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►B COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 2847/93
of 12 October 1993
establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy
(OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Regulation (EC) No 2870/95 of 8 December 1995 L 301 1 14.12.1995
►M2Council Decision of 5 December 1995 (95/528/EC) L 301 35 14.12.1995
►M3Council Regulation (EC) No 2489/96 of 20 December 1996 L 338 12 28.12.1996
►M4Council Regulation (EC) No 686/97 of 14 April 1997 L 102 1 19.4.1997
►M5Council Regulation (EC) No 2205/97 of 30 October 1997 L 304 1 7.11.1997
►M6Council Regulation (EC) No 2635/97 of 18 December 1997 L 356 14 31.12.1997
►M7Council Regulation (EC) No 2846/98 of 17 December 1998 L 358 5 31.12.1998
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 302, 15.12.1995, p. 45 (95/528/EC)
►C2Corrigendum, OJ L 105, 22.4.1999, p. 32 (2846/98)
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 2847/93
of 12 October 1993
establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries
policy
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(
1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(3),
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/
92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheriesand aquaculture(
4), the Council is to introduce a Community control
system;
Whereas the success of the common fisheries policy involves
implementing an effective system of control covering all aspects of
the policy;
Whereas, to achieve this aim, it is necessary to include rules for the
monitoring of conservation and resource management measures,
structural measures and measures on the common organization of themarket, and certain provisions to deal with failure to carry out thesemeasures, which must apply to the entire fisheries sector from theproducer to the consumer;
Whereas this system can only achieve the desired result if the industry
recognizes that it is justified;
Whereas control is first and foremost the responsibility of the Member
States; whereas the Commission should also seek to ensure that theMember States monitor and prevent infringements in an equitablemanner; whereas, therefore, the Commission should be provided with
the financial, legal and legislative means to carry out this task as
effectively as possible;
Whereas experience gained in the application of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures
for fishing activities(
5) has shown that there is a need to strengthen
control of the application of the rules governing conservation of fisheryresources;
Whereas compliance with measures for the conservation and manage-
ment of fishery resources requires an increased sense of responsibilityon the part of all operators in the fishing industry;
Whereas policy on the management of fishery resources, which is based
in particular on total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas and technicalmeasures, is to be supplemented by management of the fishing effort,
which involves monitoring fishing activities and capacities;
Whereas, to ensure that all catches and landings are kept under
surveillance, Member States must monitor in all maritime waters the
activities of Community vessels and all related activities allowing
verification of the implementation of the rules concerning the commonfisheries policy;
Whereas it is vital that Member States cooperate at the operational level
during inspections at sea of fishing activities, in order to permit effective1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 280, 29. 10. 1992, p. 5.
(2) OJ No C 21, 25. 1. 1993, p. 55.
(3) OJ No C 108, 19. 4. 1993, p. 36.
(4) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 3483/88 (OJ No L 306, 11. 11. 1988, p. 2).
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and financially justifiable inspections, particularly of operations carried
out in waters outside the jurisdiction or sovereignty of a Member State;
Whereas implementation of the common fisheries policy necessitates
measures to monitor vessels flying the flag of a third country present in
Community waters, and in particular a system for communicating theirmovements and the species held on board, without prejudice to the rightof innocent passage in the territorial sea and freedom of navigation inthe 200-mile fishing zone;
Whereas the implementation of pilot projects applicable to certain
categories of vessels by the Member States in cooperation with the
Commission will make it possible for the Council to decide, before 1January 1996, whether a satellite surveillance system or an alternativesystem should be implemented;
Whereas the management of fisheries by the fixing of TACs requires
detailed knowledge of the composition of catches, such knowledge
being equally necessary for the other procedures provided for in
Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92; whereas this requires the keeping of alogbook by each master of a fishing vessel;
Whereas it is necessary for the Member State of landing to be able to
monitor landings on its territory, and to this end it is appropriate for
fishing vessels registered in other Member States to notify the Member
State of landing of their intention to land on its territory;
Whereas it is essential to clarify and confirm at the time of landing the
information contained in the logbooks; whereas, to this end, it isnecessary that those involved in the landing and marketing of catchesshould declare the quantities landed, transshipped, offered for sale of
purchased;
Whereas, in order to provide exemptions from the obligation to keep a
logbook or complete a landing declaration by small fishing vessels forwhich such an obligation would constitute a disproportionate burden inrelation to their fishing capacity, it is necessary for each Member Stateto monitor the activities of such vessels by the implementation of a
sampling plan;
Whereas, in order to ensure the respect of Community conservation and
trade measures, all fishery products landed in or imported into theCommunity should be accompanied, up to the point of first sale, by atransport document identifying their origin;
Whereas limitations on catches must be managed at both Member State
and Community level; whereas Member States should register landings
and notify them to the Commission by computer transmission; whereastherefore it is necessary to provide for exceptions from this obligationfor small quantities landed, the computer transmission of which wouldconstitute a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for theauthorities of the Member States;
Whereas, in order to ensure the conservation and management of all the
resources used, the provisions relating to the logbook, the landing andsales declarations and the information concerning transshipments andregistration of catches may be extended to stocks which are not subjectto a TAC or quota;
Whereas the Member States must be informed of the results of the
activities of their vessels in waters under the jurisdiction of third
countries or in international waters; whereas the masters of these vesselsshould accordingly be subject to the obligations relating to the logbookand the landing and transshipment declarations; whereas the informationgathered by the Member States should be sent to the Commission;
Whereas the management of the collection and treatment of date
requires the creation of computerised data bases enabling, in particular,
cross checking of data; whereas therefore the Commission and its agentsmust have access to these data bases by computer transmission to carryout verification of the data;
Whereas compliance with the provisions relating to the use of fishing
gear cannot be adequately ensured where nets of different mesh sizes are1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 3
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carried on board, unless they are subject to additional control measures;
whereas for specific fisheries it may be appropriate to establish specificrules such as the one-net rule;
Whereas it is necessary that, when the quota of a Member State is
exhausted or when the TAC itself is exhausted, fishing should beprohibited by a Commission decision;
Whereas it is necessary to repair the prejudice suffered by a Member
State which has not exhausted its quota, its allocation of part of a stockor group of stocks when the fishery has been closed following the
exhaustion of a TAC; whereas to this end a system of compensation
should be provided for;
Whereas, in cases where this Regulation has not been respected by those
responsible for fishing vessels should be made subject to additionalcontrol measures for conservation purposes;
Whereas it is necessary, in order to guarantee efficient management of
the measures adopted, to provide for declaration mechanisms in
conformity with the management objectives and strategies as laiddown in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92, applicable to aMember State which has overfished its quota;
Whereas one of the main aims of the common fisheries policy is to
adjust fishing capacities to available resources; whereas Article 11 of
Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 stipulates that it is the task of the Council
to set the objectives and strategies for the restructuring of fishing effort;whereas it is also necessary that compliance with the measures on thecommon organization of the market be assured, in particular by personsto whom these measures apply; whereas, therefore, it is vital that each
Member State carry out, in addition to the financial checks already
provided for in Community rules, technical checks to ensure that theprovisions set by the Council are complied with;
Whereas it is necessary to establish general rules to allow Community
inspectors appointed by the Commission to ensure the uniformapplication of Community rules and to verify the control carried out
by the competent authorities of Member States;
Whereas, in order to safeguard the objectivity of verifications, it is
important that Community inspectors may, in certain conditions, effectmissions without prior notice and in an independent way, so as to verifythe control operations carried out by the competent authorities ofMember States; whereas such missions will in no circumstances imply
control of private persons;
Whereas the action taken following infringements may differ from one
Member State to another; causing fishermen to feel unfairly treated;whereas the absence of dissuasive sanctions in certain Member Statesreduced the effectiveness of controls and whereas, in the light of theseobservations, Member States should take all the necessary non-
discriminatory measures to guard against and prosecute irregularities,
particularly by establishing a roster of sanctions which effectivelydeprive the wrong-doers of the commercial gain resulting from theirinfringements;
Whereas the possibility for the flag Member State to ensure that the
rules of the conservation and management of fishery resources are
observed is reduced in cases where the Member State of landing does
not effectively prosecute irregularities; whereas provision must thereforebe made to count catches made illegally against the quota of theMember State of landing if that State has not brought effectiveproceedings;
Whereas Member States should report regularly to the Commission on
their inspections activities and on the measures taken following
infringements of Community measures;
Whereas for certain measures laid down by this Regulation it is
appropriate to provide for detailed rules of implementation;
Whereas the confidentiality of the data collected in the framework of
this Regulation should be guaranteed;1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 4
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Whereas this Regulation should not affect the national provisions on
monitoring, which, while coming within its scope, go beyond itsminimum provisions, provided however that such national provisions are
in conformity with Community law;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 should be repealed, exception
being made, however, for Article 5 which should remain in force,pending the adoption of the lists referred to in Article 6 (2) of thisRegulation;
Whereas it is necessary to provide a transitional period for the
implementation of specific provisions contained in certain Articles in
order to allow the competent authorities of the Member States toestablish and adapt their procedures to the requirements of the newRegulation;
Whereas the provisions of certain Articles, insofar as they concern
fisheries operations in the Mediterranean Sea, where the common
fisheries policy has not yet been integrally applied, should enter into
force on 1 January 1989,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. In order to ensure compliance with the rules of the common
fisheries policy, a Community system is hereby established including inparticular provisions for the technical monitoring of:
— conservation and resource management measures,
— structural measures,
— measure concerning the common organization of the market,
as well as certain provisions relating to the effectiveness of sanctions to
be applied in cases where the above-mentioned measures are notobserved.
