2008R1077 — EN — 10.07.2010 — 001.001

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1077/2008

of 3 November 2008

laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1566/2007







THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 of 21 December 2006 on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing ( 1 ), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 22(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 ( 2 ) provides that activities within the scope of the Common Fisheries Policy are prohibited unless a master, without undue delay records and reports information on fishing activities, including landings and transhipments and that copies of the records shall be made available to the authorities. (2) In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 the obligation to electronically record and transmit logbook, landing declaration and transhipment data applies to masters of Community fishing vessels exceeding 24 m length overall within 24 months of entry into force of the implementing rules and to masters of Community fishing vessels exceeding 15 m length overall within 42 months of entry into force of the implementing rules. (3) Daily reporting of fishing activities creates the potential to enhance significantly the efficiency and effectiveness of monitoring, control and surveillance operations both at sea and on land. (4) Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy ( 3 ) provides that masters of Community fishing vessels shall keep a logbook of their operations. (5) Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 provides that the master of each Community fishing vessel having an overall length equal to or more than 10 m or his representative, shall after each fishing trip and within 48 hours of landing submit a declaration to the competent authorities of the Member States where the landing takes place. (6) Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 provides that auction centres or other bodies or persons authorised by Member States which are responsible for the first marketing of fishery products shall, upon first sale, submit a sales note to the competent authorities in whose territory the first marketing takes place. (7) Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 also provides that where the first marketing of fisheries products does not take place in the Member State where the products have been landed, the Member State responsible for monitoring the first marketing shall ensure that a copy of the sales note is submitted to the authorities responsible for monitoring the landing of the products as soon as possible. (8) Article 19 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 requires Member States to create computerised databases and to establish a validation system comprising in particular cross-checks and verification of data. (9) Article 19b and 19e of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 require masters of Community fishing vessels to make effort reports and to record them in their logbook. (10) Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 ( 4 ) requires the master of a Community fishing vessel holding a deep-sea fishing permit to record in a logbook or in a form provided by the flag Member State information concerning fishing gear characteristics and fishing operations. (11) Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 ( 5 ) establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy provides for the operation of joint deployment plans. (12) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1566/2007 ( 6 ) laid down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 as regards electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities. (13) It is necessary, at present, to further detail and clarify some provisions contained in Regulation (EC) No 1566/2007. To that end it is appropriate to repeal Regulation (EC) No 1566/2007 and to replace it by a new Regulation. (14) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Whereas: HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:







CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Scope

1. This Regulation shall apply to:

(a) Community fishing vessels exceeding 24 metres length overall, as from 1 January 2010;

(b) Community fishing vessels exceeding 15 metres length overall, as from 1 July 2011;

(c) registered buyers, registered auctions or other entities or persons authorised by Member States that are responsible for the first sale of fisheries products with an annual financial turnover in first sales of fishery products in excess of EUR 400 000, as from 1 January 2009.

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1(a), this Regulation shall apply as from a date earlier than 1 January 2010 to Community fishing vessels flying the flag of a given Member State and exceeding 24 metres length overall, if it is so provided by that State.

3. Notwithstanding paragraph 1(b), this Regulation shall apply as from a date earlier than 1 July 2011 to Community fishing vessels flying the flag of a given Member State and exceeding 15 metres length overall, if it is so provided by that State.

4. Notwithstanding the dates laid down in paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b), a Member State may decide to apply this Regulation to vessels of 15 metres or less flying its flag prior to those dates in accordance with Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006.

5. Member States may conclude bilateral agreements on the use of electronic reporting systems on vessels flying their flags within the waters under their sovereignty or jurisdiction on condition that the vessels comply with all rules laid down in this Regulation.

6. This Regulation shall apply to Community fishing vessels regardless of the waters in which they carry out fishing operations or of the ports in which they land.

7. This Regulation shall not apply to Community fishing vessels used exclusively for exploitation of aquaculture.

Article 2

List of operators and vessels

1. Each Member State shall establish a list of registered buyers, registered auctions or other entities or persons that it has authorised and that are responsible for the first sale of fishery products with an annual financial turnover of fishery products in excess of EUR 400 000. The first reference year shall be 2007 and the list shall be updated on 1 January of the current year (year n) on the basis of the annual financial turnover of fishery products in excess of EUR 400 000 in year n-2. That list shall be published on an official web site of the Member State.

2. Each Member State shall establish and periodically update lists of Community fishing vessels flying its flag to which the provisions of this Regulation apply in accordance with Article 1(2), (3), (4) and (5). The lists shall be published on an official web site of the Member State and shall be in the format to be decided in consultations between the Member States and the Commission.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

1. ‘fishing operation’ means all activities in connection with searching for fish, the shooting, setting and hauling of a fishing gear and the removal of any catch from the gear;

2. ‘joint deployment plan’ means a plan setting out operational arrangements for the deployment of available means of control and inspection.







CHAPTER II

ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

Article 4

Information to be transmitted by masters of vessels or their representatives

1. Masters of Community fishing vessels shall transmit logbook and transhipment data by electronic means to the competent authorities of the flag Member State.

2. Masters of Community fishing vessels or their representatives shall transmit landing declaration data by electronic means to the competent authorities of the flag State.

