Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006
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1.[F1A fisheries administration must] operate a satellite-based vessel monitoring system for effective monitoring of fishing activities of [F2its fleet] wherever those vessels may be and of fishing activities in [F3United Kingdom] waters.
2.Without prejudice to specific provisions contained in multiannual plans, a fishing vessel of 12 metres’ length overall or more shall have installed on board a fully functioning device which allows that vessel to be automatically located and identified through the vessel monitoring system by transmitting position data at regular intervals. It shall also allow the fisheries monitoring centre of [F4a fisheries administration] to poll the fishing vessel. For fishing vessels of 12 metres’ length overall or more and less than 15 metres’ length overall this Article shall apply as from 1 January 2012.
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4.If a [F6United Kingdom] fishing vessel operates in the waters of a third country or in areas of the high sea where the fishing resources are managed by an international organisation and, if the agreement with that third country or the applicable rules of that international organisation so provide, those data shall also be made available to that country or organisation.
5.A [F7fisheries administration] may exempt [F8United Kingdom] fishing vessels of less than 15 metres’ length overall F9... from the requirement to be fitted with a vessel monitoring system if they:
(a)operate exclusively within the territorial seas of the [F10United Kingdom] ; or
(b)never spend more than 24 hours at sea from the time of departure to the return to port.
6.Third country fishing vessels of 12 metres’ length overall or more and third country auxiliary fishing vessels engaged in activities ancillary to fishing activities operating in [F11[F12United Kingdom] waters shall have installed on board a fully functioning device which allows such a vessel to be automatically located and identified by the vessel monitoring system by transmitting position data at regular intervals in the same way as [F12United Kingdom]] fishing vessels.
[F137.A fisheries administration must establish and operate a fisheries monitoring centre, which must monitor fishing activities and fishing effort. The fisheries monitoring centre must monitor the fisheries administration's fleet whatever the waters in which they are operating or the port they are in, as well as other fishing vessels to which vessel monitoring systems apply when they are operating within United Kingdom waters.]
8.[F14A fisheries administration must] appoint the competent authorities responsible for the fisheries monitoring centre and shall take the appropriate measures to ensure that its fisheries monitoring centre has the proper staffing resources and is equipped with computer hardware and software enabling automatic data processing and electronic data transmission. [F15A fisheries administration must] provide for back-up and recovery procedures in case of system failure. F16...
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[F1810.A fisheries administration may make regulations specifying detailed rules for the application of this Article.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(a)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 9(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Art. 9(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 9(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in Art. 9(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(e)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Words in Art. 9(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(e)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Words in Art. 9(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(e)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10Words in Art. 9(5)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(e)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F11Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 amending Council Regulations (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2187/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 2347/2002 and (EC) No 1224/2009, and Regulations (EU) No 1379/2013 and (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the landing obligation, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1434/98.
F12Words in Art. 9(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(f); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F13Art. 9(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(g); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F14Words in Art. 9(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(h)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F15Words in Art. 9(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(h)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F16Words in Art. 9(8) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(h)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F17Art. 9(9) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(10)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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