2. To this end, each Member State shall adopt, in accordance with
Community rules, appropriate measures to ensure the effectiveness ofthe system. It shall place sufficient means at the disposal of itscompetent authorities to enable them to perform their tasks of inspection
and control as laid down in this Regulation.
3. The system shall apply to all fishing activities and to all associated
activities carried out within the territory and within the maritime waterssubject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Member States includingthose exercised by vessels flying the flag of, or registered in, a thirdcountry, without prejudice of the right of innocent passage in the
territorial sea and the freedom of navigation in the 200-mile fishing
zone; it shall also apply to the activities of Community fishing vesselswhich operate in the waters of non-member countries and on the highseas, without prejudice to the special provisions contained in fisheriesagreements concluded between the Community and third countries or in
International Conventions to which the Community is a party.
TITLE I
Inspection and monitoring of fishing vessels and their activities
Article 2
1. In order to ensure compliance with all the rules in force concerning
conservation and control measures, each Member State shall, within itsterritory and within maritime waters subject to its sovereignty orjurisdiction, monitor fishing activity and related activities. It shall
inspect fishing vessels and investigate all activities thus enabling
verification of the implementation of this Regulation, including theactivities of landing, selling, transporting and storing fish and recordinglandings and sales.
2. Fishing vessels, which may exercise activities, flying the flag of
third country and sailing in maritime waters subject to the sovereignty or1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 5
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jurisdiction of a Member State shall be subject to a system of
communication of movements and of catches held on board.
Member States shall notify the Commission of the measures taken to
ensure compliance with these procedures.
3. Each Member State shall monitor, outside the Community fishery
zone, the activities of its vessels in cases where such control is requiredto ensure compliance with Community rules applicable in those waters.
4. In order to ensure that inspection is as effective and economical as
possible, Member States shall coordinate their control activities. To that
end, they may set up joint inspection programmes to allow the
inspection of Community fishing vessels in the waters referred to inparagraphs 1 and 3. They shall take measures to permit their competentauthorities and the Commission to be regularly informed on a reciprocalbasis of the experience gained.
Article 3
1. Each Member State shall establish a satellite-based vessel
monitoring system, hereinafter referred to as ‘VMS’, to monitor theposition of Community fishing vessels.
The VMS shall apply no later than 30 June 1998 to all Community
fishing vessels exceeding 20 metres between perpendiculars or 24
metres overall length belonging to any one of the following categories:
— vessels operating on the high seas, except in the Mediterranean Sea,
— vessels operating in the waters of third countries, provided that
provisions have been made in Agreements with the relevant third
country or countries for the application of a VMS to the vessels of
such country or countries operating in the waters of the Community,
— vessels catching fish for reduction to meal and oil.
2. The VMS shall apply no later than 1 January 2000 to all
Community fishing vessels exceeding 20 metres between perpendicularsor 24 metres overall length wherever they operate. However, only in thesituation where a third country or countries have accepted the obligation
to apply a VMS to their vessels operating in the waters of the
Community, shall Community fishing vessels operating in the waters ofsuch third country or countries be subject to the application of a VMS.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 above, the
VMS shall not apply to vessels:
(a) operating exclusively within 12 nautical miles of the baseline of the
flag Member State; or
(b) which never spend more than 24 hours at sea taken from the time of
departure to the return to port.
4. When a Member State imposes VMS on vessels flying its flag and
not falling within the scope of paragraphs 1 to 3, those vessels will be
eligible for the same financial support as is applicable for vesselsapplying VMS under paragraphs 1 and 2.
5. Member States shall ensure that satellite-tracking devices be
installed and be fully operational on Community fishing vessels flyingtheir flag to which VMS shall apply. The satellite-tracking device shall
enable a fishing vessel to communicate by satellite to the flag State and
the coastal Member State concerned simultaneously, its geographicalposition and where applicable the effort reports referred to in Article19b. In the case of force majeure relevant information shall be
communicated by radio via a radio station approved under Community
rules for the reception of such information or by the means specified in
Article 19c.
6. The masters of the Community fishing vessels to which VMS
applies shall ensure that the satellite-tracking devices are at any timefully operational and that the information referred to in paragraph 5 istransmitted. Transmission shall be carried out at the required daily1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 6
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frequency to ensure that the flag Member State and/or the coastal
Member State can effectively monitor the vessels.
7. Member States shall establish and operate fisheries monitoring
centres, hereinafter referred to as ‘FMC’, which shall monitor fishingactivities and fishing effort. The FMC shall be operational no later than30 June 1998.
The FMC of a particular Member State shall monitor the fishing vessels
flying its flag, regardless of the waters in which they are operating or the
port they are in, as well as Community fishing vessels flying the flag of
other Member States and fishing vessels of third countries to which aVMS applies operating in the waters under the sovereignty or thejurisdiction of that particular Member State.
8. Each flag Member State shall appoint the competent authorities
responsible for the FMC and shall take the appropriate measures to
ensure that its FMC has the proper staffing resources and is equippedwith computer hardware and software enabling automatic dataprocessing and electronic data transmission. Member States shallprovide for back-up and recovery procedures in case of system failure.
Member States may operate a joint FMC.
9. The flag Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure
that the data received from its fishing vessels to which a VMS appliesare recorded in computer-readable form for a period of three years.