3. When a Community fishing vessel lands its catch in a Member State other than the flag Member State, the competent authorities of the flag Member States shall immediately upon receipt forward the landing declaration data by electronic means to the competent authorities of the Member State where the catch was landed.

4. Masters of Community fishing vessels shall, where required under Community rules, transmit by electronic means to the competent authority of the flag Member State prior notification of entry into port at the time that it is required to be transmitted.

5. When a vessel intends to enter a port in a Member State other than the flag Member State, the competent authorities of the flag Member State shall immediately upon receipt forward the prior notification referred to in paragraph 4 by electronic means to the competent authorities of the coastal Member State.

Article 5

Information to be transmitted by entities or persons responsible for first sale or take-over

1. Registered buyers, registered auctions or other entities or persons authorised by Member States, that are responsible for the first sale of fishery products shall transmit information required to be recorded in a sales note by electronic means to the competent authorities of the Member State in whose territory the first marketing takes place.

2. When the first marketing takes place in a Member State other than the flag Member State, the competent authorities of the Member State where the first marketing takes place shall ensure that a copy of the sales notes data is submitted by electronic means to the competent authorities of the flag Member State on receipt of relevant information.

3. Where the first marketing of fisheries products does not take place in the Member State where the products have been landed, the Member State where the first marketing takes place shall ensure that a copy of the sales note data is submitted by electronic means immediately on receipt of relevant information, to the following authorities:

(a) the competent authorities of the Member State where the fishery products have been landed; and

(b) the competent authorities of the flag Member State of the vessel that landed the fishery products.

4. The holder of the take-over declaration shall transmit by electronic means the information required to be recorded in a take-over declaration to the competent authorities of the Member State in whose territory the take-over physically takes place.

Article 6

Frequency of transmission

1. The master shall transmit the electronic logbook information to the competent authorities of the flag Member State at least on a daily basis not later than 24.00 hours even when there are no catches. He shall also send such data:

(a) at the request of the competent authority of the flag Member State;

(b) immediately after the last fishing operation has been completed;

(c) before entering into port;

(d) at the time of any inspection at sea;

(e) at the time of events defined in Community legislation or by the flag State.

2. The master may transmit corrections to the electronic logbook and transhipment declarations up to the last transmission made at the end of the fishing operations and before entering into port. Corrections shall be easily identifiable. All original electronic logbook data and corrections to those data shall be stored by the competent authorities of the flag Member State.

3. The master or his representatives shall transmit the landing declaration by electronic means immediately after the landing declaration has been established.

4. The master of the donor vessel and the receiving vessel shall transmit transhipment data by electronic means immediately after the transhipment.

5. The master shall keep a copy of the information referred to in paragraph 1 on board the fishing vessel for the duration of each absence from port and until the landing declaration has been submitted.

6. When a fishing vessel is in port, does not carry fish on board and the master has submitted the landing declaration, transmission in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article may be suspended subject to prior notification to the Fisheries Monitoring Centre of the flag Member State. Transmission shall be resumed when the vessel leaves the port. Prior notification is not required for vessels equipped with and transmitting data via VMS (Vessel Monitoring System).

Article 7

Format for transmission of data from a vessel to the competent authority of its flag State

Each Member State shall determine the format for the transmission of data from vessels flying its flag to its competent authorities.

Article 8

Return messages

Member States shall ensure that return messages are issued to vessels flying their flag for each transmission of logbook, transhipment and landing data. The return message shall contain an acknowledgement of receipt.







CHAPTER III

EXEMPTIONS

Article 9

Exemptions

1. A Member State may exempt masters of vessels flying its flag from the obligations referred to in Article 4(1) and from the obligation to have means of electronic data transmission on board as referred to in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 are absent from port for 24 hours or less within the waters under its sovereignty or jurisdiction on condition that they do not land their catch outside the territory of the flag Member State.

2. Masters of Community fishing vessels that electronically record and report data on their fishing activities shall be exempt from the obligation to complete paper logbook, landing and transhipment declarations.

3. Masters of Community vessels, or their representatives, that land their catch in a Member State other than the flag Member State shall be exempt from the requirement to submit a paper landing declaration to the coastal Member State.

4. Member States may conclude bilateral agreements on the use of electronic reporting systems on vessels flying their flags within the waters under their sovereignty or jurisdiction. The vessels falling within the scope of such agreements shall be exempt from completing a paper logbook within those waters.

5. Masters of Community vessels that record in their electronic logbooks the fishing effort information required under Article 19b of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 shall be exempt from the obligation to transmit effort reports by telex, by VMS, by fax, by telephone or by radio.







CHAPTER IV

FUNCTIONING OF ELECTRONIC RECORDING AND REPORTING SYSTEMS

Article 10

Provisions in the event of technical failure or non-functioning of electronic recording and reporting systems

1. In the event of a technical failure or non-functioning of the electronic recording and reporting system the master or the owner of the vessel or their representative shall communicate logbook, landing declaration and transhipment data to the competent authorities of the flag Member State in a way established by the flag Member State on a daily basis and no later than 24.00 hours even when there are no catches. Data shall also be sent:

(a) at the request of the competent authority of the flag State;

(b) immediately after the last fishing operation has been completed;

(c) before entering into port;

(d) at the time of any inspection at sea;

(e) at the time of events defined in Community legislation or by the flag State.

