Council Regulation (EU) No 39/2013 of 21 January 2013 fixing for 2013 the fishing opportunities available to EU vessels for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are not subject to international negotiations or agreements

Species: Common sole Solea solea	Species: Common sole Solea solea	Zone: VI; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (SOL/56-14)
Ireland	46	Precautionary TAC
United Kingdom	11	Precautionary TAC
Union	57	Precautionary TAC
TAC	57	Precautionary TAC
Species: Common sole Solea solea	Species: Common sole Solea solea	Zone: VIIa (SOL/07A.)
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Belgium	36	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
France	0	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Ireland	58	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
The Netherlands	11	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
United Kingdom	35	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Union	140	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
TAC	140	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Species: Common sole Solea solea	Species: Common sole Solea solea	Zone: VIIb and VIIc (SOL/7BC.)
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France	6	Precautionary TAC Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
Ireland	36	Precautionary TAC Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
Union	42	Precautionary TAC Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
TAC	42	Precautionary TAC Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
Species: Common sole Solea solea	Species: Common sole Solea solea	Zone: VIId (SOL/07D.)
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Belgium	1 588	Analytical TAC
France	3 177	Analytical TAC
United Kingdom	1 135	Analytical TAC
Union	5 900	Analytical TAC
TAC	5 900	Analytical TAC
Species: Common sole Solea solea	Species: Common sole Solea solea	Zone: VIIe (SOL/07E.)
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Belgium	32 [^E0051]	Analytical TAC
France	337 [^E0051]	Analytical TAC
United Kingdom	525 [^E0051]	Analytical TAC
Union	894	Analytical TAC
TAC	894	Analytical TAC

In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 5 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, pursuant to Article 7 of this Regulation.

Species: Common sole Solea solea	Species: Common sole Solea solea	Zone: VIIf and VIIg (SOL/7FG.)
Belgium	688	Analytical TAC
France	69	Analytical TAC
Ireland	34	Analytical TAC
United Kingdom	309	Analytical TAC
Union	1 100	Analytical TAC
TAC	1 100	Analytical TAC
Species: Common sole Solea solea	Species: Common sole Solea solea	Zone: VIIh, VIIj and VIIk (SOL/7HJK.)
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Belgium	33	Analytical TAC Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
France	67	Analytical TAC Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
Ireland	181	Analytical TAC Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
The Netherlands	54	Analytical TAC Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
United Kingdom	67	Analytical TAC Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
Union	402	Analytical TAC Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
TAC	402	Analytical TAC Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
Species: Common sole Solea solea	Species: Common sole Solea solea	Zone: VIIIa and VIIIb (SOL/8AB.)
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Belgium	51	Analytical TAC
Spain	9	Analytical TAC
France	3 758	Analytical TAC
The Netherlands	282	Analytical TAC
Union	4 100	Analytical TAC
TAC	4 100	Analytical TAC
Species: Sole Solea spp.	Species: Sole Solea spp.	Zone: VIIIc, VIIId, VIIIe, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (SOO/8CDE34)
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Spain	403	Precautionary TAC
Portugal	669	Precautionary TAC
Union	1 072	Precautionary TAC
TAC	1 072	Precautionary TAC
Species: Sprat Sprattus sprattus	Species: Sprat Sprattus sprattus	Zone: VIId and VIIe (SPR/7DE.)
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Belgium	26	Precautionary TAC
Denmark	1 674	Precautionary TAC
Germany	26	Precautionary TAC
France	361	Precautionary TAC
The Netherlands	361	Precautionary TAC
United Kingdom	2 702	Precautionary TAC
Union	5 150	Precautionary TAC
TAC	5 150	Precautionary TAC
Species: Spurdog/dogfish Squalus acanthias	Species: Spurdog/dogfish Squalus acanthias	Zone: EU waters of IIIa (DGS/03A-C.)
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Denmark	0	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Sweden	0	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Union	0	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
TAC	0	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Species: Spurdog/dogfish Squalus acanthias	Species: Spurdog/dogfish Squalus acanthias	Zone: EU waters of IIa and IV (DGS/2AC4-C)
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Belgium	0 [^E0052]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Denmark	0 [^E0052]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Germany	0 [^E0052]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
France	0 [^E0052]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
The Netherlands	0 [^E0052]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Sweden	0 [^E0052]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
United Kingdom	0 [^E0052]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Union	0 [^E0052]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
TAC	0 [^E0052]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Catches taken with longlines of tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus), kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), bird beak dogfish (Deania calcea), leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), greater lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps), smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus), Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) and spurdog (Squalus acanthias) are included. When accidentally caught, these species shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.

