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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2092/98
of 30 September 1998
concerning the declaration of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and
resources
(OJ L 266, 1.10.1998, p. 47)
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 118, 6.5.1999, p. 66 (2092/98)
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2092/98
of 30 September 1998
concerning the declaration of fishing effort relating to certain
Community fishing areas and resources
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20
December 1992, establishing a Community system of fisheries andaquaculture(
1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1181/98 (2), and in
particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993
establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheriespolicy (
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2635/97 (4), and in
particular Article 19(f)(3) thereof, which provides that the Commissionshall ensure that the Member States responsible for control have avail-able the data concerning the identification of vessels having access totheir waters;
Whereas the implementation of arrangements for the management of
fishing effort in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 685/95 of27 March 1995on the management of the fishing effort relating tocertain Community fishing areas and resources(
5), and of Council
Regulation (EC) No 779/97 of 24 April 1997 introducing arrangementsfor the management of fishing effort in the Baltic Sea (
6), highlights the
need to adopt provisions to ensure that the data relating to lists ofnamed fishing vessels are communicated without delay;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2090/98 (
7) establishes the
basis for the transmission of data to the fishing vessel register of theCommunity;
Whereas the communication of data on the fishing effort by fishery
should refer to the data contained in the fishing vessel register of theCommunity;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries andAquaculture,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Member States shall transmit to the Commission the data referred to in
Article 19(f)(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 as well as the list ofvessels authorised to fish in the fisheries listed in Annex I to Regulation(EC) No 685/95 and those listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No779/97 in accordance with the procedures laid down in Annex IIIhereto. Amendments to the lists of vessels shall be reported to theCommission in accordance with the same procedures at the latest fourworking days before the entry of vessels into the fishing area. TheCommission shall acknowledge receipt of amendments to lists by digitaltransfer over a telecommunications network not later than two daysbefore the entry of vessels into the fishing area.
(1) OJ L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 164, 9. 6. 1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 71, 31. 3. 1995, p. 5.
(6) OJ L 113, 30. 4. 1997, p. 1.
(7) See page 27 of this Official Journal.
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Article 2
Member States shall transmit to the Commission the aggregated data on
fishing effort referred to in Article 19I of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation:
— for each area referred to in Article 19(a)(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2847/93, before the 15th of each month for the previous month inthe case of demersal species,
— for each area referred to in Article 19(a)(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2847/93, in the case of demersal species, salmon, sea trout andfreshwater fish, before 15April, 15July, 15October and 15Januaryfor the previous quarter, and before 15February of each calendaryear for each month of the previous year,
— for each area referred to in Article 19(a) of Regulation (EEC) No
2847/93 for the previous quarter before the end of the first month ofeach calendar quarter in the case of pelagic species.
Article 3
Corrections to erroneous information contained in the register shall be
forwarded to the Commission within 30 days of the date on which theerror is detected.
Article 4
Member States shall have access without delay to data concerning the
identification of vessels engaged in fishing activity in the fisheries listedin Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 685/95 and those listed in the Annexto Regulation (EC) No 779/97 under their jurisdiction or sovereignty inaccordance with the procedures laid down in Annex IV hereto.
Article 5
Member States shall communicate the information referred to in this
Regulation to the Commission by digital transfer over a telecommunica-tions network in accordance with the detailed rules and codes set out inAnnexes I to IV. The Commission shall acknowledge receipt ofmessages as soon as they have been validated in the data base.
Article 6
The vessels concerned by this Regulation shall be identified by the
internal number recorded in the Community register of fishing vessels,as referred to in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 2090/98.
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
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ANNEX I
FISHING EFFORT
DEFINITION OF DATA TO BE COMMUNICATED AND DESCRIPTION OF A RECORD
Aggregated declarations by fishery
Name of the zone Width Alignment Definition and remarks
Updating indicator 3 — Code identifying type of declaration (see
Table 1)
Declaring entity 3 — Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) making thedeclaration
Fishery 5 L Code of fishery (see Annex II) in whichactivity has taken place
Year of observation 4 — Year (YYYY) during which the vessel isobserved
First month 2 — First month (MM) of observation period
Last month 2 — Last month (MM) of observation period
Effort/power 14 R Number of kW (as a whole number) multi-plied by the number of days present in thearea (as a whole number) to express fishingeffort during the observation period (
1)
Filler 14 —
(1) Calculated as Σ(i=1,n) aiPiwhere n is the number of vessels in the area, aiis the number of days spent at sea by
the vessel in the area during the observation period and Piis the average power of the vessel in the area during the
period of observation.