2. The competent authorities of the flag Member State shall update the electronic logbook immediately on receipt of the data referred to in paragraph 1.

3. A Community fishing vessel shall not leave a port, following a technical failure or non-functioning of its electronic recording and reporting system before it is functioning to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the flag Member State or before it is otherwise authorised to leave by the competent authorities of the flag Member State. The flag Member State shall immediately notify the coastal Member State when it has authorised a vessel flying its flag to leave a port in the coastal Member State.

Article 11

Non-receipt of data

1. When the competent authorities of a flag Member State have not received data transmissions in accordance with Article 4(1) and (2) they shall notify the master or the owner of the vessel or their representative thereof as soon as possible. If, in respect of a particular vessel, this situation occurs more than three times within a period of one year, the flag Member State shall ensure that the electronic reporting system in question is checked. The Member State concerned shall investigate the matter in order to determine why data have not been received.

2. When the competent authorities of a flag Member State have not received data transmissions in accordance with Article 4(1) and (2) and the last position received through the Vessel Monitoring System was from within the waters of a coastal Member State they shall notify the competent authorities of that coastal Member State thereof as soon as possible.

3. The master or the owner of the vessel or their representative shall send all data for which a notification was received in accordance with paragraph 1 to the competent authorities of the flag Member State immediately on receipt of the notification.

Article 12

Data access failure

1. When the competent authorities of a coastal Member State observe a vessel flying the flag of another Member State in their waters and cannot access logbook or transhipment data in accordance with Article 15 they shall request the competent authorities of the flag Member State to ensure access.

2. If the access referred to in paragraph 1 is not ensured within four hours of the request, the coastal Member State shall notify the flag Member State. On receipt of the notification the flag Member State shall immediately send the data to the coastal Member State by any available electronic means.

3. If the coastal Member State does not receive the data referred to in paragraph 2, the master or owner of the vessel or their representative shall send the data and a copy of the return message referred to in Article 8 to the competent authorities of the coastal Member State on request and by any available electronic means.

4. If the master or owner of the vessel or their representative can not provide the competent authorities of the coastal Member State with a copy of the return message referred to in Article 8, fishing activities in the waters of the coastal Member State by the vessel concerned shall be prohibited until the master or his representative can provide a copy of the return message or information referred to in Article 6(1) to the said authorities.

Article 13

Data on the functioning of the electronic reporting system

1. Member States shall maintain databases on the functioning of their electronic reporting system. They shall contain at least the following information:

(a) the list of fishing vessels flying their flag whose electronic reporting systems have experienced technical failure or have failed to function;

(b) the number of electronic logbook transmissions received per day and the average number of transmissions received per vessel, broken down by flag Member State;

(c) the number of landing declaration, transhipment declaration, takeover declaration and sales note transmissions received, broken down by flag State.

2. Summaries of information on the functioning of Member States' electronic reporting systems shall be sent to the Commission at its request in a format and at time intervals to be decided in consultation between Member States and the Commission.







CHAPTER V

DATA EXCHANGE AND ACCESS

Article 14

Format for exchange of information between Member States

1. Information shall be exchanged between Member States using the format defined in the Annex from which extensible mark-up language (XML) is derived.

2. Corrections to the information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be clearly identified.

3. When a Member State receives electronic information from another Member State it shall ensure that a return message is issued to the competent authorities of that Member State. The return message shall contain an acknowledgement of receipt.

4. Data elements in the Annex that are mandatory for masters to record in their logbook according to Community rules shall also be mandatory in exchanges between Member States.

Article 15

Access to data

1. A flag Member State shall ensure that a coastal Member State has on-line access in real time to electronic logbook and landing declaration data of vessels flying its flag when conducting fishing operations in the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction or entering a port of the coastal Member State.

2. The data referred to in paragraph 1 shall at least cover the data from the last departure from port to the time when the landing is completed. Data from fishing operations for the previous 12 months shall be made available on request.

3. The master of a Community fishing vessel shall have secure access to his own electronic logbook information stored in the database of the flag Member State on a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week basis.

4. A coastal Member State shall grant on-line access to its logbook database to a fishery patrol vessel of another Member State in the context of a joint deployment plan.

Article 16

Exchange of data between Member States

1. Access to the data referred to in Article 15, paragraph 1 shall be by secure Internet connection on a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week basis.

2. Member States shall exchange the relevant technical information to ensure mutual access to electronic logbooks.

3. Member States shall:

(a) ensure that data received according to this Regulation are safely stored in computerised databases and take all necessary measures to ensure that they are treated as confidential;

(b) take all necessary technical measures to protect such data against any accidental or illicit destruction, accidental loss, deterioration, distribution or unauthorised consultation.

Article 17

Single authority

1. In each Member State, a single authority shall be responsible for transmitting, receiving, managing and processing all data covered by this Regulation.

2. Member States shall exchange lists and contact details of the authorities referred to in paragraph 1 and shall inform the Commission thereof.

3. Any changes in the information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be communicated to the Commission and other Member States without delay.







CHAPTER VI

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 18

Repeal

1. Regulation (EC) No 1566/2007 is hereby repealed.

2. References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

Article 19

Entry into force

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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2009.