The coastal Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure
that the data received from fishing vessels flying the flag of another
Member State or of a third country to which a VMS applies are recorded
in computer-readable form for a period of three years.
The Commission shall have access to these computer files on the basis
of a specific request. The provisions of Article 37 shall apply.
10. Detailed rules for the implementation of this Article shall be
decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36.
In particular, on the basis of an application by a Member State and in
accordance with the provisions of Article 36, the Commission maydecide that an alternative system to VMS may be applied, taking intoaccount the type of monitoring system proposed, the type of fishingvessel or vessels, the area or areas fished, the targeted species and the
duration of the fishing trips. The alternative system must be as effective
as a VMS and apply on a non-discriminatory basis.
Article 4
1. The inspection and monitoring specified in Article 2 shall be
carried out by each Member State on its own account by means of a
system of inspection decided by the Member State.
In carrying out the tasks entrusted to them, Member Sates shall ensure
that the provisions and measures referred to in Article 2 are compliedwith. Moreover, they shall act in such a way as to avoid undueinterference with normal fishing activities. They shall also ensure that
there is no discrimination as regards the sectdor and vessels chosen for
inspection.
2. The persons responsible for the fishing vessels, premises or
transport vehicles inspected shall cooperate in facilitating inspectionscarried out in accordance with paragraph 1.
Article 5
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36, detailed rules
may be adopted for the implementation of Articles 2, 3 and 4,
concerning in particular:
(a) the identification of officially designated inspectors, of inspection
vessels and of such other like means of inspection as may be used bya Member State;1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 7
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(b) the procedure to be used by inspectors and masters of fishing vessels
if an inspector wishes to board a vessel;
(c) the procedure to be used by inspectors, having boarded a fishing
vessel, in inspecting that vessel, its gear or its catches;
(d) the report to be drawn up by inspectors after each boarding;
(e) the marking and identification of fishing vessels and their gear;
(f) the certification of the characteristics of fishing vessels related to
fishing activities;
(g) the recording of data relating to the position of fishing vessels and
the transmission of such data to Member States and the Commis-sion;
(h) the system for communicating movements and fishery products held
on board applicable to fishing vessels flying the flag of a thirdcountry.
TITLE II
Monitoring of catches
Article 6
1. The masters of Community fishing vessels fishing for a stock or
group of stocks shall keep a logbook of their operations, indicatingparticularly the quantities of each species caught and kept on board, the
date and location (ICES statistical rectangle) of such catches and the
type of gear used.
2. The species which are to be entered in the logbook pursuant to
paragraph 1 shall be those subject to TACs or quotas, as well as othersincluded in lists to be decided by the Council acting by a qualifiedmajority on a proposal from the Commission.
3. The masters of Community fishing vessels shall enter in their
logbook the quantities caught at sea, the date and location of these
catches and the species referred to in paragraph 2. The quantitiesdiscarded at sea may be recorded for evaluation purposes.
4. Masters of Community fishing vessels shall be exempt from the
requirements of paragraphs 1 and 3 if the overall length of the vessels isless than 10 metres.
5. The Council may decide by a qualified majority, on a proposal
from the Commission, exemptions other than the one mentioned in
paragraph 4.
6. Each Member State shall carry out, on the basis of sampling,
monitoring of the activities of fishing vessels which are exempt from therequirements specified by paragraphs 4 and 5 in order to ensure respectby these vessels of the Community rules in force.
To this end, each Member State shall establish a sampling plan and
transmit it to the Commission. The results of monitoring executed shall
be communicated regularly to the Commission.
7. The masters of Community fishing vessels shall register the
information required by paragraphs 1 and 3 either in computer-readableform or on paper.
8. Detailed rules for the implementation of this Article shall be
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36,including a geographical basis other than the ICES statistical rectangle,
in certain specific cases.
Article 7
1. The master of a Community fishing vessel who wishes to utilize
landing locations in a Member State other than the flag Member State
must inform the competent authorities in that Member State at least twohours in advance of:
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— the quantities of each species to be landed.
2. The master referred to in paragraph 1 who fails to make these
notifications may be subjected to appropriate sanctions by the competentauthorities.
3. The Commission, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 36, may grant an exemption for certain categories of Community
fishing vessels from the obligation stipulated in paragraph 1 for a limited
and renewable period, or make provision for another notification periodtaking into account inter alia , the distance between the fishing grounds,
the landing locations and the ports where the vessels in question areregistered or listed.
Article 8
1. The master of each Community fishing vessel having on overall
length equal to, or more than, 10 metres, or his representative, shall aftereach trip and within 48 hours of landing submit a declaration to the
competent authorities of the Member State where the landing takes
place. The master shall be responsible for the accuracy of thedeclaration, which shall indicate, as a minimum, the quantities landedof each species stipulated in Article 6 (2) and the area where they werecaught.
2. The Council may decide, acting by a qualified majority on a
proposal from the Commission, to extend the obligation set out inparagraph 1 to vessels having on overall length of less than 10 metres.The Council may also decide, acting by a qualified majority on aproposal from the Commission, exemptions from the obligation set out
in paragraph 1 for certain categories of vessels having an overall length
equal to, or more than, 10 metres and pursuing specific fishing activities.
3. Each Member State shall carry out, on the basis of sampling,
monitoring of the activities of fishing vessels which are exempt from therequirements specified by paragraph 1 in order to ensure respect by these
vessels of the Community rules in force.
To this end, each Member State shall establish a sampling plan and
transmit it to the Commission. The results of monitoring executed shallbe communicated regularly to the Commission.
4. Detailed rules for implementation of this Article shall be adopted
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36.
Article 9
1. Auction centres or other bodies authorized by Member States,
which are responsible for the first marketing of fishery products landedin a Member State shall submit, upon the first sale, a sales note, theaccuracy of which shall be the responsibility of the said bodies, to thecompetent authorities of the Member State in whose territory the first
marketing takes place. This responsibility shall be limited to the
information requested in paragraph 3.
2. Should the first marketing of fishery products landed in a Member
State be carried out in a manner different from that laid down inparagraph 1, the fishery products landed shall not be removed by the
buyer until a sales not has been submitted to the competent authorities or
other authorized bodies of the Member State in whose territory thisoperation has been carried out. The buyer shall be responsible for theaccuracy of the data indicated in paragraph 3 which is contained in thesales note.
3. The sales notes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall contain as a
minimum the following information:
— for all species, where appropriate, the individual size or weight,
grade, presentation and freshness,
— the price and quantity at first sale for each species, and, where
appropriate, on a individual size or weight, grade, presentation andfreshness basis.1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 9
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— where appropriate, the destination of products withdrawn from the
market (by products, human consumption, carry-over),
— the name of both the seller and the buyer,— the place and the date of the sale.
4. These sales notes shall be completed and transmitted in accordance
with the law of the Member State of landing in such a manner and under
such conditions of sale to include the following data:
— the external identification and the name of the fishing vessel which
landed the products in question,
— the name of the vessel's owner or the master,— the port and date of landing.
5. The sales notes mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be transmitted
within 48 hours of sale to the competent authority or other bodiesauthorized by the Member State, either by computer or on paper.
6. The competent authorities shall keep a copy of each sales note for
a period of one year starting from the year following that in which the
information submitted to the competent authorities is recorded.
7. The Commission, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 36, may grant an exemption from the obligation to submit thesales note to the competent authorities or other authorized bodies of theMember State for fisheries products landed from certain categories of
Community fishing vessels having an overall length of less than 10
metres.
Such exemptions may be granted only in cases where the Member State
in question has installed an acceptable monitoring system.