Species: Spurdog/dogfish Squalus acanthias	Species: Spurdog/dogfish Squalus acanthias	Zone: EU and international waters of I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV (DGS/15X14)
Belgium	0 [^E0053]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
Germany	0 [^E0053]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
Spain	0 [^E0053]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
France	0 [^E0053]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
Ireland	0 [^E0053]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
The Netherlands	0 [^E0053]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
Portugal	0 [^E0053]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
United Kingdom	0 [^E0053]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
Union	0 [^E0053]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 11 of this Regulation applies.
TAC	0 [^E0053]	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 11 of this Regulation applies.

Catches taken with longlines of tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus), kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), bird beak dogfish (Deania calcea), leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), greater lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps), smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus), Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) and spurdog (Squalus acanthias) are included. When accidentally caught, these species shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.

Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.	Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.	Zone: VIIIc (JAX/08C.)
Spain	22 409  [^E0054] [^E0056]	Analytical TAC
France	388 [^E0054]	Analytical TAC
Portugal	2 214  [^E0054] [^E0056]	Analytical TAC
Union	25 011	Analytical TAC
TAC	25 011	Analytical TAC

Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98 [^E0055], no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the landings shall be 1,20.

Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1).

Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in IX (JAX/*09.).

Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.	Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.	Zone: IX (JAX/09.)
Spain	7 762  [^E0057] [^E0058]	Analytical TAC
Portugal	22 238  [^E0057] [^E0058]	Analytical TAC
Union	30 000	Analytical TAC
TAC	30 000	Analytical TAC

Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the landings shall be 1,20.

Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in VIIIc (JAX/*08C).

Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.	Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.	Zone: X; EU waters of CECAF [^E0059] (JAX/X34PRT)
Portugal	To be established [^E0060] [^E0061]	Precautionary TAC
Union	To be established [^E0062]	Precautionary TAC
TAC	To be established [^E0062]	Precautionary TAC

Waters adjacent to the Azores.

Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the landings shall be 1,20.

Article 6 of this Regulation applies.

Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 3.

Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.	Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.	Zone: EU waters of CECAF [^E0063] (JAX/341PRT)
Portugal	To be established [^E0064] [^E0065]	Precautionary TAC
Union	To be established [^E0066]	Precautionary TAC
TAC	To be established [^E0066]	Precautionary TAC

Waters adjacent to Madeira.

Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the landings shall be 1,20.

Article 6 of this Regulation applies.

[^E0066]: (⁴)

Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 3.

| Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp. | Species: Horse mackerel Trachurus spp. | Zone: EU waters of CECAF [^E0067] (JAX/341SPN) |

| --- | --- | --- | | Spain | To be established [^E0068] | Precautionary TAC | | Union | To be established [^E0069] | Precautionary TAC | | TAC | To be established [^E0069] | Precautionary TAC |

[^E0067]: (¹)

Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands.

Article 6 of this Regulation applies.

Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 2.

ANNEX IIA

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF COD STOCKS IN THE KATTEGAT, ICES DIVISIONS VIa AND VIIa AND EU WATERS OF ICES DIVISION Vb

1. Scope

• 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 specified in point 2 of this Annex.

- 1.2.This Annex shall not apply to vessels of less than 10 metres’ length overall. Those vessels shall not be required to carry fishing authorisations issued in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. Member States concerned shall assess the fishing effort of those vessels by effort groups to which they belong, using appropriate sampling methods. During 2013, 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.

For the purposes of this Annex, the gear groupings referred to in point 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 ("regulated gear") and the groupings of geographical areas referred to in points 2(a), 2(c) and 2(d) of that Annex shall apply.

3. Authorisations

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

• 4.1.The maximum allowable effort referred to in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 for the 2013 management period, i.e. from 1 February 2013 to 31 January 2014, for each of the effort groups of each Member State is set out in Appendix 1 to this Annex.

- 4.2.The maximum levels of annual fishing effort set in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 ([^E0070]) shall not affect the maximum allowable fishing effort set in this Annex.

- 5.1.Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 4 and Articles 13 to 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and Articles 26 to 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

• 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 concerned may reallocate effort between individual vessels or groups of vessels.

- 5.3.If a Member State authorises vessels flying its flag to be present within an area by hours, it shall continue measuring the consumption of days in accordance with the conditions referred to in point 5.1. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State concerned 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.

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 groupings of geographical areas referred to in point 2 of this Annex.

Member States shall transmit to the Commission the data on fishing effort deployed by their fishing vessels in accordance with Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. These data shall be transmitted via the Fisheries Data Exchange System or any future data collection system implemented by the Commission.

