CHAPTER IIU.K. GROUPS OF VESSELS EXCLUDED FROM THE FISHING EFFORT REGIME
Article 3U.K.Request for exclusion
1.For the purpose of excluding a group of vessels from the fishing effort regime pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008, Member States shall send the Commission a request for exclusion supported by information demonstrating that the group of vessels concerned will comply with the condition laid down in Article 11(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and justifying how the condition provided for in Article 11(2)(c) of that Regulation is satisfied.
2.The request shall be sent in electronic form and in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex I. Complete requests received at least 1 month before a STECF plenary meeting will be sent to STECF for assessment in that meeting. Requests received thereafter can be sent to STEFC for assessment at the subsequent meeting.
3.Where a group of vessels is excluded from the fishing effort regime pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008, the fishing effort that can be associated with the activity or technical characteristics of this group, and which contributed to establishment of the baseline effort, shall no longer be taken into account for the purpose of establishing the maximum allowable fishing effort.
4.Where a group of vessels is re-included in the effort regime on the basis of Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008, the fishing effort allocated to the effort group concerned will be adjusted taking into account the annual effort adjustments that have taken place since the establishment of the baseline effort for that effort group.
5.Where a vessel no longer complies with the requirements specified in the decision on exclusion, in particular concerning activities or technical characteristics of the group of vessels, the Member State shall count the effort deployed by that vessel during the fishing season against the maximum allowable fishing effort.
Article 4U.K.Annual report
1.Each Member State shall send to the Commission, by 31 March of each year, a report on the activities carried out during the preceding fishing season by the group or groups of vessels flying its flag which have been excluded from the effort regime in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008. The report shall show that the condition set out in Article 11(2)(b) and specified in the decision on exclusion has been complied with during that season.
2.The report shall show how the activities or technical characteristics of groups of vessels which have been excluded from the fishing effort regime pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 are controlled and monitored to ensure that all vessels of that group comply with the condition for exclusion set out in Article 11(2)(b) and specified in the decision on exclusion.
3.The report referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sent in accordance with the requirements set out in Tables 1 and 3 of Annex I. By way of derogation from the requirements set out in that Annex, the data in the annual report shall be limited to the previous fishing season.
4.The annual report shall include the list of vessels with Community Fleet Register number that belonged to the excluded group of vessels during the previous fishing season. This information shall be included in Table 1.