1998R2090 — EN — 29.05.2002 — 001.001

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2090/98

of 30 September 1998

concerning the fishing vessel register of the Community

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 and aquaculture ( 1 ), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1181/98 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 13 thereof, Whereas the procedures for communicating information about the characteristics and identification features of EU fishing vessels to be used in connection with Community legislation should be harmonised and rationalised; Whereas for the application of the Common Fisheries Policy it is appropriate to create a single reference database on the characteristics of vessels in the Community fishing fleet; whereas this database should be maintained independently of other applications; Whereas the characteristics and external markings that are recorded in the database should be in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) 2930/86 of 22 September 1986 defining characteristics for fishing vessels ( 3 ), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3259/94 ( 4 ), and with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels ( 5 ); Whereas it is therefore necessary to repeal Regulation (EC) No 109/94 of 19 January 1994 concerning the fishing vessel register of the Community ( 6 ), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 493/96 ( 7 ); Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The fishing vessel register of the Community, hereafter referred to as ‘the register’, concerns all Community fishing vessels as defined by Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92.

Article 2

The register shall contain:

— the data to be communicated for each Community fishing vessel resulting from censuses undertaken by each Member State on its fleet, from 1 January 1989, or in special cases and with the agreement of the Commission, from a later date,

— all the changes which have occurred since the censuses where they affect the data.

Article 3

Each Member State shall communicate information relating to events required by Annexes I to V by digital transfer over a telecommunications network at the same time as the event is recorded by the authorities of the Member State concerned. The Commission shall acknowledge receipt of messages as soon as they have been validated in the database.

Any registration of new data or correction of erroneous data concerning the characteristics and/or identification features of a vessel must be in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Regulation.

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Article 3a

The information defined in Annex I by Regulation (EC) No 839 must be supplied to the Commission no later than 31 December 2002 in the case of vessels with a fishing licence whose overall length is 15 metres or more or whose length between perpendiculars is 12 metres or more.

For vessels with a fishing licence whose overall length is under 15 metres or whose length between perpendiculars is under 12 metres, the deadline for transmission of the information shall be 31 December 2003 at the latest.

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Article 4

Corrections to erroneous information contained in the register shall be forwarded to the Commission in accordance with the detailed rules set out in Annexes I to V within 30 days of the date on which the error is detected.

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Article 5

The Commission shall record the information on fishing vessels communicated by the Member States in accordance with this Regulation in the database constituting the register, subject to its conformity with the Annexes to this Regulation.

The Member States shall have access to the register data concerning their own fleet.

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Article 5a

A vessel shall be identified in a unique way by means of its internal number defined in Annex I to this Regulation.

This number shall be allocated definitively when the vessel is first registered in a national register. Subsequently, it shall neither be modified nor reallocated even if the vessel is transferred from or to another Member State, destroyed, withdrawn from fishing or reassigned.

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Article 6

Regulation (EC) No 109/94 is repealed.

References to Articles 1, 2, 3 and 9(a) of Regulation (EC) No 109/94 shall be construed as references to Articles 1, 2, 3 and 5 respectively of present Regulation. References to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 109/94 concerning events relating to Annexes I to V to Regulation (EC) No 109/94 shall be construed as references to Article 4 of the present Regulation.

References to Article 4 and to Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 109/94 shall be construed as references to Articles 2 and 3 respectively of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2091/98 of 30 September 1998 concerning the segmentation of the Community fishing fleet and fishing effort in relation to the multiannual guidance programmes ( 8 ). References to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 109/94 concerning events relating to tables A and B of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 109/94 shall be construed as references to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2091/98.

References to Articles 3(a), 5(a), 8(a) and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 109/94 shall be construed as references to Articles 1, 2, 4 and 5 respectively of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2092/98 of 30 September 1998 concerning the declaration of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources ( 9 ). References to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 109/94 concerning events relating to tables C and 2 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 109/94 or relating to Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 109/94 shall be construed as references to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2092/98.

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.