8. A buyer acquiring products which are not thereafter placed on the
market but used only for private consumption shall be exempt from the
requirements of paragraph 2.
9. Detailed rules governing the implementation of this Article shall
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36.
Article 10
1. (a) Fishing vessels flying the flag of, or registered in, a third country
and which are authorised to carry out fishing activities in the
maritime waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of a
Member State shall keep a logbook containing the informationdescribed in Article 6.
(b) Each Member State shall ensure that the master of a fishing
vessel flying the flag of, or registered in, a third country, or hisrepresentative, shall on landing submit to the authorities of theMember State whose landing facilities he wishes to use at least72 hours in advance of his time of arrival at the port of landing.
(c) The master of a fishing vessel flying the flag of, or registered in,
a third country must notify the competent authorities of theMember State whose landing facilities he wishes to use at least72 hours in advance of his time of arrival at the port of landing.
The master may not carry out any landing operation if the
competent authorities of the Member State have not confirmedthe receipt of the advance notification.
Member States shall establish detailed rules of implementation of
this subparagraph to be notified to the Commission.
2. The Commission, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 36, may grant an exemption for certain categories of third
country fishing vessels from the obligation stipulated in paragraph 1c for
a limited and renewable period, or make provision for anothernotification period taking into account, inter alia , the distance between
the fishing grounds, the landing locations and the ports where the vesselsin question are registered or listed.1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 10
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3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply without prejudice
to the provisions provided for in fisheries agreements concludedbetween the Community and certain third countries.
Article 11
1. Without prejudice to Articles 7, 8 and 9, the master of a
Community fishing vessels who:
— transships to another vessel, hereinafter referred to as ‘the receiving
vessel’, any quantities of catches of a stock or group of stockssubject to a TAC or quota irrespective of the place of transhipment,or
— directly lands such quantities outside Community territory,
shall, at the time of the transshipment or of the landing, inform the
Member State whose flag his vessel is flying, or in which his vessel is
registered, of the species and quantities involved and of the date of
transshipment or of landing and of the location of catches by referenceto the smallest zone for which a TAC or quota has been fixed.
2. At the latest 24 hours before the beginning and at the end of a
transshipment or a series or transshipments, when this takes place in aport or in maritime waters subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of aMember State, the master of the receiving vessel shall inform the
competent authorities of that Member State of the quantities of catches
of a stock or group of stocks subject to a TAC or quota on board hisvessel.
The master of the receiving vessel shall keep details of the quantities of
catches of a stock or group of stocks subject to a TAC or quota receivedby transshipment, of the date of receipt, and of the vessel transshipping
such catches to the receiving vessel. This requirement shall be deemed
to be met by retaining copies of the transshipment declaration providedin accordance with the detailed rules for recording information onMember States' catches of fish.
At the end of the transshipment or series of transshipments, the master of
the receiving vessel shall transmit these details to the competentauthorities referred to above within 24 hours.
The master of the receiving vessel shall also keep details of the
quantities of catches of a stock or group of stocks subject to a TAC or
quota which are transshipped by the receiving vessel to a third vessel,and shall inform the aforementioned competent authorities of suchtransshipment at least 24 hours before it takes place. Followingtransshipment, the master shall inform the said authorities of thequantities transshipped.
The masters of the receiving vessel and of the third vessel referred to
above shall permit the competent authorities to verify the accuracy of
the information and details required by this paragraph.
3. Member States shall take appropriate measures to verify the
accuracy of the information received under paragraphs 1 and 2, andshall, where appropriate, inform the Member State or Member States inwhich the receiving vessel and the fishing vessel transshipping to the
receiving vessel are registered, or whose flag they are flying, of such
information and of the results of verification.
4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall also apply to a receiving vessel flying the
flag of, or registered in a third country.
Article 12
Where transshipment or landing is to take place more than 15 days after
the catch, the information required in Articles 8 and 11 shall besubmitted to the competent authorities of the Member State whose flagthe vessels are flying or in which the vessels are registered not later than15 days after the catch.1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 11
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Article 13
1. All fisheries products landed in or imported into the Community,
either unprocessed or after having been processed on board and whichare transported to a place other than that of landing or import, shall be
accompanied by a document drawn up by the transporter until the first
sale has taken place.
2. This document shall:
(a) indicate the origin of the consignment (name of vessel and its
external identification);
(b) include the place of destination of the consignment(s) and the
identification of the transport vehicle;
(c) indicate the quantities of fish (in kilogrammes processed weight) for
each species transported, the names of the consignee and the place
and the date of loading.
3. Each transporter must ensure that the document cited in paragraph
1 contains as a minimum all the information requested in paragraph 2.
4. The transporter shall be exempt from the obligation fixed in
paragraph 1 if one of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a) the document mentioned in paragraph 1 is replaced by a copy of one
of the declarations provided for in Articles 8 or 10 pertaining to thequantities transported;
(b) the document mentioned in paragraph 1 is replaced by a copy of
document T 2 M indicating the origin of the quantities transported.
5. The competent authorities of a Member State may grant
exemptions from the obligation fixed in paragraph 1 if the quantities
of fish are transported within the compound of a port area or not morethan 20 kilometres from the point of landing.
6. Each Member State shall carry out control by means of sampling
on its territory in order to verify that the obligations established by thisArticle are being respected.
7. Member States shall coordinate their control activities in order to
ensure that inspection is as effective and economical as possible. To thisend, Member States shall particularly exercise surveillance over the
movement of merchandise which may have been drawn to their attention
as possibly being the subject of operations contrary to CommunityRegulations.
Article 14
1. Member States shall ensure that all landings in a Member State as
mentioned in Articles 8, 9 and 10 shall be recorded. For this purpose,Member States may require that the first marketing be by sale at anauction centre.
2. Where landings of catches are not placed on the market for the first
time by sale at auction, as provided for in Article 9 (2), Member Statesshall ensure that the quantities involved are notified to the auctioncentres or other bodies authorised by Member States.
3. The information on landings by certain categories of vessels
subject to the derogations mentioned in Articles 7 and 8 or on landings
in ports which do not have a sufficiently developed administrativestructure to register landings may, at the request of a Member State tothe Commission, within 12 months of the entry into force of thisRegulation, be exempted from the requirement for such information tobe processed. Exemption may be agreed if the registration of the
requested data would create disproportionate difficulties for the national
authorities in relation to the total landings, and if the respective specieslanded are sold locally. A list of ports and vessels qualifying for suchexemption shall be established by each Member State and notified to theCommission.
4. A Member State benefiting from the derogation mentioned in
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extent of respective landings in the qualifying ports. This plan must be
approved by the Commission before any derogation is applied. TheMember State shall regularly transmit to the Commission the results of
evaluations.
Article 15
1. Before the 15th of each month, each Member State shall notify the
Commission by computer transmission of the quantities of each stock orgroup of stocks subject to TACs or quotas landed during the preceding
month and shall provide it with any information received under Article
11 and 12.
Notifications to the Commission shall indicate the location of the
catches as laid down in Articles 6 and 8 and the nationality of the fishingvessels concerned.
Each Member State shall inform the Commission of a quota
consumption forecast with anticipated date of exhaustion in respect ofthe species for which the catches made by fishing vessels flying its flagor registered there are deemed to have exhausted 70% of the quota,allocation or share available to that Member State.
Member States shall, where catches of stocks or groups of stocks subject
to TACs or quotas may reach TAC or quota levels, provide theCommission, at its request, with more detailed or more frequentinformation than this paragraph requires.