Appendix 1 to Annex IIA

Maximum allowable fishing effort in kilowatt days

| Geographical area | Regulated gear | DK | DE | SE |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | (a) Kattegat | TR1 | 197 929 | 4 212 | 16 610 | | (a) Kattegat | TR2 | 830 041 | 5 240 | 327 506 | | (a) Kattegat | TR3 | 441 872 | 0 | 490 | | (a) Kattegat | BT1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | (a) Kattegat | BT2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | (a) Kattegat | GN | 115 456 | 26 534 | 13 102 | | (a) Kattegat | GT | 22 645 | 0 | 22 060 | | (a) Kattegat | LL | 1 100 | 0 | 25 339 |

| Geographical area | Regulated gear | BE | FR | IE | NL | UK |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | (c) ICES division VIIa | TR1 | 0 | 48 193 | 33 539 | 0 | 339 592 | | (c) ICES division VIIa | TR2 | 10 166 | 744 | 475 649 | 0 | 1 086 399 | | (c) ICES division VIIa | TR3 | 0 | 0 | 1 422 | 0 | 0 | | (c) ICES division VIIa | BT1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | (c) ICES division VIIa | BT2 | 843 782 | 0 | 514 584 | 200 000 | 111 693 | | (c) ICES division VIIa | GN | 0 | 471 | 18 255 | 0 | 5 970 | | (c) ICES division VIIa | GT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | | (c) ICES division VIIa | LL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 614 |

| Geographical area | Regulated gear | BE | DE | ES | FR | IE | UK |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | (d) ICES division VIa and EU waters of ICES division Vb | TR1 | 0 | 9 320 | 249 152 | 1 057 828 | 428 820 | 1 033 273 | | (d) ICES division VIa and EU waters of ICES division Vb | TR2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 926 | 14 371 | 2 972 845 | | (d) ICES division VIa and EU waters of ICES division Vb | TR3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 273 | 16 027 | | (d) ICES division VIa and EU waters of ICES division Vb | BT1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 544 | | (d) ICES division VIa and EU waters of ICES division Vb | BT2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 801 | 4 626 | | (d) ICES division VIa and EU waters of ICES division Vb | GN | 0 | 35 442 | 13 836 | 302 917 | 5 697 | 213 454 | | (d) ICES division VIa and EU waters of ICES division Vb | GT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 953 | 145 | | (d) ICES division VIa and EU waters of ICES division Vb | LL | 0 | 0 | 1 402 142 | 184 354 | 4 250 | 630 040 |

ANNEX IIB

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN SOUTHERN HAKE AND NORWAY LOBSTER STOCKS IN ICES DIVISIONS VIIIc AND IXa EXCLUDING THE GULF OF CÁDIZ

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

This Annex shall apply to EU vessels of 10 metres’ length overall or more carrying on board or deploying trawls, Danish seines or similar gears of mesh size equal to or larger than 32 mm and gill-nets of mesh size equal to or larger than 60 mm or bottom longlines in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005, and present in ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cádiz.

For the purposes of this Annex:

- (a) 'gear grouping' means the grouping consisting of the following two gear categories:

• (i) trawls, Danish seines or similar gears of mesh size equal to or larger than 32 mm and
• (ii) gill-nets of mesh size equal to or larger than 60 mm and bottom longlines;

• (b) 'regulated gear' means any of the two gear categories belonging to the gear grouping;

- (c) 'area' means ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cádiz;

- (d) '2013 management period' means the period from 1 February 2013 to 31 January 2014;

- (e) 'special conditions' means the special conditions set out in point 6.1.

Without prejudice to Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any regulated gear, EU vessels flying its flag shall be present within the area for no more than the number of days specified in Chapter III of this Annex.

CHAPTER II

AUTHORISATIONS

4. Authorised vessels

• 4.1.A Member State shall not authorise fishing with a regulated gear in the area by any of vessels flying its flag which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2002 to 2012 in the area, excluding the record of fishing activities as a result of transfer of days between fishing vessels, unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the area.

• 4.2.A vessel flying the flag of a Member State having no quotas in the area shall not be authorised to fish in the area with a regulated gear, unless the vessel is allocated a quota after a transfer as permitted in accordance with Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 and is allocated days at sea in accordance with point 11 or 12 of this Annex.

CHAPTER III

NUMBER OF DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA ALLOCATED TO EU VESSELS

• 5.1.During the 2013 management period, the maximum number of days at sea for which a Member State may authorise a vessel flying its flag to be present within the area having carried on board any regulated gear is shown in Table I.

• 5.2.If a vessel is able to demonstrate that its hake catches represent less than 4 % of the total live weight of fish caught in a given fishing trip, the flag Member State of the vessel shall be allowed not to count the days at sea associated with that fishing trip against the applicable maximum number of days at sea as set out in Table I.