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

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ANNEX ( 7 )

ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EXCHANGE FORMAT







Operations table view No Element or attribute name Code Description and content Compulsory (C)/ Compulsory if (CIF) (1)/ Optional (O) (2) 1 OPS ELEMENT OPS Operations element: this is the top level envelope of all operations sent to the web service operation. OPS element must contain one of the sub-elements DAT, RET, DEL, COR, QUE, RSP. 2 Country of destination AD Destination for the message (ISO alpha-3 country code) C 3 Sending country FR Country transmitting the data (ISO alpha-3 country code) C 4 Operation No ON unique ID (AAAYYYYMMDD999999) generated by sender C 5 Operation Date OD Date of transmission of the message (YYYY-MM-DD) C 6 Operation Time OT Time of sending the message (HH:MM in UTC) C 7 Test flag TS Set to 1 if the operation is to be regarded as a test. O 8 Data operation DAT (See details of sub-elements and attributes of DAT) CIF 9 Acknowledgement message RET (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RET) CIF 10 Delete operation DEL (See details of sub-elements and attributes of DEL) CIF 11 Correction operation COR (See details of sub-elements and attributes of COR) CIF 12 Query operation QUE (See details of sub-elements and attributes of QUE) CIF 13 Response operation RSP (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RSP) CIF 14 15 Data Operation DAT Data operation to push log book or sales note information to another MS 16 ERS message ERS Includes all relevant ERS data, i.e. the whole message C 17 18 Delete Operation DEL Delete operation to ask receiving MS to delete previously sent data 19 Record No. RN Record No to be deleted. (AAAYYYYMMDD999999) C 20 Reason for Rejection RE Free text giving an explanation for the rejection O 21 22 Correction operation COR Correction operation to ask another MS to correct previously sent data. 23 Original Message number RN Record number of the message being corrected (format AAAYYYYMMDD999999) C 24 Reason for Correction RE Code list to be found at http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm. Free text field O 25 New corrected data ERS Includes all relevant ERS data, i.e. the whole message C 26 27 Acknowledgment operation RET Acknowledgement operation to reply to DAT, DEL or COR operation 28 Sent Message number ON Operation no.(AAAYYYYMMDD999999) that is being acknowledged. C 29 Return status RS Indicates the status of the received message/report. The code list to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm C 30 Reason for Rejection RE Free text giving an explanation for the rejection O 31 32 Query operation QUE Query operation to pull logbook information from another MS 33 Commands to execute CD Can be one of the following: get_vessel_data / get_historical_data / get_all_vessel_data C 34 Vessel identifier type ID Shall be at least one of the following: RC/IR/XR/NA O 35 Vessel Identifier Value IV Example: O 36 Start Date SD Start Date of requested period (YYYY-MM-DD) CIF get_all_vessel_data 37 End Date ED End Date of requested period (YYYY-MM-DD) O 38 39 Response operation RSP Response operation to answer a QUE operation 40 ERS message ERS Includes all relevant ERS data, i.e. the whole message O 41 Return Status RS Indicates the status of the received message/report. The code list to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm C 42 Operation No. ON The operation no.(AAAYYYYMMDD999999) which is being replied to. C 43 Reason for Rejection RE If response is negative, reason for not replying with data. Free text giving an explanation for the rejection O 44