2. The Commission shall keep available to Member States on
computer the notifications received pursuant to this Article.
3. Where the Commission finds that a Member State has not
complied with the deadline for transmitting the data on monthly catchesas provided for in paragraph 1, it may set the date on which, for a stockor group of stocks, the catches subject to a quota or other form of
quantity restriction and taken by fishing vessels flying the flag of, or
registered in, that Member State shall be deemed to have exhausted 70%of the quota, allocation or share available to that Member State and mayset the estimated date on which the quota, allocation or available shareshall be deemed to be exhausted.
4. Each Member State shall notify the Commission by computer
transmission, before the end of the first month of each calendar quarterof the quantities of stocks other than those mentioned in paragraph 1landed during the preceding quarter.
Article 16
1. Without prejudice to Article 15, Member States shall provide, at
the request of the interested Member State, data on landings, offers forsale or transshipments of fishery products carried out in their ports ofwaters under their jurisdiction by fishing vessels flying the flag of, orregistered in that Member State and based on a stock or group of stockssubject to a quota allocated to that Member State.
This information shall consist of the name and the external identification
mark of the vessel in question, the quantities of fish by stock or groupsof stocks landed, offered for sale or transshipped by that vessel as wellas the date and place of landing, offer for first sale or transshipment.This information shall be transmitted within four working days
following the date of the request of the interested Member State or
within a further period of time which may be determined by thatMember State or the Member State of landing.
2. The Member State where the landing, offer for first sale or the
transshipment has taken place, shall transmit to the Commission at its
request this information at the same time as it is being communicated to
the Member State where the vessel is registered.
Article 17
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waters subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries and on
the high seas, and to ensure verification and recording of transshipmentsand landings of such catches.
2. The control and verification measures shall ensure compliance
with the following obligations on the part of the vessel owners and/or
masters:
— a logbook shall be kept on board the fishing vessels in which the
masters shall record their catches,
— a landing declaration shall be submitted to the authorities of the
Member State of landing during landings carried out in Community
ports,
— the flag Member State shall be informed of the details of each
transshipment of fish on to third-country fishing vessels and oflandings carried out directly in third countries.
3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply without prejudice
to the provisions of the fisheries agreements concluded between the
Community and third countries and International Conventions to which
the Community is a party.
Article 18
1. Each Member State shall notify the Commission by computer
transmission before the end of the first month of each calendar quarter ofthe quantities caught in the fishing waters referred to in Article 17 andlanded during the previous quarter and of all information received
pursuant to Article 17 (2).
2. Four catches made in third country waters the information notified
in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be broken down by third country
and stock by reference to the smallest statistical zone defined for thefishery concerned.
Catches made on the high seas shall be notified by reference to the
smallest statistical zone defined by the International Conventiongoverning the catch location and by species or group of species for allthe stocks in the fishery concerned.
3. Before 1 October each year, the Commission shall make available
to the Member States the information it receives pursuant to this Article.
Article 19
1. In order to ensure respect of the obligations laid down in Articles
3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14 and 17, each Member State shall establish a validation
system comprising in particular cross-checks and verification of data
resulting from these obligations.
2. In order to facilitate these verifications, each Member State shall
create a computerized data base where the data referred to in paragraph
1 are registered.
Member States may create decentralised data bases on condition that
these and the procedures relating to the collection and registration ofdata are standardized so as to ensure compatibility between themthroughout the territory of the Member State.
3. In the case where a Member State is unable to conform
immediately to the requirements of paragraph 2, for all or part of itsfisheries, the Commission may at its request decide to accord atransitional period of up to a maximum of three years from the date ofentry into force of this Regulation, in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 36.
4. A Member State obtaining such derogations shall keep, by means
of non-computerized documentation, records of the data referred to in
paragraph 1 for a period of three years and shall establish a samplingplan approved by the Commission so as to enable on the spotverification of the accuracy of this data. The Commission may carryout verification on the spot, in its own right, in order to evaluate theeffectiveness of the sampling plan.1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 14
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5. During the twelve months following the entry into force of this
Regulation, each Member State shall submit to the Commission a reportdescribing the way in which data is collected and verified, specifying the
reliability of such data. The Commission, in cooperation with the
Member States, shall draw up a summary of these reports which it shallcommunicate to them.
6. Detailed rules for implementation of this Article shall be adopted
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36.
TITLE IIA
Control of fishing effort
Article 19a
1. The provisions of this Title shall apply to Community fishing
vessels which are authorized by Member States in accordance withArticles 2, 3 (5) and 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 685/95 of 27March 1995 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain
Community fishing areas and resources(
1) to carry out fishing activities
in the fishing areas defined in Annex I to that Regulation and to suchvessels authorized by Member States to carry out fishing activitiesdirected at demersal species, in the area situated south of latitude 56º 30 ′
north, east of longitude 12º west and north of latitude 50º 30 ′north,
hereinafter known as the ‘Irish Box’.
1a. Articles 19e, 19f, 19g, 19h and 19i shall apply to Community
vessels authorized by the Member States, in accordance with Article 2 ofCouncil Regulation (EC) No 779/97 of 24 April 1997 introducingarrangements for the management of fishing effort in the BalticSea(
2),
to carry out fishing activities in the fishing areas listed in the Annex to
that Regulation.
2. For the purpose of this Title, vessels over 18 metres overall shall
be considered equivalent to vessels over 15 metres between perpendi-culars. Member States shall notify the Commission of the method of
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not authorized by Member States pursuant to Articles 2, 3 (5) and 9 ofRegulation (EC) No 685/95 or Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 779/97shall not carry out fishing activities in the areas referred to in paragraphs1 and 1a ◄
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, Articles 19b and
19cshall apply solely to Community fishing vessels authorized to c arry
out fishing activities directed at demersal species.
Article 19b
1. Masters of Community fishing vessels shall communicate the
following information in the form of an ‘effort report’:
— the name, external identification mark, radio call sign and name of
the master of the vessel,
— the geographical location of the vessel to which the communication
refers,
— the date and time of:
— each entry into, and exit from, a part located inside the area,
— each entry into an area,— each exit from an area.
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2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, vessels conducting trans-zonal
fisheries which cross the line separating areas more than once duringa period of 24 hours, provided they remain within a delimited zone of
five miles either side of the line between areas, shall communicate their
first entry and last exist within that 24-hour period.
3. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the
masters, or the representatives of the masters, of fishing vessels flying
their flag comply with the reporting obligation.
4. Detailed rules for implementation of this Article shall be adopted,
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36.
Article 19c
1. Masters of Community fishing vessels of their representatives shall
communicate the information referred to in Article 19b by telex,
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recipient or by radio via a radio station approved under Communityrules for the reception of such reports, or by any other methodrecognized in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36,simultaneously to the competent authorities of:
— the flag Member State, and,
— the Member State or Member States responsible for monitoring,
where the vessel will carry out, or has carried out, its fishingactivities in waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of thatMember State or those Member States.
Such information shall be communicated immediately before each entry
and exit. If it is impossible for reasons of force majeure for the message
to be transmitted by the vessel, it may be transmitted on its behalf byanother vessel.
