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of 21 May 1991
on the submission of data on the landings of fishery products in Member States
(OJ L 133, 28.5.1991, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 1382/91
of 21 May 1991
on the submission of data on the landings of fishery products in
Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Havingreg ard to the Treaty establishingthe European EconomicCommunity, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Havingreg ard to the proposal from the Commission(
1),
Havingreg ard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereas, in particular, the management of the market in fishery prod-
ucts, as provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fisheryproducts(
3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2886/89 (4),
would be enhanced by the existence of harmonized Community statis-tics on the total landings of fishery products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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Article 1
Each Member State shall submit to the Commission data on the quantity
and average price of fishery products landed by Community fishingvessels and by EFTA vessels in each calendar month in its territorytakingdue account of Council Reg ulation (Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of data subject to statisticalconfidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities(
5).
For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘landings of fishery products'shall
be:
— the products discharged by fishing vessels or other components of
the fishingfleet,
— the products discharged by vessels of Member States in non-
Community ports and covered by Document T2M annexed toCommission Regulation (EEC) No 137/79 (
6), and
— the products transhipped to vessels of third countries from
Community fishingvessels and other components of the Communityfishingfleet within the territory of that Member State.
The Member States shall ensure that, except where derogations are
granted in accordance with Article 5 (4), the date submitted shall coverall landings of the fishery products listed in Annex I in that calendarmonth. However, samplingtechniques may be used to estimate up to10 % by weight of the fishery products landed in that month. Thesesamplingtechniques shall be reported under the provisions of Articles 5(1) and 5 (2).
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Article 2
The data referred to in Article 1 shall be submitted to the Commission
within six months of the end of the month covered.
(1) OJ No C 214, 21. 8. 1989, p. 21.
(2) OJ No C 113, 7. 5. 1990, p. 216.
(3) OJ No L 379, 31. 12. 1981, p. 1.
(4) OJ No L 282, 2. 10. 1989, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 151, 15. 6. 1990, p. 1.
(6) OJ No L 20, 27. 1. 1979, p.1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 3399/91 (OJ No L 320, 22. 11. 1991, p. 19).
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Article 3
1. The fishery products for which data submissions are required
under Article 1 are listed in Annex I. However Member States maysubmit data for additional individually identified fishery products.
The data for products of minor importance in a Member State need not
be individually identified in the submissions but may be included in anaggregated item provided that the weight of the products thus recordeddoes not exceed 10 % by weight of the total landings in that MemberState in that month.
2. Definitions to be used for the units of weight and average price,
the destination and presentation of the products are given in Annex II.
3. The list of products in Annex I and the definitions in Annex II
may be amended in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article6.
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Article 4
1. Member States shall fulfil their obligations to the Commission
pursuant to Articles 1 and 2 by submittingthe data on mag netic media,the format of which is given in Annex IV.
2. Where Member States experience difficulty in submittingthe data
on magnetic medium, the data shall be submitted to the Commission inthe form shown in Annex III.
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Article 5
1. Within 12 months of the entry into force of this Regulation,
Member States shall submit a report to the Commission describinghowthe data on landings are derived and shall indicate the representativityand reliability of these data. The Commission, in collaboration with theMember States, shall draw up a summary of these reports.
2. Member States shall inform the Commission of any modifications
to the information provided under paragraph 1 within three months oftheir introduction.
3. In the event that the methodological reports referred to in para-
graph 1 show that a Member State cannot immediately meet the require-ments of this Regulation and that changes in survey techniques andmethodology are necessary, the Commission can fix, in cooperationwith the Member State concerned, a transitional period up to amaximum of three years from the date of entry into force of thisRegulation, during which the programme of this Regulation is to beachieved; duringthis transitional period, temporary derog ationsexemptinga Member State from the provisions of this Reg ulation maybe accorded for up to a maximum of three years. The Commission shallinform all Member States of these derogations using the procedure laiddown in paragraph 7.
4. In cases where the inclusion of a particular sector of the fisheries
of a Member State would cause difficulties to the national authoritiesincommensurate with the importance of that sector, a derogation may begranted, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6,permittingthat Member State to exclude data for that sector from thenational data submissions.
5. The derogations granted pursuant to paragraph 4 shall be for a
maximum of three years but may, however, be extended by furtherthree-year periods. In submittinga request for an extension, the MemberState shall forward to the Commission the results of a sample surveyshowingthe problems encountered in the application of the Reg ulationto the total landings of that Member State. The requests shall then besubject to the procedure laid down in Article 6.
6. Data on landings in small ports can, at the reasoned request of a
Member State to be addressed to the Commission within 12 months of
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the entry into force of this Regulation, be excluded from national data
submissions under the followingconditions.
The exclusion shall be granted if the submission of the requested data
would cause difficulties for the national authorities incommensuratewith the importance of overall landings and if the corresponding prod-ucts landed are only locally marketed. A list of the ports concerned shallbe drawn up for each relevant Member State in accordance with theprocedure laid down in Article 6.
