http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eur/2010/86

Commission Regulation (EU) No 86/2010

of 29 January 2010

amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 as regards the definition of fishery products and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1010/2009 as regards exchange of information on inspections of third country vessels and administrative arrangements on catch certificates

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing1, in particular Articles 9(1), 12(5), 51(3) and 52 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 applies to fishery products falling under the definition given in its Article 2. Annex I to that Regulation lists the products excluded from the definition of fishery products. That list may be reviewed each year and should now be amended on the basis of new information gathered under the administrative cooperation with third countries provided for in Article 20(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008.

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1010/2009 of 22 October 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 sets, inter alia, benchmarks for the conduct of port inspections by Member States2. In order for Member States to implement the inspection benchmarks set out in Article 4(c) and (d) of that Regulation, information on inspections of third country vessels should be transmitted electronically to the Commission who shall make that information available to other Member States.

(3)

Administrative arrangements by which catch certificates are established, validated or submitted by electronic means or replaced by electronic traceability systems ensuring the same level of control by authorities are to be listed in Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 1010/2009. Since new administrative arrangements on catch certificates have been agreed, that Annex should be updated.

(4)

Regulations (EC) No 1005/2008 and 1010/2009 should be amended accordingly.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

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