Logbook and Sales note table view No Element or attribute name Code Description and content Compulsory (C)/ Compulsory if (CIF) (1)/ Optional (O) (2) 45 ERS message 46 Start of message ERS Tag indicating start of the ERS message C 47 Message (record) number RN Serial number of the message (format AAAYYYYMMDD999999) C 48 Message (record) date RD Date of transmission of the message (YYYY-MM-DD) C 49 Message (record) time RT Time of retransmission of the message (HH:MM in UTC) C 50 51 Logbook declaration: LOG LOG is a Logbook declaration 52 The following attributes need to be specified The LOG contains one or more of the following declarations DEP, FAR, RLC, TRA, COE, COX, ENT, EXI, CRO, TRZ, INS, DIS, PNO, EOF, RTP, LAN 53 Start of log record LOG Tag indicating start of the logbook record C 54 Vessel’s Community Fleet Register (CFR) number IR With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter being the country of first registration within the EU and X being a letter or a number C 55 Vessel’s main identification RC International radio call sign CIF CFR not up to date 56 Vessel’s external identification XR Side (hull) registration number of the vessel O 57 Name of vessel NA Name of the vessel O 58 Name of the master MA Name of the master (any change during trip to be sent in next LOG transmission) C 59 Master address MD Address of master (any change during trip to be sent in next LOG transmission) C 60 Country of registration FS Flag state of vessel registration. ISO alpha-3 country code C 61 62 DEP: declaration element Required on every departure from port, to be sent in next message 63 Start of Departure declaration DEP Tag indicating start of the departure from port declaration C 64 Date DA Date of departure (YYYY-MM-DD) C 65 Time TI Time of departure (HH:MM in UTC) C 66 Port name PO Port code (ISO alpha-2 country code + 3 letter port code). Port code list (CCPPP) to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm C 67 Anticipated activity AA Code list to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm CIF effort reporting required for intended activity 68 Gear on board GEA (See details of sub-elements and attributes of GEA) C 69 Catch on board sub-declaration (list of species SPE sub-declarations) SPE (see details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) CIF catch on board the vessel 70 71 FAR: fishing activity declaration Required by midnight on each day at sea or in response to request from the flag state 72 Start of Fishing Activity Report declaration FAR Tag indicating start of a fishing activity report declaration C 73 Last report marker LR Marker that indicates that this is the last FAR report that will be sent (LR=1) CIF last message 74 Inspection marker IS Marker that indicates this fishing activity report was received following an inspection carried out onboard the vessel. (IS=1) CIF inspection occurred 75 Date DA Date for which fishing activities being reported whilst vessel at sea (YYYY-MM-DD) C 76 Time TI Start time of fishing activity (HH:MM in UTC) O 77 Relevant area sub-declaration RAS Specified if no catch was made (for effort purposes). List of codes to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm. (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS). CIF when no SPE to record 78 Fishing Operations FO Number of fishing operations O 79 Fishing Time DU Duration of fishing activity in minutes - defined as fishing time equals the number of hours spent at sea, minus the time spent in transit to, between and returning from the fishing grounds, dodging, inactive or waiting for repair CIF required (2) 80 Gear sub-declaration GEA (See details of sub-elements and attributes of GEA) CIF any undertaken 81 Gear loss sub-declaration GLS (See details of sub-elements and attributes of GLS) CIF required by the rules (2) 82 Catch sub-declaration (list of species SPE sub-declarations) SPE (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) CIF any fish caught 83 84 RLC: relocation declaration Used when catch (all or parts thereof) is transferred or moved from shared fishing gear to a vessel or from a vessel’s hold or its fishing gear to a keep net, container or cage (outside the vessel) in which the live catch is kept until landing 85 Start of Relocation declaration RLC Tag indicating start of a relocation declaration C 86 Date DA Date of catch relocation whilst vessel at sea (YYYY-MM-DD) C 87 Time TI Time of relocation (HH:MM in UTC) C 88 Receiving vessel CFR number IR With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter being the country of first registration within the EU and X being a letter or a number CIF joint fishing operation and EU vessel 89 Receiving vessel radio call sign TT International radio call sign of the receiving vessel CIF joint fishing operation 90 Flag state of receiving vessel TC Flag state of vessel taking the catch (ISO alpha-3 country code) CIF joint fishing operation 91 Other Partner Vessel(s) CFR numbers RF With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter being the country of first registration within the EU and X being a letter or a number CIF joint fishing operation and partner is EU vessel 92 Other Partner vessel(s) radio call signs TF International radio call sign of the partner vessel(s) CIF joint fishing operation and other partners 93 Flag state(s) of other partner vessel(s) FC Flag state of the partner vessel(s) (ISO alpha-3 country code) CIF joint fishing operation and other partners 94 Relocated to RT 3 letter code for relocation destination (Keep net: KNE, cage: CGE, etc) Codes to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm CIF 95 POS sub declaration POS Location of transfer (See details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 96 Catch sub-declaration (list of species SPE sub-declarations) SPE Amount of fish relocated (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) C 97 98 TRA: transhipment declaration For every transhipment of catch, declaration required from both donor and recipient 99 Start of Transhipment declaration TRA Tag indicating start of a transhipment declaration C 100 Date DA Start of TRA (YYYY-MM-DD) C 101 Time TI Start of TRA (HH:MM in UTC) C 102 Relevant area sub-declaration RAS The geographical area in which the transhipment took place. The list of codes to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm. (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS). CIF took place at sea 103 Port name PO Port code (ISO alpha-2 country code + 3 letter port code). Port code list (CCPPP) to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm CIF took place in port 104 Receiving vessel’s CFR number IR With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter being the country of registration within the EU and X being a letter or a number CIF European Union fishing vessel 105 Transhipment: receiving vessel TT If donor vessel - International radio call sign of the receiving vessel C 106 Transhipment: flag state of receiving vessel TC If donor vessel - Flag state of vessel receiving the transhipment (ISO alpha-3 country code) C 107 Donor Vessel’s CFR number RF With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter being the country of first registration within the EU and X being a letter or a number CIF European Union fishing vessel 108 Transhipment: (donor) vessel TF If receiving vessel - International radio call sign of the donor vessel C 109 Transhipment: flag state of donor vessel FC If receiving vessel - Flag state of the donor vessel (ISO alpha-3 country code) C 110 POS sub declaration POS (See details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) CIF required (2) (NEAFC, NAFO waters or bluefin tuna fishery) 111 Catch transhipped (list of species SPE sub-declarations) SPE (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) C 112 113 COE: entry in zone declaration If fishing in stock recovery area or Western Waters 114 Start of Effort declaration: Entry in zone COE Tag indicating start of an declaration on entry into the effort zone C 115 Date DA Date of entry(YYYY-MM-DD) C 116 Time TI Time of entry(HH:MM in UTC) C 117 Target specie(s) TS Species to be targeted whilst in zone (Demersal, Pelagic, Scallops, Crabs). List of codes to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm C 118 Relevant area sub-declaration RAS Geographical location of the vessel. The list of codes to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm. (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS). C 119 Catch on board sub-declaration (list of species SPE sub-declarations) SPE (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) O 120 121 COX: exit from zone declaration If fishing in stock recovery area or Western Waters 122 Start of Effort declaration: Exit out of zone COX Tag indicating start of a declaration on exit of the effort zone C 123 Date DA Date of exit (YYYY-MM-DD) C 124 Time TI Time of exit (HH:MM in UTC) C 125 Target specie(s) TS Species to be targeted whilst in zone (Demersal, Pelagic, Scallops, Crabs). List of codes to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm CIF not conducting other fishing activities 126 Relevant area sub-declaration RAS Geographical location of the vessel. The list of codes to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm. (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS). CIF not conducting other fishing activities 127 Position sub-declaration POS Position of exit (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 128 Catch taken sub-declaration SPE Catch taken whilst in zone (see details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) O 129 130 CRO: crossing of zone declaration If crossing Stock Recovery or Western Water zones 131 Start of Effort declaration: Crossing of a zone CRO Tag indicating start of a declaration on crossing the effort zone (no fishing operation). Only DA TI POS needs to be specified in COE and COX declarations C 132 Entry in zone declaration COE (See details of sub-elements and attributes of COE) C 133 Exit from zone declaration COX (See details of sub-elements and attributes of COX) C 134 135 TRZ: trans-zonal fishing declaration If carrying out Trans-zonal fishing 136 Start of Effort declaration: Trans-zonal fishing TRZ Tag indicating start of a declaration on trans-zonal fishing C 137 Entry declaration COE First entry (see details of sub-elements and attributes of COE) C 138 Exit declaration COX Last exit (see details of sub-elements and attributes of COX) C 139 140 INS: inspection declaration To be provided by the authorities, but not the master 141 Start of inspection declaration INS Tag indicating start of an inspection sub-declaration O 142 Country of inspection IC ISO alpha-3 country code C 143 Assigned inspector IA For each state to provide a 4 digit number identifying their inspector C 144 Date DA Date of inspection (YYYY-MM-DD) C 145 Time TI Time of inspection (HH:MM in UTC) C 146 Position sub-declaration POS Position of inspection (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 147 148 DIS: discard declaration CIF required (2) (NEAFC, NAFO) 149 Start of Discard declaration DIS Tag containing details of fish discarded C 150 Date DA Date of discard (YYYY-MM-DD) C 151 Time TI Time of discard (HH:MM in UTC) C 152 Position sub-declaration POS Position when discarded (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 153 Discarded fish sub-declaration SPE Discarded fish (see details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) C 154 155 PNO: prior notification of return declaration To be transmitted prior to return to port or if required by Community rules CIF required (2) 156 Start of Prior Notification PNO Tag indicating start of a Prior Notification declaration C 157 Predicted date of arrival to port PD Intended Date of arrival/crossing (YYYY-MM-DD) C 158 Predicted time of arrival to port PT Intended Time of arrival/crossing (HH:MM in UTC) C 159 Port name PO Port code (2 letter country code (ISO alpha-2 country code) + 3 letter port code). Port code list (CCPPP) to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm C 160 Relevant area sub-declaration RAS Fishing area to be used for prior notification of cod. List of codes for fishing and effort/conservation areas to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm. (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS). CIF in the Baltic sea 161 Predicted date DA Intended Date of landing (YYYY-MM-DD) in the Baltic for exiting area CIF in the Baltic sea 162 Predicted time TI Intended Time of landing (HH:MM in UTC) in the Baltic for exiting area CIF in the Baltic sea 163 Catch on Board sub-declarations (list of species SPE sub-declarations) SPE Catch on board (if pelagic need ICES zone). (see details of the sub-declaration SPE) C 164 Position sub-declaration POS Position for entering/leaving area/zone. (See details of sub-elements and attributes of POS). CIF 165 166 EOF: end of fishing declaration To be transmitted immediately after last fishing operation and before returning to port and landing fish 167 Start