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, where masters of Community
fishing vessels:
— conduct trans-zonal fisheries, as defined in Article 19b, the masters
or their representatives shall make an Effort Report for their firstentry and last exit for each 24-hour period,
— undertake fishing activity in the waters under the sovereignty or
jurisdiction of their flag Member State or the Member State in whichthe vessels are registered, the masters or their representatives shallcommunicate the information required under Article 19b to the
competent authorities of the flag Member State in accordance with
arrangements adopted by that State. Such arrangements shall in nocase be less effective in monitoring fishing effort than the measuresenvisaged in paragraph 1. The flag Member State shall inform theCommission in due time of the arrangements envisaged,
— spend less than 72 hours at sea, but during that time undertake
fishing activities in the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdictionof another Member State or Member States, the masters or theirrepresentatives shall communicate, before the departure of a vessel,the information required under Article 19b to the competent
authorities of the Member State or Member States concerned, and
of the flag Member State, by the methods set out in paragraph 1. Thesaid competent authorities shall register this information in computerform. Should changes occur in the information provided, they shallbe notified immediately to the said competent authorities by themaster or his representative.
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Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the
effort reports received pursuant to Articles 19b and 19c are recorded in
computer-readable form.
Article 19e
1. Masters of Community fishing vessels shall record and account for
in their logs the time spent in an area as follows:
with regard to towed gear:
— the date and time of entry of the vessel into an area or of exit from a
port located in that area,
— the date and time of the vessel from that area or of entry into a port
located in that area;
with regard to staticgear:
— the date and time of entry of the vessel using the staticgear into an
area, or of exit from a port located in that area,
— the date and time of setting or re-setting of staticgear in the area
concerned,
— the date and time of the completion of fishing operations using the
staticgear,
— the date and time of exit of the vessel from that area or of entry into a
port located in that area.
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, masters of Community fishing
vessels conducting trans-zonal fisheries as defined in Article 19b shallrecord the date and time of their first entry and of their last exit.
3. Masters of Community vessels exercising fishing activities
directed at demersal species shall record the information required underArticle 19b in their logs.
4. For vessels exempt from the obligation to keep a logbook the flag
Member State shall carry out checks by sampling to assess the overalleffort deployed in a fishery.
5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36.
Article 19f
1. The flag Member State shall complete the register(s) which it has
created in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 109/94 of
19 January 1994 concerning the fishing vessel register of the
Community(
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2. The flag Member State shall transmit the data referred to in
paragraph 1 in computer form, preferably by electronic mail, in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Regulation (EC) No 109/94.
3. Under the procedures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 109/94,
the Commission shall ensure that the Member States responsible forcontrol have available the data concerning the identification of vesselshaving access to their waters.
Article 19g
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Article 19h
Each Member State shall assess in overall terms the fishing efforts
deployed by vessels flying its flag, which have a length of less than 15metres between perpendiculars or 18 metres overall in accordance with
the provisions of Article 19a (2), in the fishing areas referred to in
Article 19a and in the Irish Box.
Article 19i
Each Member State shall inform the Commission, by computerized
means in accordance with the procedures laid down in Regulation (EC)
No 109/94, of the aggregate data for the fishing effort deployed:
— in the previous month for each fishing area referred to in Article 19a
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15th of each month,
— in the previous quarter for each fishing area referred to in Article 19a
(1a), for demersal species, for salmon, sea trout and freshwater fish,before the end of the first month of each calendar quarter as well as,before 15 February of each calendar year, the fishing effort deployedby month during the previous year
— in the previous quarter for each fishing area referred to in Article 19a
for pelagic species, before the end of the first month of each calendarquater.
Article 19j
In order to ensure respect of the obligations laid down in Articles 19b,
19c and 19e, each Member State shall cross-check and verify the dataresulting from these obligations.
TITLE III
Monitoring of the use of fishing gear
Article 20
1. All catches which have been retained on board any Community
fishing vessel shall comply with the species composition laid down inCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying downcertain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources(
1)
for the net carried on board that vessel.
Nets on board vessels which are not used must be stowed so that they
may not readily be used in accordance with the following conditions:
(a) nets, weights and similar gear shall be disconnected from their trawl
boards and towing and hauling wires and ropes,
(b) nets which are on or above deck shall be securely lashed to some
part of the superstructure.
2. If catches which have been retained on board any Community
fishing vessel have been taken with nets with different minimum meshsizes during the same voyage, the species composition shall becalculated for each part of the catch which has been taken underdifferent conditions.
To that end, all changes from the mesh size previously used as well as
the catch composition on board at the moment of any such change shall
be entered into the logbook and the landing declaration. In specific
cases, detailed rules on the keeping on board of a stowage plan, byspecies, of products processed, indicating where they are located in the1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 18
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hold, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 36.
3. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2 the Council may, on the basis
of a report drawn up by the Commission, decide by qualified majority ona proposal from the Commission, that:
(a) no Community fishing vessel participating in particular fisheries
may carry nets of different minimum mesh sizes during a singlefishing trip;
(b) specific rules shall apply to the use of nets of different mesh size for
specific fisheries.
Article 20a
1. Where fishing vessels to which Title IIa applies carry out fishing
activities in the fishing areas referred to in Article 19a and in the Irish
Box they may carry with them and use only the corresponding fishinggear or gears.
2. However, fishing vessels also fishing in fishing areas other than
those referred to in paragraph 1 during the same trip may carry gear
corresponding to their activities in the areas concerned, provided thatgear kept on board and not authorized for use in the fishing area or areasreferred to in Article 19a and in the Irish Box is stowed so that it maynot be readily used, in accordance with the second subparagraph of
Article 20 (1).
3. Provisions relating to the identification of static fishing gear shall
be adopted no later than 31 December 1996 in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 36.
TITLE IV
Regulation and suspension of fishing activities
Article 21
1. All catches of a stock or group of stocks subject to quota made by
Community fishing vessels shall be charged against the quota applicableto the flag Member State for the stock or group of stocks in question,irrespective of the place of landing.
2. Each Member State shall determine the date from which the
catches of a stock or group of stocks subject to quota made by thefishing vessels flying its flag or registered in that Member State shall bedeemed to have exhausted the quota applicable to it for that stock or
group of stocks. As from that date, it shall provisionally prohibit fishing
for that stock or group of stocks by such vessels as well as the retentionon board, the transshipment and the landing of fish taken after that dateand shall decide on a date up to which transshipments and landings orfinal declarations of catches are permitted. The Commission shall be
notified forthwith of this measure and shall then inform the other
Member States.
3. Following notification under paragraph 2 or on its own initiative,
the Commission shall fix, on the basis of the information available, the
date on which, for a stock or group of stocks, the catches subject to aTAC, quota or other quantitative limitation made by fishing vesselsflying the flag of, or registered in, any Member State are deemed to haveexhausted the quota, allocation or share available to that Member Stateor, as the case may be, to the Community.
When an assessment of this situation as referred to in the first
subparagraph is made, the Commission shall advise the Member Statesconcerned of the prospects of fishing being halted as a result of a TAC
being exhausted.
Community fishing vessels shall cease fishing in respect of a stock or of
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quota allocated for the stock or group of stocks in question to that
Member State is deemed to have been exhausted or on the date on whichthe TAC for the species constituting the stock or group of stocks in
question is deemed to have been exhausted; such vessels shall equally
cease retention on board, transshipment, landing or arranging fortransshipment or landing in respect of catches of such stocks or group ofstocks taken after that date.
4. When the Commission has, by virtue of the first subparagraph of
paragraph 3, halted fishing because of the alleged exhaustion of the
TAC, quota, allocation or share available to the Community and it
transpires that a Member State has not in fact exhausted its quota,allocation or share of the stock or group of stocks concerned, thefollowing provisions shall apply.
