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Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1936/2001 and (EC) No 601/2004 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1093/94 and (EC) No 1447/1999
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1.With a view to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing, an effective scheme of inspections in port for third country fishing vessels calling at the ports of [F1the United Kingdom] shall be maintained.
2.Access to ports of [F2the United Kingdom], the provision of port services, and the conduct of landing or transhipment operations in such ports shall be prohibited for third country fishing vessels unless they meet the requirements laid down in this Regulation, except in cases of force majeure or distress within the meaning of Article 18 of the Unclos (force majeure or distress) for services strictly necessary to remedy those situations.
3.Transhipments between third country fishing vessels or between the latter and [F3United Kingdom fishing vessels] shall be prohibited in [F4United Kingdom] waters and shall take place only in port, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
4.[F5United Kingdom fishing vessels] shall not be authorised to tranship at sea catches from third country fishing vessels outside [F6United Kingdom] waters unless the fishing vessels are registered as carrier vessels under the auspices of a regional fisheries management organisation.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 4(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(6)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 4(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(6)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 4(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(6)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 4(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(6)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 4(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(6)(d)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 4(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(6)(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.[F7A fisheries administration must] designate ports, or places close to the shore, where landings or transhipment operations of fishery products and port services referred to in Article 4(2) are permitted.
2.Access to port services and the conduct of landing or transhipment operations by third country fishing vessels shall be authorised only in designated ports.
[F83.A fisheries administration must publish on a website that is accessible to the public a list of ports, or places close to the shore, designated under paragraph 1.]
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Textual Amendments
F7Words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(7)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Art. 5(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(7)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Art. 5(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(7)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.Masters of third country fishing vessels or their representatives shall notify the competent authorities of [F10a fisheries administration when they wish to use a port or landing facility designated under Article 5] at least three working days before the estimated time of arrival at the port, of the following information:
(a)vessel identification;
(b)name of the designated port of destination and the purposes of the call, landing, transhipment or access to services;
(c)fishing authorisation or, where appropriate, authorisation to support fishing operations or to tranship fishery products;
(d)dates of the fishing trip;
(e)estimated date and time of arrival at port;
(f)the quantities of each species retained on board or, where appropriate, a negative report;
(g)the zone or zones where the catch was made or where transhipment took place, whether in [F11United Kingdom] waters, in zones under the jurisdiction or sovereignty of a third country or on the high seas;
(h)the quantities for each species to be landed or transhipped.
Masters of third country fishing vessels or their representatives shall be exempted from notifying information contained in points (a), (c), (d), (g) and (h), where a catch certificate has been validated in accordance with Chapter III for the full catch to be landed or transhipped in the [F12United Kingdom].
2.The notification set out in paragraph 1 shall be accompanied by a catch certificate validated in accordance with Chapter III if the third country fishing vessel carries on board fishery products. The provisions laid down in [X1Article 13] on the recognition of catch documents or port State control forms which are part of catch documentation or port State control schemes adopted by regional fisheries management organisations shall apply mutatis mutandis.
3.[F13A fisheries administration may, by regulations,] exempt certain categories of third country fishing vessels from the obligation stipulated in paragraph 1 for a limited and renewable period, or make provision for another notification period taking into account, inter alia, the type of fishery product, the distance between the fishing grounds, landing places and ports where the vessels in question are registered or listed.
4.This Article shall apply without prejudice to special provisions set forth in fisheries agreements concluded between the [F14United Kingdom] and third countries.
Editorial Information
X1Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1936/2001 and (EC) No 601/2004 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1093/94 and (EC) No 1447/1999 (Official Journal of the European Union L 286 of 29 October 2008).
Textual Amendments
F10Words in Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(8)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F11Words in Art. 6(1)(g) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(8)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F12Words in Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(8)(a)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F13Words in Art. 6(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/753), regs. 1, 28(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F14Words in Art. 6(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(8)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.Without prejudice to point 5 of Article 37, a third country fishing vessel shall be granted authorisation to access the port only if the information set out in Article 6(1) is complete and, if the third country vessel carries on board fishery products, is accompanied by the catch certificate referred to in Article 6(2).
2.Authorisation to commence landing or transhipment operations in port shall be subject to a check to determine the completeness of the information submitted as prescribed in paragraph 1 and, where appropriate, to an inspection carried out in accordance with Section 2.
3.By way of derogation to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article [F15a fisheries administration] may authorise port access and all or part of a landing in cases where the information set out in Article 6(1) is not complete or its check or verification is pending, but shall, in such cases, keep the fishery products concerned in storage under the control of the competent authorities. The fishery products shall only be released to be sold, taken over or transported once the information set out in Article 6(1) has been received or the checking or verification process is completed. If this process is not completed within 14 days of the landing, [F15a fisheries administration] may confiscate and dispose of the fishery products in accordance with [F16applicable law]. The cost of storage shall be borne by the operators.
Textual Amendments
F15Words in Art. 7(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(9)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F16Words in Art. 7(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(9)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.Masters of third country fishing vessels or their representative shall submit to the authorities of [F17a fisheries administration, in circumstances when they use landing or transhipment facilities in the United Kingdom], if possible by electronic means prior to landing or transhipment operations, a declaration indicating the quantity of fishery products by species to be landed or transhipped, and the date and place of each catch. Masters and their representatives shall be held responsible for the accuracy of such declarations.
2.[F18A fisheries administration must] keep the originals of the declarations set out in paragraph 1, or a hard copy when transmitted electronically, for a period of three years or longer in accordance with national rules.
[F193.A fisheries administration may, by regulations, specify landing and transhipment declaration procedures and forms.
3A.Subject to paragraph 3B, the Secretary of State may, by regulations, specify landing and transhipment declaration procedures and forms.
3B.Where the exercise of the power to make regulations under paragraph 3 would be outside the jurisdiction of the Secretary of State under Article 1(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, before making such regulations under the power in paragraph 3A the Secretary of State must obtain the consent of—
(a)the Scottish Ministers, to the extent that the exercise of the power would be within their jurisdiction under Article 1(3) of that Regulation;
(b)the Welsh Ministers, to the extent that the exercise of the power would be within their jurisdiction under Article 1(4) of that Regulation;
(c)the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in Northern Ireland, to the extent that the exercise of the power would be within its jurisdiction under Article 1(5) of that Regulation.]
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Textual Amendments
F17Words in Art. 8(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(10)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F18Words in Art. 8(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(10)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F19Art. 8(3)-(3B) substituted for Art. 8(3) (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/753), regs. 1, 28(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F20Art. 8(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 9(10)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1599), regs. 1(3), 5
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