of Sign off of catch declaration EOF Tag indicating completion of fishing operations prior to return to port C 168 Date DA Date signed off (YYYY-MM-DD) C 169 Time TI Time signed off (HH:MM in UTC) C 170 171 RTP: return to port declaration To be transmitted on entry into port, after any PNO declaration and before landing any fish 172 Start of Return to port declaration RTP Tag indicating the return to the harbour at the end of the fishing trip C 173 Date DA Date of return (YYYY-MM-DD) C 174 Time TI Time of return (HH:MM in UTC) C 175 Port name PO Port code (ISO alpha-2 country code + 3 letter port code) list (CCPPP) to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm C 176 Reason for return RE Reason for returning to port (e.g. sheltering, taking on stores, landing.) The list of reason codes to be found a: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm CIF 177 Gear onboard GEA (See details of sub-elements and attributes of GEA). O 178 179 LAN: landing declaration To be transmitted after landing of catch 180 Start of Landing declaration LAN Tag indicating start of a landing declaration C 181 Date DA (YYYY-MM-DD – date of landing C 182 Time TI HH:MM in UTC – time of landing C 183 Sender type TS 3 letter code (MAS: master, REP:his representative,AGE: agent) C 184 Port name PO Port code (2 letter country code (ISO alpha-2 country code) + 3 letter port code). Port code list (CCPPP) to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm C 185 Catch landed sub-declaration (list of SPE with PRO sub-declarations) SPE Species, fishing areas, landed weights, related gears and presentations (see details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) C 186 187 POS: position sub-declaration 188 Start of Position sub-declaration POS Tag containing coordinates of the geographical position C 189 Latitude (decimal) LT Latitude expressed in accordance with the WGS84 format used for VMS C 190 Longitude (decimal) LG Longitude expressed in accordance with the WGS84 format used for VMS C 191 192 GEA: gear deployment sub-declaration 193 Start of Gear deployment sub-declaration GEA Tag containing coordinates of the geographical position C 194 Gear type GE Gear code according to FAO’s ‘International Standard Statistical Classification of the Fishing Gear’ C 195 Mesh Size ME Size of mesh (in millimetres) CIF gear has mesh subject to size requirement 196 Gear Capacity GC Gear size and number CIF required for type of gear deployed 197 Fishing operations FO Number of fishing operations (hauls) per 24 hour period CIF if vessel licensed to fish deep sea stocks 198 Fishing time DU Number of hours the gear was deployed CIF if vessel licensed to fish deep sea stocks 199 Gear shot sub-declaration GES Gear shot sub-declaration (see details of sub-elements and attributes of GES) CIF required (2) (vessel uses static or fixed gear) 200 Gear retrieved sub-declaration GER Gear retrieved sub-declaration (see details of sub-elements and attributes of GER) CIF required (2) (vessel uses static or fixed gear) 201 Gillnet deployment sub-declaration GIL Gillnet deployment sub-declaration (see details of sub-elements and attributes of GIL) CIF vessel has permits for ICES Zones IIIa, Iva, Ivb, Vb, Via, Vib, VIIb, c, j, k and XII 202 Fishing depths FD A distance from water surface to the lowest part of the fishing gear (in metres). Applies to vessels using towed gear, long lines and fixed nets CIF deep sea fishing and in Norwegian waters 203 Average number of hooks used on longlines NH The average number of hooks used on the long lines CIF deep sea fishing and in Norwegian waters 204 The average length of the nets GL The average length of nets when using fixed nets (in metres) CIF deep sea fishing and in Norwegian waters 205 The average height of the nets GD The average height of nets when using fixed nets (in metres) CIF deep sea fishing and in Norwegian waters 206 207 GES: gear shot sub-declaration CIF required by the rules (2) 208 Start of Position sub-declaration GES Tag containing gear shot info C 209 Date DA Date gear shot (YYYY-MM-DD) C 210 Time TI Time gear shot (HH:MM in UTC) C 211 POS sub-declaration POS Position where gear shot (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 212 213 GER: gear retrieved sub-declaration CIF required by the rules (2) 214 Start of Position sub-declaration GER Tag containing gear retrieved info C 215 Date DA Date gear retrieved (YYYY-MM-DD) C 216 Time TI Time gear retrieved (HH:MM in UTC) C 217 POS sub-declaration POS Position where gear retrieved (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 218 219 GIL Gillnet deployment sub-declaration CIF vessel has permits for ICES Zones IIIa, Iva, Ivb, Vb, Via, Vib, VIIb, c, j, k and XII 220 Start of Gillnet sub-declaration GIL Tag starting gillnet deployment 221 Nominal length of one net NL Information required to be recorded during each fishing trip (in metres) C 222 Number of nets NN Number of nets in a fleet C 223 Number of fleets FL Number of fleets deployed C 224 POS sub –declaration POS Position of each fleet deployment (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 225 Depth of each fleet deployed FD Depth for each fleet deployed (a distance from water surface to the lowest part of the fishing gear) C 226 Soak time of each fleet deployed ST Soak time for each fleet deployed (hours) C 227 228 GLS: gear loss sub-declaration Loss of fixed Gear CIF required by the rules (2) 229 Start of GLS sub declaration GLS Data on fixed gear lost 230 Date gear lost DA Date gear lost (YYYY-MM-DD) C 231 Number of units NN Number of gears lost CIF 232 POS sub-declaration POS Last known position of gear (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) CIF 233 234 RAS: Relevant area sub declaration RAS Relevant area depending on the relevant reporting requirement – at least one field should be filled in. List of codes will be placed at the EC website with a location to be specified. CIF 235 FAO area FA FAO area (e.g. 27) CIF 236 FAO (ICES) sub-area SA FAO (ICES) sub-area (e.g. 3) CIF 237 FAO (ICES) division ID FAO (ICES) division (e.g. d) CIF 238 FAO (ICES) sub- division SD FAO (ICES) sub-division (e.g. 24) (Meaning together with the above 27.3.d.24) CIF 239 Economic zone EZ Economic zone CIF 240 Ices statistical rectangle SR ICES statistical rectangle (e.g. 49E6) CIF 241 Fishing effort zone FE List of codes to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm. CIF 242 243 SPE: species sub-declaration Aggregate quantity by species 244 Start of SPE sub-declaration SPE