If the prejudice suffered by the Member State for which fishing has been
prohibited before its quota was exhausted has not been removed by
action in accordance with Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92,
measures shall be adopted with the aim of remedying in an appropriatemanner the prejudice caused, in accordance with the procedure laiddown in Article 36. These measures may involve making deductionsfrom the quota, allocation or share of the Member State which hasoverfished, the quantities so deducted to be allocated appropriately to
the Member Sates whose fishing activities were halted before their
quotas were exhausted. These deductions and the consequent allocationsshall be made taking into account as a matter of priority the species andzones for which the annual quotas, allocations or shares were fixed.These deductions or allocations may be made during the year in which
the prejudice occurred or in the succeeding year or years.
Detailed rules for the application of this paragraph, and in particular for
determining the quantities concerned, shall be adopted in accordancewith the procedure laid down in Article 36.
Article 21a
Without prejudice to Article 3 (2) (i) of Regulation (EC) No 685/95 and
Article 4, second indent, of Council Regulation (EC) 2027/95 of 15 June1995 relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources(
1), each
Member State shall determine the date on which the vessels flying its
flag or registered in its territory shall be deemed to have reached themaximum fishing in effort level in a fishing area as laid down in thelatter Regulation. As from that date, it shall provisionally prohibit thefishing activities of the said vessels in that area. The Commission shallbe notified forthwith of this measure and shall then inform the other
Member States.
Article 21b
Where vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have
exhausted 70% of the maximum fishing effort in a fishing area as fixedin Regulation (EC) No 2027/95, the Member State concerned shallnotify the Commission of the measures adopted pursuant to the secondsubparagraph of Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 685/95.
Article 21c
1. On the basis of the information referred to in Article 19i, the
Commission shall ensure that the maximum fishing effort levels as fixedin Regulation (EC) No 2027/95 are complied with.
2. Following notification under Article 21a or on its own initiative,
the Commission shall fix, on the basis of available information, the dateon which the maximum fishing effort level of a Member State for afishing are is deemed to have been reached. From that date on, vesselsflying the flag of that Member State shall not undertake fishing activitiesin the fisheries concerned.1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 20
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Article 22
Should the competent authorities of a Member State establish that the
activities of a Community fishing vessel have seriously or repeatedly
failed to comply with this Regulation, the flag Member State maysubject the vessel in question to additional control measures.
The flag Member State shall inform the Commission and the other
Member States of the name and external identifying marks and numbersof the vessel on which the said additional control measures have been
imposed.
Article 23
1. When it has been established by the Commission that a Member
State has overfished its quota, allocation or share of a stock or a group ofstocks available to it, the Commission shall operate deductions from the
annual quota, allocation or share of the Member State which has
overfished. These deductions shall be decided in accordance with theprocedure laid down in Article 36.
2. The Council shall adopt rules by qualified majority, on a proposal
from the Commission, for deduction in accordance with the objectivesand management strategies set out in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No
3760/92 and take into account, as a matter of priority, the following
parameters:
— the degree of overfishing,
— any cases of overfishing of the same stock in the previous year,— the biological status of the resources concerned.
TITLE V
Inspection and control of certain measures to improve and adjust
structures in the fisheries sector, including aquaculture
Article 24
In order to ensure compliance with the objectives and strategies set by
the Council in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No3760/92, in particular the quantitative objectives concerning the fishingcapacity of the Community fleets and the adjustment of their activities,each Member State shall organize regular checks, in its territory andwithin the maritime waters under its sovereignty or jurisdiction, of all
persons concerned by the implementation of the abovementioned
objectives.
Article 25
1. Each Member State shall adopt provisions to verify compliance
with the objectives referred to in Article 24. To that end, it shall carryout technical controls, particularly in the following areas:
(a) restructuring, renewal and modernization of the fishing fleet;
(b) adaptation of fishing capacity by means of temporary or definitive
cessation;
(c) restriction of the activity of certain fishing vessels;
(d) restriction of the design and number of fishing gear and of the
method by which it is used;
(e) development of the aquaculture industry and coastal areas.
2. If the Commission has established that a Member State has not
complied with the provisions of paragraph 1, it may, without prejudiceto Article 169 of the Treaty, make proposals to the Council for theadoption of appropriate general measures. The Council shall decide byqualified majority.1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 21
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Article 26
1. Detailed rules for the application of Article 25 may be adopted in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36, particularly
regarding;
(a) verification of the engine power of fishing vessels;
(b) verification of the registered tonnage of fishing vessels;
(c) verification of the period during which a fishing vessel is
immobilized;
(d) verification of the specifications of fishing gear and their number per
fishing vessel.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission without
delay information on the control methods used, together with the namesand addresses of the bodies responsible for carrying out the verification.
Article 27
1. In order to facilitate the monitoring specified in Article 25, each
Member State shall establish a system of validation which shall includein particular verification by crosschecking information on fleet fishingcapacity and activity contained; inter alia :
— in the logbook as specified by Article 6,
— in the landing declaration as specified by Article 8,— in the register of Community fishing vessels as specified in
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 163/89(
1).
2. For that purpose, Member States shall establish or complete
existing computerised databases containing the relevant informationabout fleet fishing capacity and activities.
3. The measures referred to in Article 19 (3), (4) and (5) shall apply.
4. Detailed rules for implementation of this Article shall be adopted
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36.
TITLE VI
Inspection and control of certain measures concerning the common
organization of the market in fishery products
Article 28
1. In order to ensure compliance with the technical aspects of the
rules regarding the measures defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of themarket in fishery and aquaculture products(
2), each Member State shall
organize on its own territory regular checks of all persons involved in
the application of the measures.
2. The checks shall concern the technical aspects of applying:
(a) the marketing standards, and in particular minimum sizes;
(b) the price arrangements, in particular;
— withdrawal of products from the market for purposes other than
human consumption,
— storage and/or processing of products withdrawn from the
market.
Member States shall carry out comparisons between the documents
relating to the first placing on the market of the quantities referred to inArticle 9 and the quantities landed referred to by the documents,particularly as regards their weight.1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 22
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(2) OJ No L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) 1891/93 (OJ N. L 172, 15. 7. 1993, p. 1).
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3. Member States shall notify the Commission of information relating
to the Control measures adopted, the competent control authorities, thetype of infringements discovered and the action taken.
The Commission, the competent authorities in the Member States and
officials and other agents are obliged not to divulge informationacquired pursuant to this Article which is covered by professionalsecrecy.
4. This Article shall not prejudice national provisions concerning the
secrecy of legal proceedings.
TITLE VII
Application and verification of monitoring
Article 29
1. The Commission shall verify the application of this Regulation by
the Member States by means of the examination of documents and byconducting on-the-spot visits. The Commission may decide if itconsiders it necessary to carry out verification without prior notice.
In order to carry out on-the-spot visits, the Commission shall issue
written instructions to its inspectors indicating their authority and theobjectives of their missions.
2. Wherever it is deemed necessary by the Commission, its inspectors
can be present at control and inspection activities carried out by national
control services. In the framework of these missions, the Commission
shall establish appropriate contacts with Member States with a view,wherever possible, to establishing a mutually acceptable inspectionprogramme.
(a) Member States shall cooperate with the Commission in order to
facilitate it in the accomplishment of its tasks. Member States shall,
in particular, take all necessary steps to ensure that the inspectionmissions are not subject to publicity injurious to the inspection andcontrol operations.
