Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008
of 18 December 2008
establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 (repealed)

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Repealed by Regulation (EU) 2018/973 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 establishing a multiannual plan for demersal stocks in the North Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, specifying details of the implementation of the landing obligation in the North Sea and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 676/2007 and (EC) No 1342/2008.

CHAPTER I SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1 Subject matter
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Article 2 Definitions
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Article 3 Geographical definitions
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Article 4 Calculation of fishing effort
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Article 5 Objective of the plan
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CHAPTER II TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCHES

Article 6 Minimum and precautionary biomass levels
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Article 7 Procedure for setting TACs for cod stocks in the Kattegat the west of Scotland and the Irish Sea
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Article 8 Procedure for setting TACs for the cod stock in the North Sea, the Skagerrak and the eastern Channel
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Article 9 Setting of TACs in poor data conditions
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CHAPTER IIa MEMBER STATES' OBLIGATIONS

Article 10 Fishing authorisations and capacity ceilings
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CHAPTER III FISHING EFFORT LIMITATION

Article 11 Fishing effort regime
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Article 12 Fishing effort allocations
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Article 13 Allocation of additional fishing effort for highly selective gear and cod-avoiding fishing trips
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Article 14 Member States’ obligations
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Article 15 Regulation of fishing effort
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Article 16 Exchange of maximum allowable fishing effort between Member States and reconstitution of effort
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Article 17 Exchange of maximum allowable fishing effort across effort groups
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CHAPTER IV MONITORING, INSPECTION AND SURVEILLANCE

Article 18 Relationship with Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93
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Article 19 Logbook checks
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Article 20 Weighing of cod first landed
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Article 21 Inspection benchmarks
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Article 22 Prohibition on transhipping
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Article 23 National control action programmes
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Article 24 Prior notification
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Article 25 Designated ports
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Article 26 Margin of tolerance in the estimation of quantities reported in the logbook
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Article 27 Separate stowage of cod
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Article 28 Transport of cod
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Article 29 Specific monitoring programmes
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CHAPTER V DECISION-MAKING AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 30 Decision-making procedure
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Article 31 Amendments to Annex I
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Article 32 Detailed rules
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Article 33 Assistance under the European Fisheries Fund
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Article 34 Review
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Article 35 Repeal
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Article 36 Entry into force
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ANNEX I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. Gear groupings
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2. Groupings of geographical areas:
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ANNEX II SPECIFIC INSPECTION BENCHMARKS

Objective
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Strategy
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Priorities
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Target benchmarks

4. Not later than one month from the date of entry into force of this Regulation, Member States shall implement their inspection schedules taking account of the targets set out below.
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ANNEX III CONTENTS OF NATIONAL CONTROL ACTION PROGRAMMES
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1. Means of control

Human resources
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Technical resources
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Financial resources
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2. Electronic recording and reporting of information relating to fishing activities
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3. Designation of ports
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4. Notification prior to landing
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5. Landings control
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6. Inspection procedures
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