• 6.1.For the purposes of fixing the maximum number of days at sea an EU vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area, the following special conditions shall apply in accordance with Table I:

- (a) the total landings of hake in the year 2010 or 2011 made by the vessel concerned shall represent less than 5 tonnes according to the landings in live weight; and

- (b) the total landings of Norway lobster in the year 2010 or 2011 made by the vessel concerned shall represent less than 2,5 tonnes according to the landings in live weight.

• 6.2.If a vessel benefits from an unlimited number of days as a result of its compliance with the special conditions, the vessel’s landings in the 2013 management period shall not exceed 5 tonnes of the total landings in live weight of hake and 2,5 tonnes of the total landings in live weight of Norway lobster.

- 6.3.When either of the special conditions is not met by a vessel, that vessel shall, with immediate effect, no longer be entitled to the allocation of days corresponding to the given special condition.

• 6.4.The application of the special conditions referred to in point 6.1. may be transferred from one vessel to one or more other vessels which replace that vessel in the fleet, provided that the replacing vessel uses similar gear and does not have in any year of its operation a record of landings of hake and Norway lobster higher than the quantities specified in point 6.1.

Table I

Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by fishing gear per year

Special condition	Regulated gear	Maximum number of days	Maximum number of days
	Bottom trawls, Danish seines and similar trawls of mesh size ≥ 32 mm, gill-nets of mesh size ≥ 60 mm and bottom longlines	ES	141
	Bottom trawls, Danish seines and similar trawls of mesh size ≥ 32 mm, gill-nets of mesh size ≥ 60 mm and bottom longlines	FR	134
	Bottom trawls, Danish seines and similar trawls of mesh size ≥ 32 mm, gill-nets of mesh size ≥ 60 mm and bottom longlines	PT	140
6.1.(a) and 6.1.(b)	Bottom trawls, Danish seines and similar trawls of mesh size ≥ 32 mm, gill-nets of mesh size ≥ 60 mm and bottom longlines	Unlimited	Unlimited

• 7.1.A Member State may manage its fishing effort allocations in accordance with a kilowatt days system. Through that system it may authorise any vessel concerned by any regulated gear and special conditions as set out in Table I to be present within the area for a maximum number of days which is different from that set out in that Table, provided that the overall amount of kilowatt days corresponding to the regulated gear and to the special conditions is respected.

• 7.2.This overall amount of kilowatt days shall be the sum of all individual fishing efforts allocated to the vessels flying the flag of that Member State and qualified for the regulated gear and, where applicable, the special conditions. Such individual fishing efforts shall be calculated in kilowatt days by multiplying the engine power of each vessel by the number of days at sea it would benefit from, according to Table I, if point 7.1. were not applied. For as long as the number of days is unlimited according to Table I, the relevant number of days the vessel would benefit from is 360.

- 7.3.A Member State wishing to benefit from the system referred to in point 7.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, with reports in electronic format containing, for the regulated gear and special conditions as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on:

• (a) list of vessels authorised to fish by indicating their EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;

• (b) track record of 2010 and 2011 for such vessels reflecting the catch composition defined in the special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b), if these vessels are qualified for such special conditions;

• (c) the number of days at sea for which each vessel would have initially been authorised to fish according to Table I and the number of days at sea which each vessel would benefit from in application of point 7.1.

• 7.4.On the basis of that request, the Commission shall assess whether the conditions referred to in point 7 are complied with and, where applicable, may authorise that Member State to benefit from the system referred to in point 7.1.

• 8.1.An additional number of days at sea on which a vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place between 1 February 2012 and 31 January 2013 either in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 ([^E0071]) or Regulation (EC) No 744/2008 ([^E0072]). Permanent cessations resulting from any other circumstances may be considered by the Commission on a case-by-case basis, following a written and duly motivated request from the Member State concerned. Such written request shall identify the vessels concerned and confirm, for each of them, that they shall never return to fishing activities.

• 8.2.The effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the regulated gear shall be divided by the effort expended by all vessels using that gear during 2003. The additional number of days at sea shall be then calculated by multiplying the ratio so obtained by the number of days that would have been allocated according to Table I. Any part of a day resulting from that calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.

• 8.3.Points 8.1. and 8.2. shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 3 or 6.4., or when the withdrawal has already been used in previous years to obtain additional days at sea.

• 8.4.A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 8.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, by 15 June 2013, with reports in electronic format containing, for the gear grouping and special conditions as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on:

- (a) lists of withdrawn vessels with their EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;

• (b) the fishing activity deployed by such vessels in 2003 calculated in days at sea according to the grouping of fishing gears and, if necessary, special conditions.

• 8.5.On the basis of such a request by a Member State the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate that Member State a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5.1. for that Member State. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

• 8.6.During the 2013 management period, a Member State may re-allocate those additional days at sea to all or part of the vessels remaining in fleet and qualified for the regulated gears. Additional days stemming from a withdrawn vessel that benefited from a special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b) may not be allocated to a vessel remaining active that does not benefit from a special condition.

