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Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 (repealed)Show full title

Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 of 6 April 2009 concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, amending Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1559/2007 (repealed)

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ANNEX VIII

Format for the communication of Vessel Monitoring System messages

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At least one of the field codes RC, IR or XR is mandatory.

Data elementField codeMandatory/OptionalTypeContentsDefinition
Start recordSRMSystem detail; indicates start of record
AddressADMChar*3ISO-3166 AddressMessage detail; destination; ‘EEC’ for the Commission
FromFRMChar*3ISO-3166 AddressMessage detail; ISO-3 code of the transmitting contracting party
Sequence numberSQONum*6NNNNNNMessage detail; message serial number in current year
Type of messageTMMChar*3CodeMessage detail; message type, ‘POS’ as Position report/message to be communicated by VMS or other means by vessels with a defective satellite tracking device
Radio call signRCOaChar*7IRCS CodeVessel registration detail; international radio call sign of the vessel
Trip numberTNONum*3NNNActivity detail; fishing trip serial number in current year
Vessel nameNAOChar*30Vessel registration detail; name of the vessel
Contracting party internal reference numberIROaChar*12ISO-3166 + CodeVessel registration detail. Unique contracting party vessel number as ISO-3 flag State code followed by code (CFR number)
External registration numberXROaChar*14Side number of the vessel or IMO number in the absence of a side number
Latitude (decimal)LTMChar*7+/–DD.dddActivity detail; position at time of transmission
Longitude (decimal)LGMChar*8+/–DDD.dddActivity detail; position at time of transmission
CourseCOMChar*3360° degree scaleCourse of the vessel
SpeedSPMChar*3Knots * 10Speed of the vessel
Free textMSOChar*255Alarms or eventsNotification of alarms or events
DateDAMNum*8YYYYMMDDMessage detail; date of transmission
TimeTIMNum*4HHMMMessage detail; time of transmission
End of recordERMSystem detail; indicates end of the record

Example of message sent via ‘Trackwell protocol’ on test system (httpsgwt)

https://fides.ec.europa.eu/httpsgwt.index.php?application=CYP&method=send&message=//SR//AD/EEC//FR/CYP//SQ/28285//TM/POS//RC/ZWXS//TN/001//NA/LA GROSSE POULE//IR/CYP000000123//XR/ZZ-0604//LT/+47.612//LG/-47.528//CO/280//SP/23//MS/SWITCHING on VMS//DA/20080307//TI//ER//

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