Table 1 — Codes for the updating indicator
Declaration by fishery FIS
Deletion of declaration by fishery DFI
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Gear Target species Effort areas CodeANNEX II
Table 1 — Codes for fisheries in western waters — Regulation (EC) No 685/95
Towed gear Demersal species Vb(1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 TGD0(5)
of which Vb(1), VI TGD1
of which Irish Box(5) TGD19
VII TGD2
of which VIIa TGD21
VIIf(2) TGD22
Irish Box(5) TGD29
VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId TGD3
VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 TGD4(6)
of which IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 TGD40
except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX(3) TGD41
IX(4) TGD42
X(4) TGD43
CECAF 34.1.1(3) TGD44
CECAF 34.1.2(3) TGD45
CECAF 34.2.0(3) TGD46
CECAF 34.1.1(4) TGD47
CECAF 34.1.2(4) TGD48
CECAF 34.2.0(4) TGD49
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Gear Target species Effort areas Code
Static gear Demersal species Vb(1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 SGD0(6)
of which Vb(1), VI SGD1
of which Irish Box(5) SGD19
VII SGD2
of which VIIa SGD21
VIIf(2) SGD22
Irish Box(5) SGD29
VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId SGD3
VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 SGD4(6)
of which IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 SGD40
except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX(3) SGD41
IX(4) SGD42
X(4) SGD43
CECAF 34.1.1(3) SGD44
CECAF 34.1.2(3) SGD45
CECAF 34.2.0(3) SGD46
CECAF 34.1.1(4) SGD47
CECAF 34.1.2(4) SGD48
CECAF 34.2.0(4) SGD49
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Gear Target species Effort areas Code
Towed and static gear ►C1Deep- water species ◄ Vb(1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 TSB0(6)
of which Vb(1), VI TSB1
of which Irish Box(5) TSB19
VII TSB2
of which VIIa TSB21
VIIf(2) TSB22
Irish Box(5) TSB29
VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId TSB3
VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 TSB4(6)
of which IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 TSB40
except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX(3) TSB41
IX(4) TSB42
X(4) TSB43
CECAF 34.1.1(3) TSB44
CECAF 34.1.2(3) TSB45
CECAF 34.2.0(3) TSB46
CECAF 34.1.1(4) TSB47
CECAF 34.1.2(4) TSB48
CECAF 34.2.0(4) TSB49
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Gear Target species Effort areas Code
Towed gear Scallops Vb(1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 TGJ0(6)
of which Vb(1), VI TGJ1
of which Irish Box(5) TGJ19
VII TGJ2
of which VIIa TGJ21
VIIf(2) TGJ22
Irish Box(5) TGJ29
VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId TGJ3
VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 TGJ4(6)
of which IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 TGJ40
except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX(3) TGJ41
IX(4) TGJ42
X(4) TGJ43
CECAF 34.1.1(3) TGJ44
CECAF 34.1.2(3) TGJ45
CECAF 34.2.0(3) TGJ46
CECAF 34.1.1(4) TGJ47
CECAF 34.1.2(4) TGJ48
CECAF 34.2.0(4) TGJ49
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Gear Target species Effort areas Code
Static gears Edible crabs and spider crabs Vb(1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 SGC0(6)
of which Vb(1), VI SGC1
of which Irish Box(5) SGC19
VII SGC2
of which VIIa SGC21
VIIf(2) SGC22
Irish Box(5) SGC29
VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId SGC3
VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 SGC4(6)
of which IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 SGC40