• 8.7.When the Commission allocates additional days at sea due to a permanent cessation of fishing activities during the 2013 management period, the maximum number of days per Member State and gear shown in Table I shall be adjusted accordingly for the 2014 management period.

- 9.1.Three additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of an enhanced programme of scientific observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry. Such a programme shall focus in particular on levels of discarding and on catch composition and shall go beyond the requirements on data collection, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 ([^E0073]) and its implementing rules for national programmes.

- 9.2.Scientific observers shall be independent from the owner, the master of the vessel and any crew member.

- 9.3.A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 9.1. shall submit a description of its enhanced scientific observer coverage programme to the Commission for approval.

• 9.4.On the basis of that description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate the Member State concerned a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5.1. for that Member State and for the vessels, the area and gear concerned by the enhanced programme of scientific observers. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

- 9.5.If an enhanced scientific observer coverage programme submitted by a Member State has been approved by the Commission in the past and the Member State concerned wishes to continue its application without changes, it shall inform the Commission of the continuation of that programme four weeks before the beginning of the period for which the programme applies.

CHAPTER IV

MANAGEMENT

Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 and Articles 26 to 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

11. Management periods

- 11.1.A Member State may divide the days present within the area set out in Table I into management periods of durations of one or more calendar months.

• 11.2.The number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed by the Member State concerned.

• 11.3.Where a Member State authorises vessels flying its flag to be present within the area by hours, the Member State shall continue measuring the consumption of days as specified in point 10. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of days within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area before the end of a 24-hour period.

CHAPTER V

EXCHANGES OF FISHING EFFORT ALLOCATIONS

- 12.1.A Member State may permit any fishing vessel flying its flag to transfer days present within the area for which it has been authorised to another vessel flying its flag within the area, provided that the product of the days received by a vessel multiplied by its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel and the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each vessel in the EU fishing fleet register.

• 12.2.The total number of days present within the area transferred in accordance with point 12.1., multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of the donor vessel, shall not be higher than the donor vessel’s average annual days track record in the area as verified by the fishing logbook in the years 2010 and 2011 multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.

- 12.3.The transfer of days as described in point 12.1. shall be permitted between vessels operating with any regulated gear and during the same management period.

- 12.4.The transfer of days is only permitted for vessels benefiting from an allocation of fishing days without special conditions.

- 12.5.On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide information on the transfers that have taken place. The format of spreadsheets for the collection and transmission of information referred to in this point may be established by the Commission, by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

Member States may permit the transfer of days present within the area for the same management period and within the area between any fishing vessels flying their flags provided that points 4.1. and 4.2. and 12 apply mutatis mutandis. Where Member States decide to authorise such a transfer, they shall notify the Commission, before the transfer takes place, of the details of the transfer, including the number of days to be transferred, the fishing effort and, where applicable, the fishing quotas relating thereto.

CHAPTER VI

REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

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 as the area specified in point 2 of this Annex.

15. Collection of relevant data

Member States, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days present within the area as set out in this Annex, shall collect on a quarterly basis the information about total fishing effort deployed within the area for towed gears and static gears, effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area, and the engine power of those vessels in kilowatt days.

16. Communication of relevant data

Upon request from the Commission, Member States shall make available to the Commission a spreadsheet with data specified in point 15 in the format specified in Tables II and III by sending it to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission. Member States shall, upon the Commission’s request, send to the Commission detailed information on effort allocated and consumed covering all or parts of the 2012 and 2013 management periods, using the data format specified in Tables IV and V.

Table II

Reporting format kW-day information by year

| Member State | Gear | Year | Cumulative effort declaration |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |

Table III

Data format kW-day information by year

| Name of field | Maximum number of characters/digits | Alignment [^E0074] L(eft)/R(ight) | Definition and comments |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | | (1) Member State | 3 | | Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which the vessel is registered | | (2) Gear | 2 | | One of the following gear types: TR = trawls, Danish seines and similar gear ≥ 32 mm GN = gillnets ≥ 60 mm LL = bottom longlines | | (3) Year | 4 | | Either 2006 or 2007 or 2008 or 2009 or 2010 or 2011 or 2012 or 2013 | | (4) Cumulative effort declaration | 7 | R | Cumulative amount of fishing effort expressed in kilowatt days deployed from 1 January until 31 December of the relevant year |