ANNEX I

DEFINITION OF THE DATA TO BE COMMUNICATED AND DESCRIPTION OF A RECORD



Name of the zone Width Alignment Definition and remarks Updating indicator 3 — Code identifying the type of declaration (see Table 1) Internal number (1) 12 L Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by unique identification (1 to 9 characters) Country of registration 3 — Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) where vessel is registered for fishing (Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92); always the declaring country Flag 3 — Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) whose flag the vessel is flying (Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92) Registration number 14 L Name of vessel 40 L Port of registration 5 L Coded using national code system (2) International radio call sign 7 L i.e. the IRCS. External marking 14 L In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 Type of fishing gear 1 3 L Gear used, FAO international code system (see Table 2) Type of fishing gear 2 3 L Any second gear used, FAO international code system (see Table 2) Type of fishing gear 3 3 L Any third gear used, FAO international code system (see Table 2) Length overall 5 R In centimetres, as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 Length between perpendiculars 5 R In centimetres, as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 Tonnage 2930/86 7 R To hundredths of a tonne, as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 (3) Tonnage Oslo Convention 7 R To hundredths of a tonne Tonnage, other standard 7 R To hundredths of a tonne, standard to be indicated by the Member State Main engine power 7 R To hundredths of a kW — as defined on Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 Auxiliary engine power 7 R To hundredths of a kW — all installed power not included under ‘main engine power’ Hull material 1 — Material used for the hull (see Table 3) Date of entry into service (4) 8 — Date (YYYYMMDD) determing the age of the vessel, as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 Year of construction (4) 4 — Determines by default the age of the vessel; the value 1850 signifies 1850 or earlier Segment 3 L Segment of the fleet (Regulation (EC) No 2091/98) Importing/exporting country 3 — Alpha-3 ISO code of importing or exporting country Date of event 8 — Date (YYYYMMDD) when the event occurred (5) Assisted withdrawal scheme 1 — See Table 4 (1) Member States should give a unique identification number to each fishing vessel registered on the Member State's census date, and to vessels registered for the first time in the Member State after that date. This number may not subsequently be changed, even for vessels exported to another Member State, nor given to another vessel even where the first one to be given the number is scrapped or withdrawn from fishing. (2) Any changes to the national code system will require the approval of the Commission. (3) As last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 3259/94 of 22 December 1994 as well as Commission Decision 95/84/EC of 20 March 1995. (4) The date of entry into service or failing that the last day of the year of construction will be used to determine the age of the vessel. (5) In the case of a census of the fleet, this should be the date of the census in the Member State making the declaration; in the case of new construction, the date of entry into service; where a correction or deletion of a declaration is involved, it should be the date of the event corrected or deleted.

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Table 1 — Codes for updating indicator







Census XXX Entry into fishing (new construction) CST Entry into fishing (change of activity) CHA Modification of a vessel MOD Entry into fishing by importation IMP Withdrawal from fishing by exportation EXP Withdrawal from fishing by cessation fo fishing activity in Member State RET Withdrawal from fishing by destruction DES Correction of previously declared event COR Deletion of previously declared event DEL

Table 2 — Codes for type of fishing gear

Towed gear







Bottom otter trawls OTB Beam trawls TBB Bottom pair trawls PTB Danish seines (anchor) SDN Scottish seines (fly-dragging) SSC Beach seines SB Dredges DRB Bottom trawls for crustaceans CTB Mid-water otter trawls OTM Mid-water pair trawls PTM Other towed gear OTG

Static and other gear







Purse seines PS Gillnets (set) GNS Gillnets (drift) GND Trammel nets GTR Longlines (set) LLS Longlines (drifting) LLD Pots FPO Towed lines LH Live-bait gear BTF Other static and other gears OFG

All vessels that have been declared as using static gears and towed gears are considered as polyvalent vessels.

Table 3 — Codes for hull material







Wood 1 Metal 2 Fibreglass/plastic 3 Other 4

Table 4 — Codes for type of withdrawal







Publicly assisted 1 Not publicly assisted, not related to the entry of new capacity 2 Not publicly assisted, related to the entry of new capacity 3

ANNEX II

DATA TO BE COMMUNICATED ACCORDING TO DECLARATION TYPE

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ANNEX III

SPECIAL VALUES ACCORDING TO DECLARATION TYPE

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ANNEX IV

REPRESENTATION OF THE SPECIAL VALUES



Unknown Does not exist Unchanged Do not correct Updating indicator — — — — Internal number — — — — Date of event — — — — Category of programme — — 997 990 Country of registration — — 997 990 Flag — — 997 990 Registration number — — 9 … 97 9 … 90 Name of vessel — — 9 … 97 9 … 90 Port of registration — — 99997 99990 International radio call sign — 9 … 95 9 … 97 9 … 90 External marking — — 9 … 97 9 … 90 Type of fishing gear 1 — — 997 990 Type of fishing gear 2 — 995 997 990 Type of fishing gear 3 — 995 997 990 Length overall 99999 — 99997 99990 Length between perpendiculars 99999 — 99997 99990 Tonnage London 9 … 99 — 9 … 97 9 … 90 Tonnage Oslo Convention 9 … 99 — 9 … 97 9 … 90 Tonnage, other standard 9 … 99 — 9 … 97 9 … 90 Main engine power — — 9 … 97 9 … 90 Other engine power 9 … 99 9 … 95 9 … 97 9 … 90 Hull material — — — 0 Date of entry into service — (1) — — 9 … 90 Year of construction — — — 9990 Importing/exporting country — — — 990 Assisted withdrawal scheme — — — 0 (1) Use YYYYMM99 for dates where the day of the month is not known and YYYY9999 for dates where the month and day are unknown

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ANNEX V

DEFAULT VALUES ACCORDING TO DECLARATION TYPE

( 1 ) OJ L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.

( 2 ) OJ L 164, 9. 6. 1998, p. 1.

( 3 ) OJ L 274, 25. 9. 1986, p. 1.

( 4 ) OJ L 339, 29. 12. 1994, p. 11.

( 5 ) OJ L 132, 21. 5. 1987, p. 9.

( 6 ) OJ L 19, 22. 1. 1994, p. 5.

( 7 ) OJ L 72, 21. 3. 1996, p. 12.

( 8 ) See page 36 of this Official Journal.

( 9 ) See page 47 of this Official Journal.