except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX(3) SGC41
IX(4) SGC42
X(4) SGC43
CECAF 34.1.1(3) SGC44
CECAF 34.1.2(3) SGC45
CECAF 34.2.0(3) SGC46
CECAF 34.1.1(4) SGC47
CECAF 34.1.2(4) SGC48
CECAF 34.2.0(4) SGC49
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Gear Target species Effort areas Code
Purse seines, pelagic trawls and small-mesh gill- Pelagic species except: bream, shark, tuna and Vb(1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 PSP0(6)
nets highly migratory speciesof which Vb(1), VI PSP1
of which Irish Box(5) PSP19
VII PSP2
of which VIIa PSP21
VIIf(2) PSP22
Irish Box(5) PSP29
VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId PSP3
VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 PSP4(6)
of which IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 PSP40
except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX(3) PSP41
IX(4) PSP42
X(4) PSP43
CECAF 34.1.1(3) PSP44
CECAF 34.1.2(3) PSP45
CECAF 34.2.0(3) PSP46
CECAF 34.1.1(4) PSP47
CECAF 34.1.2(4) PSP48
CECAF 34.2.0(4) PSP49
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Gear Target species Effort areas Code
Surface longliners Bream, shark, tuna and highly migratory species Vb(1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 LLM0(6)
of which Vb(1), VI LLM1
of which Irish Box(5) LLM19
VII LLM2
of which VIIa LLM21
VIIf(2) LLM22
Irish Box(5) LLM29
VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId LLM3
VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 LLM4(6)
of which IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 LLM40
except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX(3) LLM41
IX(4) LLM42
X(4) LLM43
CECAF 34.1.1(3) LLM44
CECAF 34.1.2(3) LLM45
CECAF 34.2.0(3) LLM46
CECAF 34.1.1(4) LLM47
CECAF 34.1.2(4) LLM48
CECAF 34.2.0(4) LLM49
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Gear Target species Effort areas Code
Gear for tuna fishing Tuna Vb(1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 MIT0(6)
of which Vb(1), VI MIT1
of which Irish Box(5) MIT19
VII MIT2
of which VIIa MIT21
VIIf(2) MIT22
Irish Box(5) MIT29
VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId MIT3
VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 MIT4(6)
of which IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 MIT40
except VIIIc, VIIIe, IX(3) MIT41
IX(4) MIT42
X(4) MIT43
CECAF 34.1.1(3) MIT44
CECAF 34.1.2(3) MIT45
CECAF 34.2.0(3) MIT46
CECAF 34.1.1(4) MIT47
CECAF 34.1.2(4) MIT48
CECAF 34.2.0(4) MIT49
(1) Except in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of the Faeroes or Iceland.
(2) North of 50 °30/prime1N.
(3) Only in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of Spain.
(4) Only in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of Portugal.
(5) Part of the zone included in the zone defined in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 685/95.
(6) These areas are reserved for the compilation of data and may not be used for the declarations of fishing effort.
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Gear Target species Effort areas CodeTable 2 — Codes for fisheries in the Baltic sea — Regulation (EC) No 779/97
Towed gear Demersal species Subdivisions 22-32 TGD5
Static gear and driftnets Demersal species Subdivisions 22-32 DGD5
All gears Pelagic species (herring, sprat) Subdivisions 22-32 AGH5
of which Management units 3(1) AGH51
All gears Salmon, sea trout and freshwater fish Subdivisions 22-32 AGS5
(1) Comprising subdivisions 29, 30 and 31 north of latitude 59 °30/prime1N.