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Table IV

Reporting format for vessel-related information

Member State	CFR	External marking	Length of management period	Gear notified	Gear notified	Gear notified	Gear notified	Special condition applying to notified gear(s)	Special condition applying to notified gear(s)	Special condition applying to notified gear(s)	Special condition applying to notified gear(s)	Days eligible using notified gear(s)	Days eligible using notified gear(s)	Days eligible using notified gear(s)	Days eligible using notified gear(s)	Days spent with notified gear(s)	Days spent with notified gear(s)	Days spent with notified gear(s)	Days spent with notified gear(s)	Transfer of days
Member State	CFR	External marking	Length of management period	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	Transfer of days
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(5)	(5)	(5)	(6)	(6)	(6)	(6)	(7)	(7)	(7)	(7)	(8)	(8)	(8)	(8)	(9)

Table V

Data format for vessel-related information

| Name of field | Maximum number of characters/digits | Alignment [^E0075] L(eft)/R(ight) | Definition and comments |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | | (1) Member State | 3 | | Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered | | (2) CFR | 12 | | EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) Unique identification number of a fishing vessel Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters, additional zeros shall be inserted on the left hand side | | (3) External marking | 14 | L | Under Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 [^E0076] | | (4) Length of management period | 2 | L | Length of the management period measured in months | | (5) Gears notified | 2 | L | One of the following gear types: TR = trawls, Danish seines and similar gear ≥ 32 mm GN = gillnets ≥ 60 mm LL = bottom longlines | | (6) Special condition applying to notified gear(s) | 2 | L | Indication of which, if any, of the special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b) of Annex IIB that apply | | (7) Days eligible using notified gear(s) | 3 | L | Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under Annex IIB for the choice of gears and length of management period notified | | (8) Days spent with notified gear(s) | 3 | L | Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area and using a gear corresponding to gear notified during the notified management period | | (9) Transfers of days | 4 | L | For days transferred indicate '– number of days transferred' and for days received indicate '+ number of days transferred' |

[^E0075]: (¹)

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[^E0076]: (²)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels (OJ L 132, 21.5.1987, p. 9).

ANNEX IIC

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN CHANNEL SOLE STOCKS IN ICES DIVISION VIIe

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

• 1.1.This Annex shall apply to EU vessels of 10 metres length overall or more carrying on board or deploying beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm and static nets including gill-nets, trammel-nets and tangle-nets with mesh size equal to or less than 220 mm in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 509/2007, and present in ICES division VIIe. For the purposes of this Annex, a reference to the 2013 management period means the period from 1 February 2013 to 31 January 2014.

- 1.2.Vessels fishing with static nets with mesh size equal to or larger than 120 mm and with track records of less than 300 kg live weight of sole per year during the three previous years, according to their fishing records, shall be exempt from the application of this Annex subject to the following conditions:

• (a) such vessels catch less than 300 kg live weight of sole during the 2013 management period;

• (b) such vessels do not tranship any fish at sea to another vessel;

• (c) by 31 July 2013 and 31 January 2014 each Member State concerned make a report to the Commission on these vessels’ catch records for sole in the three previous years as well as on catches of sole in 2013.

• Where any of these conditions is not met, the vessels concerned shall, with immediate effect, cease to be exempt from the application of this Annex.

For the purposes of this Annex the following definitions shall apply:

• (a) 'gear grouping' means the grouping consisting of the following two gear categories:
• (i) beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm and
• (ii) a static nets, including gill-nets, trammel nets and tangle-nets, with mesh size equal to or less than 220 mm;

- (b) 'regulated gear' means any of the two gear categories belonging to the gear grouping;

- (c) 'area' means ICES division VIIe;

- (d) '2013 management period' means the period from 1 February 2013 to 31 January 2014.

Without prejudice to Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any regulated gear, EU vessels flying its flag and registered in the Union shall be present within the area for no more than the number of days set out in Chapter III of this Annex.

CHAPTER II

AUTHORISATIONS

4. Authorised vessels

- 4.1A Member State shall not authorise fishing with a regulated gear in the area by any of vessels flying its flag which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2002 to 2012 in that area unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the area.

• 4.2However, a vessel with a track record of using a regulated gear may be authorised to use a different fishing gear, provided that the number of days allocated to this latter gear is greater than or equal to the number of days allocated to the regulated gear.

- 4.3A vessel flying the flag of a Member State having no quotas in the area shall not be authorised to fish in the area with a regulated gear, unless the vessel is allocated a quota after a transfer as permitted in accordance with Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 and is allocated days at sea in accordance with point 10 or 11 of this Annex.

CHAPTER III

NUMBER OF DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA ALLOCATED TO EU VESSELS

5. Maximum number of days

During the 2013 management period, the maximum number of days at sea for which a Member State may authorise a vessel flying its flag to be present within the area having carried on board any regulated gear is shown in Table I.