Member States concerned will submit to the Commission every three
years from the entry into force of the Regulation a report containing allrelevant information, so as to permit the StandingCommittee on Ag ri-cultural Statistics set up by Decision 72/279/EEC (
1) to examine and, if
need be, to revise, in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 6, the criteria and lists mentioned in the second subparagraphhereof.
7. Methodological reports, transitional arrangements, data avail-
ability, data reliability and other relevant issues connected with theapplication of this Regulation shall be examined once a year within thecompetent WorkingGroup of the Ag ricultural Statistics Committee.
Article 6
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed,
the chairman shall refer the matter to the StandingCommittee onAgricultural Statistics, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Committee'eitheron his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a MemberState.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shalldeliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairmanmay lay down accordingto the urg ency of the matter. The opinion shallbe delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the EECTreaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopton a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives ofthe Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in themanner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.
3. (a) The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are
in accordance with the opinion of the Committee.
(b) If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion
of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commissionshall without delay submit to the Council a proposal relatingtothe measures to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualifiedmajority.
If on the expiry of three months from the date of referral to the
Council, the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shallbe adopted by the Commission.
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publica-
tion in theOfficial Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1992.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
(1) OJ No L 179, 7. 8. 1972, p. 1.
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ANNEX I
LIST OF FISHERY PRODUCTS FOR WHICH DATA SUBMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED
CDZ Cod(Gadus morhua, Boreogadus saida,
Gadus ogac)Fresh whole
Fresh guttedFrozen unfilletedFrozen filletsSalted
HAD Haddock(Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Fresh whole
Fresh guttedFrozen unfilletedFrozen fillets
POK Saithe Coalfish (Pollachius virens) Fresh whole
Fresh guttedFrozen unfilletedFrozen fillets
HKE Hake(Merluccius spp.) Fresh whole
Fresh guttedFrozen wholeFrozen headed and guttedFrozen filletsFrozen, other
WHG Whiting(Merlangius merlangus) Fresh whole
Fresh guttedFrozen unfilletedFrozen fillets
LNZ Ling(Molvaspp.) Fresh whole
Fresh guttedFrozen unfilletedFrozen fillets
POL Pollack(Pollachius pollachius) Fresh whole
Fresh guttedFrozen unfilletedFrozen fillets
BIB Pouting(Trisopterus luscus) Fresh
NOP Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii) Fresh
WHB Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) Fresh
PLE Plaice(Pleuronectes platessa) Fresh whole
Fresh guttedFrozen unfilletedFrozen fillets
SOL Sole(Solea vulgaris) Fresh whole
Fresh guttedFrozen unfilletedFrozen fillets
MEG Megrim(Lepidorhombus spp.) Fresh
Frozen unfilleted
DAB Dab(Limanda limanda) Fresh
Frozen
LEM Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) Fresh
Frozen
RED Redfish(Sebastes spp.) Fresh
Frozen unfilletedFrozen fillets
MNZ Monkfish(Lophius spp.) Fresh whole
Fresh tailsFrozen tails
BOZ Bogue(Boopsspp.) Fresh
Frozen
PIC Picarel(Spicara (= Maena) spp.) Fresh
Frozen
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Code Species Presentation
CGZ Conger eel(Conger spp.) Fresh
Frozen
GUX Gurnard(Triglidae) Fresh
Frozen
MUL Mullet(Mugilidae) Fresh
Frozen
HER Herring(Clupea harengus) Fresh
Frozen unfilletedFrozen fillets
PIL Sardine(Sardina pilchardus) Fresh
Frozen
ANE Anchovy(Engraulis encrasicolus) Fresh
Frozen
SPR Sprat(Sprattus sprattus) Fresh
ALB Albacore(Thunnus alalunga) Fresh
Frozen
YFT Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) Fresh
Frozen
SKJ Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) Fresh
Frozen
BET Big-eye tuna (Thunnus obesus) Fresh
Frozen
BFT Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Fresh
Frozen
SWO Swordfish(Xiphias gladius) Fresh
Frozen
TUN Other tuna(Thunnini) Fresh
Frozen
MAC Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) Fresh
Frozen
MAZ Otheer mackerel (Scomber japonicus) Fresh
Frozen
JAX Horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) Fresh
Frozen
SRX Skate and ray (Rajiformas) Fresh
Frozen
DGZ Dogfish(Squalus acan-
thias, Scyliorhinus spp.)Fresh
Frozen
NEP Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) Fresh whole
Fresh tailsFrozen tails
CNZ Shrimps(Crangon spp.) Fresh
Frozen
PDZ Prawns(Pandalidae) Fresh
Frozen
CRE Edible crab(Cancer pagurus) Fresh
Frozen
CRS Swimcrab(Portunus spp.) Fresh
LBE European lobster (Homarus gammarus) Fresh
Frozen tails
SCE Common scallop (Pecten maximus) Fresh
SQC Common squid (Loligospp.) Fresh
Frozen, not cleanedFrozen, cleaned
SQX Shortfin and flyingsquid (Todarodes saggit-
tatus, Illex spp.)Fresh
Frozen, not cleanedFrozen, cleaned
OMZ Squid (other) (Omnastrephidae) Fresh
Frozen, nor cleanedFrozen, cleaned
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Code Species Presentation
OCZ Octopus(Octopus spp.) Fresh
Frozen
CTL Cuttlefish(Sepia offici-
nalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola rondeleti)Fresh
Frozen
FIN Other finfish Fresh
Frozen
CRU Other crustaceans Fresh
Frozen
MOL Other molluscs FreshFrozen
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ANNEX II
DEFINITIONS TO BE USED IN THE SUBMISSION OF DATA ON
LANDINGS OF FISHERY PRODUCTS
Units
Weight:The weight recorded shall be the weight of the product as landed.
