The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Council Regulation (EC) No 1984/2003 introducing a system for the statistical monitoring of trade in swordfish and bigeye tuna within the Community

13.—(1) Council Regulation (EC) 1984/2003 introducing a system for the statistical monitoring of trade in swordfish and bigeye tuna within the Community is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1 for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”.

(3) In Article 2—

(a) in point (a) for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(b) in point (b) for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”; and

(c) in point (c) for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”.

(4) In Article 3, in point (e) for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”.

(5) In the heading for Section 1 of Chapter 2 for “on Member States” substitute “in the United Kingdom”.

(6) In Article 4—

(a) in paragraph 1 for “territory of the Community” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(b) in paragraph 3 for “the Member State in which the product is imported” substitute “a fisheries administration”; and

(c) in paragraph 4 for “The Member States shall ensure that their” substitute “A fisheries administration must ensure that its”.

(7) In the heading for Section 2 for “on Member States in respect of exports” substitute “in respect of exports from the United Kingdom”.

(8) In Article 5—

(a) in paragraph 1 for “Community” in both places it occurs, substitute “United Kingdom”;

(b) in paragraph 2 for point (b) substitute—

“(b) be validated by the competent authorities of a fisheries administration;”;

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “The Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”, and

(ii) for “their” substitute “its”; and

(d) omit paragraph 4.

(9) In the heading for Section 3 for “on Member States in respect of re-exports” substitute “in respect of re-exports from the United Kingdom”.

(10) In Article 6—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in point (a) for “Community” in both places it occurs, substitute “United Kingdom”, and

(ii) in point (b) for “territory of the Community” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(b) in paragraph 2 for point (b) substitute—

“(b) be validated by the competent authorities of a fisheries administration, in the circumstances where re-export is to take place from the United Kingdom, or the competent authorities of the third country from which the re-export has taken place;”;

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “Member States which authenticate re-export certificates in accordance with paragraph 2(b)” substitute “Where a fisheries administration has authenticated a re-export certificate in accordance with paragraph 2, it”, and

(ii) for “The Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”;

(d) in paragraph 4 for “the Member State of importation or re-exportation” substitute “a fisheries administration”; and

(e) in paragraph 5—

(i) for “The Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”, and

(ii) for “their” substitute “its”.

(11) In the heading for Section 4 omit “for Member States”.

(12) In Article 7a—

(a) for paragraph 1 substitute—

“1.   In relation to large-scale pelagic longline vessels, when validating statistical documents, a fisheries administration must ensure that transhipments are consistent with the reported catch amount by each such vessel.”;

(b) in paragraph 2 for “The flag Member State of large-scale pelagic longline vessels shall” substitute “A fisheries administration, in relation to large-scale pelagic longline vessels, must”; and

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”, and

(ii) for “their area or territory” substitute “the United Kingdom”.

(13) Omit Chapter 3.

(14) Omit Articles 11, 12 and 14.