Table I

Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by category of regulated gear per year

Regulated gear	Maximum number of days
Beam trawls of mesh size ≥ 80 mm	164
Static nets with mesh size ≤ 220 mm	164

• 6.1.During the 2013 management period, a Member State may manage its fishing effort allocations in accordance with a kilowatt days system. Through that system it may authorise any vessel concerned by any regulated gear as set out in Table I to be present within the area for a maximum number of days which is different from that set out in that Table, provided that the overall amount of kilowatt days corresponding to the regulated gear is respected.

- 6.2.This overall amount of kilowatt days shall be the sum of all individual fishing efforts allocated to the vessels flying the flag of that Member State and qualified for the regulated gear. Such individual fishing efforts shall be calculated in kilowatt days by multiplying the engine power of each vessel by the number of days at sea it would benefit from, according to Table I, if point 6.1. were not applied.

• 6.3.A Member State wishing to benefit from the system referred to in point 6.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, with reports in electronic format containing, for the regulated gear as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on:

• (a) list of vessels authorised to fish by indicating their EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;

• (b) the number of days at sea for which each vessel would have initially been authorised to fish according to Table I and the number of days at sea which each vessel would benefit from in application of point 6.1.

• 6.4.On the basis of that request, the Commission shall assess whether the conditions referred to in point 6 are complied with and, where applicable, may authorise that Member State to benefit from the system referred to in point 6.1.

• 7.1.An additional number of days at sea on which a vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place since 1 January 2004 either in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 or Regulation (EC) No 744/2008. Permanent cessations resulting from any other circumstances may be considered by the Commission on a case-by-case basis, following a written and duly motivated request from the Member State concerned. Such written request shall identify the vessels concerned and confirm, for each of them, that they shall never return to fishing activities.

• 7.2.The effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using a given gear grouping shall be divided by the effort expended by all vessels using that gear grouping during 2003. The additional number of days at sea shall be then calculated by multiplying the ratio so obtained by the number of days that would have been allocated according to Table I. Any part of a day resulting from that calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.

• 7.3.Points 7.1.and 7.2. shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 4.2., or when the withdrawal has already been used in previous years to obtain additional days at sea.

• 7.4.A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 7.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, by 15 June 2013, with reports in electronic format containing for the gear grouping as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on:

- (a) lists of withdrawn vessels with their EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;

• (b) the fishing activity deployed by such vessels in 2003 calculated in days at sea according to the grouping of fishing gears.

• 7.5.On the basis of such a request by a Member State the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate that Member State a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5 for that Member State. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

• 7.6.During the 2013 management period, a Member State may re-allocate those additional days at sea to all or part of the vessels remaining in fleet and qualified for the regulated gears.

• 7.7.A Member State may not re-allocate in the 2013 management period any additional number of days resulting from a permanent cessation of activity previously allocated by the Commission, unless the Commission has taken a decision that reassesses those additional numbers of days on the basis of the current gear groupings and limitations in days at sea. Upon the Member State’s request to reassess the number of days, the Member State is provisionally authorised to reallocate 50 % of the additional number of days, until the Commission takes its decision.

- 8.1.Three additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated between 1 February 2013 and 31 January 2014 to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of an enhanced programme of scientific observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry. Such a programme shall focus in particular on levels of discarding and on catch composition and go beyond the requirements on data collection, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 and its implementing rules for national programmes.

- 8.2.Scientific observers shall be independent from the owner, the master of the fishing vessel and any crew member.

- 8.3.A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 8.1. shall submit a description of its enhanced scientific observer coverage programme to the Commission for approval.

• 8.4.On the basis of that description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate the Member State concerned a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5 for that Member State and for the vessels, the area and gear concerned by the enhanced programme of scientific observers. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

- 8.5.If an enhanced scientific observer coverage programme submitted by a Member State has been approved by the Commission in the past and the Member State concerned wishes to continue its application without changes, it shall inform the Commission of the continuation of that programme four weeks before the beginning of the period for which the programme applies.

CHAPTER IV

MANAGEMENT

Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with Articles 26 to 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

10. Management periods

- 10.1.A Member State may divide the days present within the area set out in Table I into management periods of durations of one or more calendar months.

• 10.2.The number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed by the Member State concerned.

• 10.3.Where a Member State authorises vessels flying its flag to be present within the area by hours, the Member State shall continue measuring the consumption of days as specified in point 9. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of days within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area before the end of a 24-hours period.

CHAPTER V

EXCHANGES OF FISHING EFFORT ALLOCATIONS

11. Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State

• 11.1.A Member State may permit any fishing vessel flying its flag to transfer days present within the area for which it has been authorised to another vessel flying its flag within the area, provided that the product of the days received by a vessel multiplied by its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel and the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each vessel in the EU fishing fleet register.

