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of 29 July 1997
layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2847/93asregards
satellite-based vessel monitoring systems
(OJ L 202, 30.7.1997, p. 18)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 435/98 of 24 February 1998 L54 5 25.2.1998
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1489/97
of 29 July 1997
layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofCouncilRegulation
(EEC) No 2847/93 as regards satellite-based vessel monitoring
systems
THE COMMISSIONOF THE EUROPEANCOMMUN ITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2847/93of12October
1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheriespolicy(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 686/97(2), and in
particular Article 3 (10) thereof,
Whereas it is necessary to establish lists of fishing vessels to which
vessel monitoring systems (VMS) applies as well as lists of fishingvessels which are exempted from VMS;
Whereas it is necessary to define the operational capacities of, as well
as the specific data to be transmitted by, the satellite-tracking devicesinstalled on board certain Community fishing vessels;
Whereas it is appropriate to ensure coordination between the fisheries
monitoring centre (FMC) of a flag Member State and that of a coastalMemberStateinthecaseoffishingvesselsoperatinginwaterssubjectto the sovereignty or jurisdiction of a coastal Member State;
Whereasitisnecessarytodefinewhenthetransmissionofdatathrough
VMS can be considered to be the transmission of the effort reportsmentioned in Articles 19 (b) and 19 (c) of Regulation (EEC) No2847/93;
Whereasanalternativemethodoftransmissionofdatamustbeensured
intheeventoftechnicalfailureornon-functionofthesatellitetrackingdevice;
Whereasitisnecessarytoensurethat,onspecificrequest,theCommis-
sion has direct access to the data received from the fishing vessels, inorder to enable it to perform in a cost-effective way its tasks providedfor in Articles 29 and 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationareinaccordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries andAquaculture,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
This Regulation lays down detailed rules under which Member States
are to establish and operate satellite-based vessel monitoring systems,hereinafterreferredtoas‘VMS',asprovidedforinArticle3ofRegula-tion (EEC) No 2847/93.
Article 2
1. Notlaterthan31December1997,eachMemberStateshallestab-
lish a list of the fishing vessels flying its flag and registered in theCommunitytowhichVMSappliespursuanttoArticle3(1)ofRegula-tion(EEC)No2847/93,aswellasalistofthefishingvesselsbelongingtothecategoriesreferredtoinArticle3(1)ofthatRegulationwhichareexempted from the VMS pursuant to Article 3 (3) of that Regulation,
(1) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 102, 19. 4. 1997, p. 1.
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andshallcommunicatethemtotheCommissionand,onrequest,tothe
other Member States.
2. Notlaterthan30June1999,eachMemberStateshallestablisha
listofthefishingvesselsflyingitsflagandregisteredintheCommunitytowhichVMSappliespursuanttoArticle3(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No2847/93, as well as a list of the fishing vessels belonging to thecategories referred to in Article 3 (2) of that Regulation which areexempted from the VMS pursuant to Article 3 (3) of that Regulation,andshallcommunicatethemtotheCommissionand,onrequest,totheother Member States.
3. WhenaMemberStateimposesVMSonvesselsflyingitsflagand
registered in the Community which do not fall within the scope ofArticle 3 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, that MemberStateshallestablishalistofthosevessels,andshallcommunicateittothe Commission and, on request, to the other Member States.
4. The lists shall contain for each vessel the following information:
— the flag State,
— the internal fleet register number,— the external identification,— the name, and— the international radio call sign.
5. EachMemberStateshallimmediatelyinformtheCommissionand
the other Member States which had requested the lists of any changesthereto.
Article 3
1. Thesatellite-trackingdevicesinstalledonboardthefishingvessels
shall ensure the automatic transmission to the fisheries monitoringcentre,hereinafterreferredtoas‘theFMC',oftheflagMemberState,atall times, of data relating to:
— the vessel identification,
— the most recent geographical position of the vessel, with a position
errorwhichshallbelessthan500metres,withaconfidenceintervalof 99%, and
— the date and time of the fixing of the said position of the vessel.
2. Each flag Member State shall take the necessary measures to
check the accuracy of the data referred to in paragraph 1.
3. Without prejudice to the special provisions contained in fisheries
agreementsconcludedbetweentheCommunityandthirdcountriesorininternational conventions to which the Community or some of itsMemberStatesareaparty,eachMemberStateshalltakethenecessarymeasurestoensurethatitsFMCreceivesthroughtheVMStheinforma-tion requested in paragraph 1 concerning the fishing vessels flying itsflag and registered in the Community, at least every two hours unlessotherwise specified in Annex I. The FMC may decide to require thepositionatshortertimeintervals.IfaVMSdoesnotofferthepossibilityof polling the actual position of the fishing vessels, the Member Stateconcerned shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the FMCreceives the position of the vessels every hour.
4. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure
thatitsFMCmonitors,throughtheVMS,thedateandtimeoftheentryintoandtheexitfromthefishingareasreferredtoinAnnexItoCouncilRegulation (EC) No 685/95(
1) and the waters of a third country of
vessels flying its flag and registered in the Community.
(1) OJ No L 71, 31. 3. 1995, p. 5.
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Article 4
1. The VMS established by each Member State shall ensure the
automatic transmission to the FMC of a coastal Member State of thedata relating to the identification and the geographical position of thefishingvesselsflyingitsflagandregisteredintheCommunitytowhichVMS applies and which operate in the waters of the coastal MemberState, expressed in degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude, andrelatingtothedateandtimeoffixingofthesaidposition. ►
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data transmission shall be simultaneous with transmission to the FMCoftheflagMemberStateandinconformitywiththeformatdefinedinAnnex II. ◄
2. Each Member State shall transmit to the other Member States,
before 31 December 1997, a comprehensive list of latitude and longi-tudecoordinateswhichdelimititsexclusiveeconomiczoneorexclusivefishery zone.
