Commission Regulation (EC) No 665/2008 of 14 July 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 concerning the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy

Article 1

Components of the national programmes

The multi-annual national programmes referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 shall comprise:

(a) The actions planned, by modules and sections as referred to in the multi-annual Community programme and according to the following regions: — the Baltic Sea (ICES areas III b-d), — the North Sea (ICES areas IIIa, IV and VIId) and the Eastern Arctic (ICES areas I and II), — the North Atlantic (ICES areas V-XIV and NAFO areas), — the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, — regions where fisheries are operated by Community vessels and managed by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations to which the Community is contracting party or observer;

(b) the elements of analytical accounts distributed by modules and sections as referred to in the multi-annual Community programme and by regions as referred to in point (a) of this Article;

(c) a detailed description of the sampling strategies followed and the statistical estimates used making it possible to appreciate the levels of precision and the relationship between cost and precision;

(d) the elements demonstrating that the national programmes are co-ordinated in the same region and those tasks are shared between the relevant Member States.

Article 2

Submission of the national programmes

When submitting the national programmes Member States shall use:

(a) the templates and guidelines established by STECF with regard to the technical and scientific aspects of the programme;

(b) the financial forms provided by the Commission with regard to the financial aspects of the programme.

Article 3

National co-ordination and co-ordination between the Commission and Member States

Article 4

Regional co-ordination

Article 5

Submission of the annual report

Member States shall submit by electronic means the annual report referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 by 31 May of each year following the year of implementation of the national programme. The annual report shall comprise in particular, by modules and sections as referred to in the multi-annual Community programme and by regions as referred to in Article 1(a):

(a) a presentation of the yearly execution of the programme specifying the outcomes of the planned actions;

(b) the elements of yearly analytical accounts.

When submitting the annual report Member States shall use:

(a) the templates and guidelines established by STECF with regard to the technical and scientific aspects of the programme;

(b) the financial forms provided by the Commission with regard to the financial aspects of the programme.

Article 7

Research surveys at sea

Article 8

Management of primary and metadata

Article 9

Follow up of requests and transmissions of data

The database, referred to in paragraph 1, shall contain information on the following:

(a) the requests, the date of requests, the type and purpose of requested data, the specification of the end-user;

(b) the responses, the date of responses and the type of data transmitted.

Article 10

Support for scientific advice

Article 11

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter in to force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.