of each management period allocated to the vessel concerned. Separate management periods in which the same gear grouping or combination of gear groupings have been notified, in accordance with point 7 of this Annex, may be aggregated.
(6)Gear type/types notified
2Indication from 4(a) through to 4 (g) of the gear types notified in accordance with point 4 of this Annex.
(7)Days eligible using this gear
3Number of days for which this vessel is eligible under this Annex for the choice of gears and length of management period notified.
(8)Days spent with this gear type
3Number of days for which the vessel actually spent absent from port and present within the area according to this Annex.
(9)Transfers of days
3For days transferred indicate ‘– number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’