- 11.2.The total number of days present within the area transferred in accordance with point 11.1., multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of the donor vessel, shall not be higher than the donor vessel’s average annual days track record in the area as verified by the fishing logbook in the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.

- 11.3.The transfer of days as described in point 11.1. shall be permitted between vessels operating with any regulated gear and during the same management period.

- 11.4.On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide information on the transfers that have taken place. Formats of spreadsheet for the collection and transmission of information referred to in this point may be established by the Commission, by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

Member States may permit transfer of days present within the area for the same management period and within the area between any fishing vessels flying their flags provided that points 4.2., 4.4., 5, 6 and 10 apply mutatis mutandis. Where Member States decide to authorise such a transfer, they shall notify the Commission before the transfer takes place, the details of the transfer, including the number of days to be transferred, the fishing effort and, where applicable, the fishing quotas relating thereto.

CHAPTER VI

REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

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 as the area specified in point 2 of this Annex.

14. Collection of relevant data

Member States, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days present within the area as set out in this Annex, shall collect on a quarterly basis the information about total fishing effort deployed within the area for towed gears and static gears, effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area, and the engine power of those vessels in kilowatt days.

15. Communication of relevant data

Upon request from the Commission, Member States shall make available to the Commission a spreadsheet with data specified in point 14 in the format specified in Tables II and III by sending it to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission. Member States shall, upon the Commission’s request, send to the Commission detailed information on effort allocated and consumed covering all or parts of the 2012 and 2013 management periods, using the data format specified in Tables IV and V.

Table II

Reporting format kW-day information by year

| Member State | Gear | Year | Cumulative effort declaration |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |

Table III

Data format kW-day information by year

| Name of field | Maximum number of characters/digits | Alignment [^E0077] L(eft)/R(ight) | Definition and comments |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | | (1) Member State | 3 | | Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which the vessel is registered | | (2) Gear | 2 | | One of the following gear types: BT = beam trawls ≥ 80 mm GN = gillnet < 220 mm TN = trammel net or entangling net < 220 mm | | (3) Year | 4 | | Either 2006 or 2007 or 2008 or 2009 or 2010 or 2011 or 2012 or 2013 | | (4) Cumulative effort declaration | 7 | R | Cumulative amount of fishing effort expressed in kilowatt days deployed from 1 January until 31 December of the relevant year |

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Table IV

Reporting format for vessel-related information

Member State	CFR	External marking	Length of management period	Gear notified	Gear notified	Gear notified	Gear notified	Days eligible using notified gear(s)	Days eligible using notified gear(s)	Days eligible using notified gear(s)	Days eligible using notified gear(s)	Days spent with notified gear(s)	Days spent with notified gear(s)	Days spent with notified gear(s)	Days spent with notified gear(s)	Transfer of days
Member State	CFR	External marking	Length of management period	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	Transfer of days
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(5)	(5)	(5)	(6)	(6)	(6)	(6)	(7)	(7)	(7)	(7)	(8)

Table V

Data format for vessel-related information

Name of field	Maximum number of characters/digits	Alignment [^E0078] L(eft)/R(ight)	Definition and comments
(1) Member State	3		Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered
(2) CFR	12		EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) Unique identification number of a fishing vessel Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters, additional zeros shall be inserted on the left hand side
(3) External marking	14	L	Under Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87
(4) Length of management period	2	L	Length of the management period measured in months
(5) Gears notified	2	L	One of the following gear types: BT = beam trawls ≥ 80 mm GN = gillnet < 220 mm TN = trammel net or entangling net < 220 mm
(6) Special condition applying to notified gear(s)	3	L	Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under Annex IIC for the choice of gears and length of management period notified
(7) Days spent with notified gear(s)	3	L	Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area and using a gear corresponding to gear notified during the notified management period
(8) Transfers of days	4	L	For days transferred indicate '– number of days transferred' and for days received indicate '+ number of days transferred'

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[^E0001]: Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008 of 10 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 as regards the determination of the mesh size and assessing the thickness of twine of fishing nets (OJ L 151, 11.6.2008, p. 5).

[^E0002]: Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70).

[^E0003]: Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 1).

[^E0004]: Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 of 29 September 2008 concerning authorisations for fishing activities of Community fishing vessels outside Community waters and the access of third country vessels to Community waters (OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 33).

[^E0070]: Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources (OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1).

[^E0071]: Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (OJ L 223, 15.8.2006, p. 1).

[^E0072]: Council Regulation (EC) No 744/2008 of 24 July 2008 instituting a temporary specific action aiming to promote the restructuring of the European Community fishing fleets affected by the economic crisis (OJ L 202, 31.7.2008, p. 1).

[^E0073]: Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 of 25 February 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 (OJ L 60, 5.3.2008, p. 1).