Council Regulation (EU) No 53/2010Show full title

Council Regulation (EU) No 53/2010 of 14 January 2010 fixing for 2010 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required and amending Regulations (EC) No 1359/2008, (EC) No 754/2009, (EC) No 1226/2009 and (EC) No 1287/2009

ANNEX IIAU.K.FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN STOCKS IN ICES ZONES IIIa, IV, VIa, VIIa, VIId, AND EU WATERS OF ICES ZONES IIa AND Vb

1.ScopeU.K.

1.1.This Annex shall apply to EU vessels carrying on board or deploying any of the gears referred to in point 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and present in any of the geographical areas referred to in point 2 of that Annex.U.K.

1.2.This Annex shall not apply to vessels of less than 10 metres' length overall. These vessels shall not be required to carry special fishing permits issued in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94. Member States concerned shall assess the fishing effort of those vessels by effort groups to which they belong, using appropriate sampling methods. During 2010, the Commission shall seek scientific advice for evaluating the effort deployment of those vessels, with a view to their future inclusion into the effort regime.U.K.

2.Regulated gears and geographical areasU.K.

For the purposes of this Annex, the regulated gears referred to in point 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and geographical areas referred to in point 2 of that Annex shall apply.

3.Maximum allowable fishing effortU.K.

3.1.The maximum allowable effort referred to in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 676/2007 for the 2010 management period, from 1 February 2010 to 31 January 2011, for each of the effort groups of each Member State is set out in Appendix 1.U.K.

3.2.The maximum levels of annual fishing effort set in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 shall not affect the maximum allowable fishing effort set in this Annex.U.K.

4.Member States' obligationsU.K.

4.1.Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 676/2007, Articles 4 and 13 to 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and Articles 26 to 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.U.K.

4.2.Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 shall apply to vessels falling under the scope of this Annex. The geographical area referred to in that Article shall be understood, for the purpose of cod management, as each of the geographical areas referred to in point 2 and, for the purpose of sole and plaice management, as ICES zone IV.U.K.

5.Allocation of fishing effortU.K.

5.1.If a Member State deems so appropriate in order to reinforce the sustainable implementation of this effort regime, it shall not permit fishing with a regulated gear in any of the geographical areas to which this Annex applies by any of its vessels which has no record of such fishing activity, unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the regulated area.U.K.

5.2.A Member State may establish management periods for allocating all or parts of the maximum allowable effort to individual vessels or groups of vessels. In such case, the number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed at the discretion of the Member State concerned. During any such management periods, the Member State may reallocate effort between individual vessels or groups of vessels.U.K.

5.3.If a Member State authorises vessels to be present within an area by hours, the Member State shall continue measuring the consumption of days in accordance with the conditions referred to in point 4. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of effort within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area before the end of a 24-hour period.U.K.

6.Communication of relevant dataU.K.

6.1.Without prejudice to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Member States shall transmit to the Commission on its request the data on fishing effort deployed by their fishing vessels in the previous month and the months before, using the reporting format set out in Appendix 2.U.K.

6.2.The data shall be sent to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which the Commission shall communicate to the Member States. When a data transfer to the Fisheries Data Exchange System (or any future data system decided by the Commission) will become operational, the Member State shall transmit the data to the system before the fifteenth of each month, referring to the effort deployed up to the end of the previous month. The Commission shall notify Member States the date at which the system shall be used for transmission at least two months in advance of the first due date. The first fishing effort declaration that will be sent to the system shall include the effort deployed since 1 February 2010. Member States shall transmit to the Commission on its request the data on fishing effort deployed by their fishing vessels during the month of January 2010.U.K.

Appendix 1 to annex IIAMaximum allowable fishing effort in kilowatt days

Geographical area:Regulated gearDKDESE
(a)Kattegat
TR1197 9294 21216 610
TR21 475 6299 316582 233
TR3523 126055 853
BT1000
BT2000
GN115 45626 53413 102
GT22 645022 060
LL1 100025 339
Geographical areaRegulated gearBEDKDEESFRIENLSEUK
(b)Skagerrak,

that part of ICES zone IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat; ICES zone IV and EU waters of ICES zone IIa;

ICES zone VIId

TR14324 892 761 [F11 269 111]2 0362 214 240227 [F1371 757]248 6388 938 164
TR2279 8684 106 634 [F1516 154]09 638 85815 861 [F11 080 920]872 9007 409 969
TR304 391 356 [F13 501]0107 0410 [F148 508]263 77221 511
BT11 427 5741 157 265 [F129 271]000 [F1999 808]01 739 759
BT26 229 75188 645 [F11 691 253]0829 5040 [F134 743 212]07 337 669
GN163 5312 307 977 [F1224 484]0222 5980 [F1438 664]74 925546 303
GT0224 124 [F1467]02 374 0730 [F10]48 96814 004
LL056 312 [F10]24571 4480 [F10]110 468134 880
Geographical areaRegulated gearBEFRIEUK [F2NL]
(c)ICES zone VIIa
TR10138 714 [F159 625]603 719 [F20]
TR217 409552 [F1778 729]1 934 646 [F20]
TR300 [F18 433]1 588 [F20]
BT100 [F10]0 [F20]
BT2843 7820 [F1514 584]111 693 [F2200 000]
GN0158 [F118 255]5 970 [F20]
GT00 [F10]158 [F20]
LL00 [F10]70 614 [F20]
Geographical areaRegulated gearDEESFRIEUK
(d)ICES zone VIa and EU waters of ICES zone Vb
TR1 [F111 151]0 [F12 685 733]221 3461 836 929
TR2 [F10]0 [F17 415]479 0432 972 845
TR3 [F10]0 [F10]20 35530 042
BT1 [F10]0 [F17 161]0117 544
BT2 [F10]0 [F113 211]3 8014 626
GN [F135 442]13 836 [F1400 503]5 697213 454
GT [F10]0 [F10]1 953145
LL [F10]1 402 142 [F154 917]4 250630 040

Appendix 2 to annex IIA

Table II

Reporting format

CountryGearAreaYearMonthCumulative declaration
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)

Table III

Data format

a

Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.

Name of fieldMaximum number of characters/digitsAlignmentaL(eft)/R(ight)Definition and comments
(1)Country
3Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which the vessel is registered
(2)Gear
3

one of the following gear types

TR1

TR2

TR3

BT1

BT2

GN1

GT1

LL1

(3)Area
8L

one of the following areas

03AS

02A0407D

07A

06A

(4)Year
4the year of the month for which the declaration is done
(5)Month
2month for which the fishing effort declaration is done (expressed by two digits between 01 and 12)
(6)Cumulative declaration
13Rcumulative amount of fishing effort expressed in kilowatt days from 1 January of the year (4) until the end of the month (5)