3. Coastal Member States monitoring jointly an area may specify a
common destination for the transmissions referred to in paragraph 1.TheyshallinformtheCommissionandtheotherMemberStatesthereof.
4. MemberStatesshalltakethenecessarymeasurestoensurecoordi-
nation between their competent authorities regarding the establishmentand operation of the procedures for transmission to the FMC of acoastal Member State.
Article 5
ThetransmissionofdatathroughVMSbyaCommunityfishingvessel,
whichoperatesinthefishingareasreferredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No685/95,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticles3and4of this Regulation, is considered to be the transmission of the effortreportsreferredtoinArticles19(b)and19(c)ofRegulation(EEC)No2847/93.
Article 6
1. In the event of technical failure or non-function of the satellite
trackingdevicefittedonboardafishingvessel,themasterortheownerofthevesselortheirrepresentativeshallcommunicateatleastevery24hours, starting from the time that this event was detected, the datareferred to in Article 3 (1) and Article 4 (1) by telex, by fax, bytelephone message or by radio, via a radio station approved under theCommunitylegislationforthereceptionofsuchreports,totheFMCofthe flag Member State and the FMC of the coastal Member Staterespectively.Thesameprovisionappliesintheeventoftechnicalfailureor non-functioning of the VMS of the flag Member State. Suchcommunication is not considered to be the transmission of the effortreportsreferredtoinArticles19(b)and19(c)ofRegulation(EEC)No2847/93.
2. In the event of technical failure or non-function of the satellite
trackingdevicefittedonboardafishingvessel,theownerofthefishingvessel or the representative of the owner is obliged to have the devicerepairedorreplacedwithinonemonth.Afterthatperiod,themasterofafishing vessel is not authorized to commence a fishing trip with adefectivesatellitetrackingdevice.However,whereadevicestopsfunc-tioning or becomes defective during a fishing trip that lasts more thanonemonth,therepairorthereplacementhastotakeplaceassoonasthevessel enters a port, and the master of the vessel is not authorized tocommence a new fishing trip without the satellite tracking devicehaving been repaired or replaced.
3. MemberStatesshalltakethenecessarymeasurestoensurethatthe
master or the owner of the vessel or their representative is informedwhen the satellite tracking device fitted on board a fishing vesselappears to be defective or non-functioning or, as far as possible, whentheir VMS is non-functioning.
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Article 7
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the
Commission shall have, from 1 October 1998 onwards, on specificrequest, at any time remote access by online sessions to the computerfiles containing the data recorded by the FMC.
Article 8
Thename,address,telephonenumber,telexnumberandfaxnumber,as
well as the X.25 and any other addresses used for electronic datatransmission, of the competent authority responsible for a FMC, arelisted in Annex III. Any change in that information shall be communi-cated to the Commission and to the other Member States within oneweek.
Article 9
The Member States and the Commission shall notify to each other the
measures relating to VMS taken pursuant to Article 37 (1) of Regula-tion (EEC) No 2847/93.
Article 10
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission,forthefirsttimebefore1
November 1997 and half-yearly thereafter, of the progress in estab-lishing their VMS.
Article 11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventhdayfollowingthat
ofitspublicationinthe Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
all Member States.
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ANNEXI
FREQUENCY OF POSITION REPORTS
LocationMaximumintervaloftimebetween
receiptofpositionreports
In port 24hours(2)
ICES Area North of 62 °North outside
Community waters(1)6hours
MediterraneanSeaoutsideCommunitywaters 12hours
NAFO area 12hours
Other areas outside Community waters 24hours
(1) Except ICES division IIId.
(2) Ifthevesselremainsinportformorethan48hours,thesatellitetrackingdevicemaybe
switched off whilst the vessel is in port, providing the next report is from the sameposition as the last report.
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ANNEXII
ELECTRONIC DATA EXCHANGE FORMAT
Table 1: Definition of the mandatory data elements
DataelementField
codeMaximum
widthMandatory/
OptionalDefinition/Remarks
Startofrecord SR M
Typeofmessage TM3MCode.DefaultisPOS.
Internalnumber IR12 M Vesseldetail
Internalfleetregisternumber
Time TI4MTimeofrecordingtheposition
(UTC)—hhmm
Date DA8MDateofrecordingtheposition—yymmdd
Latitude LA5MPositiondetail
LatitudeindegreesandminutesNddmmorSddmm
Longitude LO6M Positiondetail
LongitudeindegreesandminutesWddmmorEddmm
Endofrecord ER M
Table 2: Definition of optional data elements
DataelementField
codeMaximum
widthMandatory/
OptionalDefinition/Remarks
CoastalMemberState AD3 O Addressee
Alpha-3ISOcountrycode
Externalidentification XR14 OVesseldetail
Name NA40 OVesseldetail
Flag FS3 O Vesseldetail
Flagstate;Alpha-3ISO
countrycode
Internationalradiocallsign RC7 OVesseldetail
Activity AC6 OCode.Activitycarriedout
Otherinformation OI50 OOtherinformationnotcoveredabove.
Character set: ISO 8859.1.
A data transmission is structured in the following manner:
— a double slash (‘//')and a field code indicate the start of a data element
— a slash (‘/')separates the field code and the data.
Optional data elements have to be inserted between ‘Start of record'and ‘End of record'.
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