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of29July1983
establishingalicensingsystemforcertainfisheriesinanareanorthofScotland(Shetlandarea)
(OJ L 206, 30.7.1983, p. 71)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 2502/1999 of 26 November 1999 L 304 14 27.11.1999
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EEC)No2166/83
of29July1983
establishingalicensingsystemforcertainfisheriesinanareanorth
ofScotland(Shetlandarea)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25 January
1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and
management of fishery resources(1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas in an area north of Scotland the fishing activities of Commu-
nity vessels are to be governed by a licensing system managed by theCommission on behalf of the Community;
Whereas it is necessary to establish the detailed rules for this system,
including the procedures for transmitting the characteristics of thevessels wishing to fish in the area concerned anf for communicating themovements of vessels within the area and the list of the demersal
species for which fishing is permitted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Resources,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission each year before
1 December a list of the vessels flying their flag or registered in their
ports for which a licence to fish in the area mentioned in Annex II A to
Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 (hereinafter referred to as ‘thearea’) may be required. A copy of this list shall be transmitted by theCommission to the competent control authorities of the UnitedKingdom, i.e. the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland,
Chesser House, Edinburgh, telex address 727696 SODAFS. The list
shall be valid for the subsequent calendar year. For 1983 the list shallbe transmitted immediately upon entry into force of this Regulation andshall be valid until 31 December 1983.
2. The list referred to in paragraph 1 may be revised on 1 April, 1
July and 1 October. All amendments shall be communicated to theCommission and to the competent control authorities of the United
Kingdom.
3. The list shall provide the following information in respect of each
vessel:
— name,— external identification letters and numbers,
— length between perpendiculars,
— radio call sign.
Article 2
1. Vessels may be licensed in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 3 to fish in the area during a weekly period, hereinaftercalled the ‘licensing period’.
2. A licensing period shall start at zero hours Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT) on Sunday and end at 24.00 hours GMT on the followingSaturday.
(1) OJ No L 24, 27. 1. 1983, p. 1.
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3. A vessel may fish for consecutive licensing periods in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 3.
Article 3
1. Member States shall communicate by telex each week, not later
than 12.00 hours GMT on Thursday, to the Commission and, for infor-mation, to the competent control authorities of the United Kingdom thelist of vessels for which for the next licensing period a licence isrequested to fish in the area.
2. Each list shall show the name and the external identification letters
and numbers of each vessel. Only vessels which appear on the listreferred to in Article 1 shall be eligible for a licence.
3. The Commission shall examine the lists referred to in paragraph 1
and transmit the definitive list of vessels by telex to the competentcontrol authorities of the United Kingdom not later than 12.00 hoursGMT on the following Friday. Vessels on this definitive list shall beconsidered to be in possession of a licence which allows them to fish
during the next licensing period.
4. If the Commission is not in possession of a new list of vessels by
12.00 hours GMT on Thursday, the previous definitive list shall beapplied for the next licensing period.
5. During the currency of a definitive list, a Member State may, by
telex to the Commission, copied to the competent control authorities ofthe United Kingdom, request the replacement of a vessel on the list byanother vessel on the list referred to in Article 1 or, if the definitive list
contains less than the maximum number of vessels which may exercise
their activity simultaneously, the addition to it of one or more vesselswithin that maximum.
6. The Commission shall by telex communicate any amendment of
the definitive list to the Member State concerned and to the competent
control authorities of the United Kingdom as soon as possible and inany case within one working day of receiving the request. The MemberState shall immediately inform the owner or master of any vesselaffected by an amendment of the list.
No replacement vessel or additional vessel shall be licensed to fish until
the Member State concerned and the competent control authorities havebeen so informed by the Commission.
Article 4
1. The owner or master of each licensed vessel shall communicate
immediately to the Commission of the European Communities, Brus-sels, telex address 24 189 FISEU-B, and to the competent control autho-
rities of the United Kingdom via one of the radio stations listed in
Annex I, each time it:
— enters or leaves the area,
— enters or leaves a port within the area.
2. The communication referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain the
following information:
— type of movement as mentioned in paragraph 1,— date, time and geographical position of the vessel,— name of the vessel,— external identification letters and numbers of the vessel,
— name of the master.
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3. However, Community fishing vessels operating in the area to
which satellite-based vessel monitoring systems (VMS) apply and
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which transmit data via VMS in accordance with Article 3 of Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1489/97(1) shall be exempt from the obliga-
tion to communicate their movements provided for in paragraph 1.
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Article 5
The demersal species referred to in Annex II B to Regulation (EEC) No
170/83 shall be those listed in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.
(1) OJ L 202, 30.7.1997, p. 18.
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ANNEX I
List of radio stations through which messages as referred to in Article 4
mustbetransmitted
Name Call sign
Humber GKZ
Cullercoats GCC
Wick GKR
Portpatrick GPK
Stonehaven GND
Portishead GKA
GKB
GKC
Boulogne FFB
Brest FFU
Saint-Nazaire FFO
Bordeaux FFC
Norddeich DAF DAK
DAH DAL
DAI DAM
DAJ DAN
Oostende OST
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ANNEX II
ListofdemersalspeciesasmentionedinAnnexII(B)toCouncilRegulation(EEC)No170/83
Scientific name Common name
Scophthalmus rhombus Brill
Limanda limanda Dab
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Halibut
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Greenland halibutMicrostomus kitt Lemon soleLepidorhombus whiffiagonis Megrim
Pleuronectes platessa Plaice
Rhombus (= Psetta) maximus TurbotGlyptocephalus cynoglossus Witch
Gadus morhua Cod
Melanogrammus aeglefinus HaddockMerluccius merluccius HakeMolva molva Ling
Pollachius pollachius Pollack
Pollachius virens SaitheBrosme brosme Tusk
Merlangus merlangus Whiting
Anarhichas spp CatfishConger conger Conger eel
Trigla spp Gurnards
Lophius spp MonkSebastes spp RedfishSqualus acanthias Picked dogfish
Other Squalidae, Scyliorhinidae spp Dogfishes, nursehounds
Raja spp Skates and raysOther Pleuronectidae spp Flatfish
Other Gadidae spp, except Micromesistius poutassou
and Trisopterus esmarkiiRoundfish except blue whiting and
Norway pout
Sparidae spp Seabreams