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ANNEX III
LIST OF VESSELS BY FISHERY
DEFINITION OF THE DATA TO BE COMMUNICATED AND DESCRIPTION OF A
RECORD
Updating indicator 3 — Code identifying type of declaration (see
Table 1)
Declaring entity 3 — Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) making thedeclaration
Fishery 5 L Code of fishery (see Annex II) made up ofthree components:
— type of gear (see Table 2) — two charac-
ters
— type of target species (see Table 3) — one
character
— code of ICES area (see Table 3, Annex
IV) — two characters
Internal number 12 L Internal number of vessels (see Annex I ofRegulation (EG) No 2090/98)
Name of vessel 40 L
Date of event 8 — Date (YYYYMMDD) when event occurred
Table 1 — Codes for updating indicator
Addition of vessel to list ADD
Deletion of vessel from list SUP
Cancellation of incorrect declaration CAN
Table 2 — Codes for groups of fishing gear by fishery
Towed gear TG W + B
Static gear SG WTowed and static gear TS WPurse seines, pelagic trawls and small-mesh nets PS WSurface longlines LL WMiscellaneous gear MI WStatic gear and driftnets DG B
All gears AG B
(1) B for the Baltic sea and W for western waters
Table 3 — Codes for target species or groups of target species
Demersal species D W + B
Pelagic species P W + BBenthic species B WBream, shark, tuna and highly migratory species M WScallops J WEdible crabs and spider crabs C WTuna TW
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Species Code Area (1)
Pelagic species (herring and sprat) H B
Salmon, sea trout and fresh water fish S B
(1) B for the Baltic sea and W for western waters
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Identification feature Width Definition and remarks
Identification feature Width Definition and remarks
Effort area Area No (2) CountryANNEX IV
RULES ON ACCESS TO DATA FOR COASTAL STATES
Table 1 — Identification features of the vessel observed or the vessels of a given fishery (when
querying the register)
Fishing zone 2 Number of fishing zone (ICES area) as given by the
last two characters of the code identifying the fishery(see Annex II) in which the vessel observed is located
External marking 14 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87.
Name of vessel 40
International radio call sign 7 i.e. the IRCS.
Flag 3 Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) whose flag thevessel is flying (Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92).
Table2—DataaccessibletocoastalstatesfromthefeaturesinTable1(replyfromtheregister)
Fishery 5 Code identifying the fishery (see Annex II) in which
the vessel observed is located
External marking 14 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87
Name of vessel 40
International radio call sign 7 i.e. the IRCS.
Flag 3 Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) whose flag thevessel is flying (Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92).
Internal number 12 Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by uniqueidentification number (one to nine characters).
Registration number 14
Vessel >15m between pp
and>18 m overall1 ‘Y'= yes; ‘N'= no
Declaring entity 3 Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) making the declara-
tion on the vessel in the fishery concerned.
Table 3 — Rules for access to data on fisheries of the states responsible for controls in western
waters(1)Regulation (EC) No 685/95
Vb (3), VI 1IRL GBR — — —
Irish box (VI)(4) 19 IRL GBR — — —
VII 2IRL GBR FRA — —
VII a 21 IRL GBR — — —
VII f (5) 22 — GBR — — —
Irish box (VII)(4) 29 IRL GBR — — —
VIII a, VIII b, VIII d 3 — GBR FRA — —
IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 (excluding
other waters)40 — — — ESP PRT
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Effort area Area No (2) Country
Effort area Area No (2) CountryVIII c, VIII e, IX (6) 41 — — — ESP —
IX (4) 42 — ——— P R T
X(4) 43 — ——— P R T
CECAF 34.1.1 (6) 44 — — — ESP —
CECAF 34.1.2 (6) 45 — — — ESP —
CECAF 34.2.0 (6) 46 — — — ESP —
CECAF 34.1.1 (7) 47 — ——— P R T
CECAF 34.1.2 (7) 48 — ——— P R T
CECAF 34.2.0 (7) 49 ————PRT
(1) The declaring state has access to data on its own vessels on all fishery lists.
(2) Number of fishing zone as given in the fishery code (see Table 1, Annex II).
(3) With the exception of waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of the Faeroes or Iceland.
(4) Part of the area included in the area defined in Article 3, par. 5 of Regulation (EC) No 685/95.
(5) North of latitude 50 °30/prime1north
(6) Only in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of Spain.
(7) Only in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of Portugal.
Table 4 — Rules for access to data on fisheries of the states responsible for controls in Baltic
sea(1)Regulation (EC) No 779/97
Subdivisions 22-32 5 DNK - DEU - FIN - SWE
Managements units 3 51 FIN - SWE
(1) The declaring state has access to data on its own vessels on all fishery lists.
(2) Number of fishing zone as given in the fishery code (see Table 2, Annex II).