Details of fish caught by species C 245 Species name SN Name of the species (FAO alpha-3 code) C 246 Weight of fish WT Depending on context this item to be either 1. Total weight of fish (in kilograms) in catch period 2. Total weight of fish (in kilograms) on board (aggregate) or 3. Total weight of fish (in kilograms) landed 4. Total weight of fish discarded or used as a life bait CIF species not counted; in bluefin tuna fishery 247 Number of fish NF Number of fish (when catch have to be registered in numbers of fish i.e. salmon, tuna) CIF salmon, tuna fishery 248 Quantity held in nets NQ Estimate of quantity held in nets i.e. not in hold CIF life tuna 249 Number held in nets NB Estimate of number of fish held in nets i.e. not in hold CIF life tuna 250 Relevant area sub-declaration RAS The geographical area in which the majority of the catch was taken. List of codes to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm. (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS). C 251 Gear type GE Letter code according to FAO’s ‘International Standard Statistical Classification of the Fishing Gear’ CIF landing declaration for certain species and catch areas only 252 Processing sub-declaration PRO (See details of sub-elements and attributes of PRO) CIF for landing (transhipment) declaration 253 254 PRO: processing sub-declaration Processing/presentation for each specie landed 255 Start of Processing sub-declaration PRO Tag containing fish processing details C 256 Fish freshness category FF Fish freshness category ( A, B, E, V, SO) CIF Sales Note 257 State of preservation PS Letter code for the state of the fish e.g. live, frozen, salted. List of codes to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm C 258 Presentation of fish PR Letter code for the product presentation (reflects manner of processing): use codes found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm C 259 Processing’s type of packaging TY 3 letter code (CRT=cartons, BOX=boxes, BGS=bags, BLC=blocks) CIF for TRA, O for LAN 260 Number of packing units NN Number of packing units: cartoons, boxes, bags, containers, blocks etc CIF for TRA, O for LAN 261 Av weight per unit of packing AW Product weight (kg) CIF for TRA, O for LAN 262 Conversion factor CF A numerical factor that is applied to convert fish processed weight into fish live weight O 263 264 Sales note declaration: SAL SAL is a Sales message 265 The following attributes need to be specified A Sale message may be either a Sales Note line or a Take-over line 266 Start of sales record SAL Tag indicating start of sales record C 267 Vessel’s Community Fleet Register number IR With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter being the country of first registration within the EU and X being a letter or a number C 268 Vessel’s call sign RC International radio call sign CIF CFR not up to date 269 Vessel’s external identification XR Side (hull) number of registration of the vessel that landed the fish O 270 Country of registration FS ISO alpha-3 country code C 271 Name of vessel NA Name of the vessel that landed the fish O 272 SLI declaration SLI (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SLI) CIF sale 273 TLI declaration TLI (See details of sub-elements and attributes of TLI) CIF take-over 274 275 SLI: sales line declaration 276 Start of Sales line declaration SLI Tag containing details of a consignment sale C 277 Date DA Date of the sale (YYYY-MM-DD). C 278 Sale country SC Country where the sale took place (ISO alpha-3 country code) C 279 Sale location SL Port code list (CCPPP) to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm C 280 Name of seller NS Name of auction centre, other body or person selling the fish C 281 Name of buyer NB Name of body or person buying the fish C 282 Sales contract reference number CN Sales contract reference number O 283 Source document sub-declaration SRC (See details of sub-declaration and attributes of SRC) C 284 Consignment sold sub declaration CSS (See details of sub-declaration and attributes of CSS) C 285 286 SRC sub declaration Flag state authorities shall track back the source document based on the vessel’s logbook and landing data 287 Start of Source document sub-declaration SRC Tag containing details of the source document for the consignment sold C 288 Date of landing DL Date of landing (YYYY-MM-DD). C 289 Country and Port name PO Country and Port name for place of landing. Country Port code list (CCPPP) to be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement/ers_en.htm C 290 291 CSS sub-declaration 292 Start of Consignment sold sub declaration CSS Tag containing details of the item sold C 293 Fish price FP Price per Kg C 294 Currency of sale CR Currency of price of sale. - List of currency symbols/codes will be placed at the EC web site with a location to be specified C 295 Fish size category SF Size of fish (1-8; one size or kg, g, cm, mm or number of fish per kg as appropriate) CIF 296 Product destination (purpose) PP Codes for human consumption, carry-over, industrial purposes CIF 297 Withdrawn WD Withdrawn through a Producers Organisation (Y-yes, N-no, T – temporarily) C 298 P.O. Use code OP List of codes will be placed at the EC web site with a location to be specified O 299 Species in the consignment SPE (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) C 300 TLI: take-over declaration 301 Start of TLI declaration TLI Tag for details of take-over event C 302 Date DA Date of the take-over (YYYY-MM-DD). C 303 Take-over country SC Country where the Take-over took place (ISO alpha-3 country code) C 304 Take-over location SL Port code or place name (if not in port) where the take-over took place – list to be found at the EC web site with a location to be specified http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement_en.htm C 305 Name of take-over organisation NT Name of the organisation that took-over the fish C 306 Take-over contract reference number CN Take-over contract reference number O 307 SRC sub declaration SRC (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SRC) C 308 Consignment taken over sub declaration CST (See details of sub-elements and attributes of CST) C 309 310 CST sub declaration 311 Start of line for each consignment taken over CST Tag containing detail line for each species taken over C 312 Fish size category SF Size of fish (1-8; one size or kg, g, cm, mm or number of fish per kg as appropriate) O 313 Species in the consignment SPE (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) C