The weight should be recorded in tonnes with one place of decimals.Averageprice: The average price is to be reported in national currency per tonne.
For products not immediately sold the average price should be estimated, usingan appropriate method.
Destination
Human consumption: Included here are all products which are sold at first sale
for human consumption or which are landed under contract or other agreementfor human consumption. Excluded are quantities destined for human consump-tion but which, at the moment of first sale, due to market conditions, hygieneregulations or similar causes, are withdrawn from the market for humanconsumption.
Industrialuses: Included here are all products specifically landed for reduction to
meal and oil or for consumption by animals plus quantifies which, althoughoriginally destined for human consumption, are not sold for this purpose at firstsale.
Presentation
Filletsrefers to strips of flesh cut parallel to the backbone of the fish and
consistingof the rig ht or left side of the fish, provided that the head, viscera, fins(dorsal, anal, caudal, ventral, pectoral) and bones (vertebrae or large backbone,ventral or costal, bronchial or stirrup bones, etc.) have been removed and the twosides are not connected, for example by the back or stomach.
Whole fish refers to ungutted fish.
Cleaned refers to squid where the arms, head and internal organs have been
removed from the body.
Frozenfish are fish that have been subjected to freezingin a manner to preserve
the inherent quality of the fish by reducingthe averag e temperature to — 18 °C
or lower and which are then kept at a temperature of — 18 °C or lower.
Fresh fish are fish that have not been preserved, cured, frozen or otherwise
treated other than chilled. They are generally presented whole or gutted.
Saltedfish are fish often in gutted and headed form, that are preserved in salt or
brine.
Nationality and coverage
The data are to include all products landed by Community and EFTA fishing
vessels in ports of the reportingMember State. The reportingMember State isnot required, under the provisions of this Regulation, to report the landings of itsvessels in ports other than the national ports.
The data are to include products discharged within the territory of the Member
State and covered by document T2M referred to in Commission Regulation(EEC) No 137/79. Also to be included are products transhipped to vessels ofthird countries from Community and EFTA fishingvessels and other componentsof the Community and EFTA fishingfleet and which are discharg ed within theterritory of that Member State.
Communityvessels are vessels flyingthe flagof, or reg istered in, a Community
Member State.
EFTAvessels are vessels flyingthe flagof, or reg istered in, a member country of
EFTA.
Third country vessels are vessels flying the flag, or registered in, a country other
than those member countries of the Community or of EFTA.
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ANNEX III

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ANNEX IV
FORMAT FOR THE SUBMISSION OF DATA ON MAGNETIC MEDIA1.Magnetic media
Computer tapes: Nine track with a density of 1 600 or 6 250 BPI and
EDCDIC or ASCII coding, preferably labelled. If labelled, an end-of-filecode should be included.
Floppydiscs: MS-DOS, formatted 3,5 /primedbl1, 720 Kbyte or. 1,4 Mbyte or 5,25 /primedbl1,
360 Kbyte or. 1,2 Mbyte discs.
2.Coding format
Byte Nos Item Remarks
1t o4 Country ISO 3-alpha code (e.g.
FRA = France)
5t o6 Year Example: 94 = 1 994
7t o8 Month example: 01 = January
9t o1 1 Species 3-alpha identifier (e.g.CDZ = cod)
12 to 13 Presentation See list of codes below
14 Destination See list of codes below
15 to 25 Quantity Tonnes with one decimal
26 to 36 Average price National currency/tonne
37 Nationality code See note below
Note:
(a) All numeric zones should be aligned to the right with spaces to the left.
All alpha-numeric zones should be aligned to the left with spaces to theright.
(b) The weight recorded shall be the weight landed.
(c) Quantities of less than 50 kgshall be recorded as ‘0,0'
(3)List of codes
(a)Presentation codes
Fresh 10
Fresh whole 11
Fresh gutted 12
Freshtails 13
Fresh, gutted and headed 16
Fresh, other 19
Frozen 20
Frozen whole 21
Frozen gutted 22
Frozen tails 23
Frozen unfilleted 25
Frozen gutted and headed 26
Frozen clean 27
Frozen, not clean 28
Frozen, other 29
Salted 30
Smoked 40
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Cooked 50
Cooked, frozen and packed 60
(b)Destination codes
Human consumption 1
Industrial uses 2
Use unknown 9
(c)Nationality code
EFC vessels 1
EFTA vessels 2
Third country vessels 3