Wherever the Commission or its authorized officials encounter
difficulties in the execution of their duties, the Member Statesconcerned shall provide the Commission with the means toaccomplish its task and give the inspectors the opportunity toevaluate the specific control operations.
(b) If circumstances found on the spot do not allow the inspection and
control operations envisaged in the framework of the initialinspection programme the Commission inspectors, in liaison and
agreement with the competent national control service, shall modify
the initial inspection and control operation.
(c) In the framework of sea or air inspection where the competent
national services must carry out other priority tasks relating to, in
particular, defence and safety at sea, the authorities of the MemberState shall reserve the right to defer or redirect the inspectionoperations the Commission intended to observe. In such circum-stances, the Member State shall cooperate with the Commission in
making alternative arrangements.
In the case of sea or air inspections, the commander of the vessel or
aircraft shall be in sole charge of the operations, taking account of
the obligation on the part of his authorities to apply this Regulation.
The inspectors authorized by the Commission and participating inthese operations shall abide by the rules and procedures laid downby the commander.
3. Where it appears necessary, particularly following missions carried
out by Community inspectors in accordance with paragraph 2 showing
that irregularities could occur in the application of this Regulation, theCommission may request Member States to notify it of the detailedinspection and control programme planned or fixed by the nationalcompetent authorities for a specified period and or stated fisheries andregions. On receipt of this notification, the inspectors authorized by the1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 23
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Commission shall, wherever the Commission deems it necessary, carry
out independent inspections in order to verify the implementation of thatprogramme by the competent authorities of a Member State.
When the Community inspectors verify the implementation of that
programme, the agents of the Member State shall at all times be
responsible for the carrying out of said programme. The Community
inspectors may not on their own initiative use the powers of inspectionconferred on national agents. The said inspectors shall not have access tovessels or premises unless accompanying agents of a Member State.
Following that verification the Commission shall transmit to the
Member State concerned an evaluation report on the programme and,if appropriate, recommend control measures in order to improve theapplication of control by that Member State.
4. In the context of inspection missions conducted by aircraft at sea
or ashore, the authorized inspectors may not carry out controls with
respect to natural persons.
5. In the framework of their visits mentioned in paragraphs 2 and 3,
inspectors authorised authorized the Commission may have on-the-spot
access, in the presence of the services responsible, to information inspecified data bases either in aggregate or individual form and may alsoexamine all documents pertinent to the application of this Regulation.
If national provisions provide for the confidentiality of investigations,
communication of this information shall be subject to the authorizationof the competent court.
Article 30
1. Member States shall provide the Commission with such informa-
tion as it may request on the implementation of this Regulation. Insubmitting a request for information, the Commission shall specify areasonable time limit within which the information is to be supplied.
2. If the Commission considers that irregularities have occurred in the
implementation of this Regulation or that the existing monitoringprovisions and methods are not effective it shall inform the MemberState or States concerned, which shall then conduct an administrative
inquiry in which Commission officials may participate.
The Member State or States concerned shall inform the Commission of
the progress and results of the inquiry and provide the Commission with
a copy of the report of the inquiry and the main data used in thepreparation of the report.
In order to participate in the inspections referred to in this paragraph,
Commission officials shall produce written instructions stating theiridentity and their functions.
3. Where Commission officials participate in an inquiry, that inquiry
shall at all times be conducted by the officials of the Member State;Commission officials may not, on their own initiative, use the powers ofinspection conferred on national officials; on the other hand, they shall
have access to the same premises and to the same documents as those
officials.
In so far as national provision on criminal proceedings reserve certain
acts to officials specifically designated by national law, Commissionofficials shall not take part in such actions. In particular, they shall notparticipate in searches of premises or in the formal questioning ofpersons under national criminal law. They shall, however, have access tothe information thus obtained.
4. This Article shall not prejudice national provisions concerning the
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TITLE VIII
Measures to be taken in the case of non-compliance with the rules in
force
Article 31
1. Member States shall ensure that the appropriate measures be taken,
including of administrative action or criminal proceedings in conformitywith their national law, against the natural or legal persons responsiblewhere common fisheries policy have not been respected, in particularfollowing a monitoring or inspection carried out pursuant to this
Regulation.
2. The proceedings initiated pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be capable,
in accordance with the relevant provisions of national law, of effectivelydepriving those responsible of the economic benefit of the infringements
or of producing results proportionate to the seriousness of such
infringements, effectively discouraging further offences of the samekind.
3. The sanctions arising from the proceedings mentioned in paragraph
2 may include depending on the gravity of the offence:
— fines,
— seizure of prohibited fishing gear and catches,— sequestration of the vessel,— temporary immobilization of the vessel,
— suspension of the licence,
— withdrawal of the licence.
4. The provisions of this Article shall not prevent the Member State
of landing or transhipment from transferring prosecution of aninfringement to the competent authorities of the Member State ofregistration with the agreement of the latter and on condition that thetransfer is more likely to achieve the result referred to in paragraph 2.The Commission shall be notified of any such transfer by the Member
State of landing or transshipment.
Article 32
1. Where an infringement of the provisions of this Regulation is
discovered by the competent authorities of the Member State of landing
or transshipment, those competent authorities shall take appropriateaction in accordance with Article 31 against the master of the vesselinvolved or against any other person responsible for the infringement.
2. If the Member State of landing or transshipment is not the flag
Member State and its competent authorities do not undertake, inconformity with their national law, appropriate measures including theinitiation of administrative action or criminal proceedings against thenatural or legal persons responsible, or do not transfer prosecution in
accordance with Article 31 (4), the quantities illegally landed or
transshipped may be set against the quota allocated to that formerMember State.
The quantities of fish to be set against that Member State's quota shall be
fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36 after the
Commission has consulted the two Member States concerned.
If the Member State of landing or transshipment no longer has a
corresponding quota at its disposal, Article 21 (4) shall apply mutatis
mutandis , the quantities of fish illegally landed or transshipped being
deemed to be equivalent to the amount of the prejudice suffered, asmentioned in that Article, by the Member State of registration.
Article 33
1. The competent authorities of Member States shall without delay
and in compliance with their procedures under national law notify theflag Member State or the Member State of registration, of anyinfringement of the Community rules referred to in Article 1, indicating1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 25
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the name and the identification marks of the vessel involved, the names
of the master and the owner, the circumstances of the infringement, anycriminal or administrative proceedings or other measures taken and any
definitive ruling relating to such infringement. Upon request, Member
States shall notify the Commission of this information in specific cases.
2. Following a transfer of prosecution pursuant to Article 31 (4), the
flag Member State or the Member State of registration shall take allappropriate measures as set out in Article 31.
3. The flag Member State or the Member State of registration shall
notify the Commission without delay of any measures taken inaccordance with paragraph 2 along with the name and the external
identification of the vessel concerned.
Article 34
1. Member States shall notify the Commission of any laws,
regulations or administrative provisions adopted by them in order toprevent and prosecute irregularities.
They shall notify each year any changes in the minimum and maximum
amount to the fines provided for in respect of each type of infringement
and the nature of any other sanctions available.
2. Member States shall notify the Commission regularly of the results
of inspections or monitoring carried out pursuant to this Regulation,including the number and type of infringement discovered and the actiontaken. At the request of the Commission, Member States shall notify itof the amounts of the fines imposed for specific infringements.
3. The Commission shall provide the Member States with a summary
of the information received in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2.
TITLE IX
General provisions
Article 35
Before 1 June each year Member States shall transmit to the
Commission a report on the application of this Regulation over theprevious calendar year, containing an assessment of the technical andhuman resources used and measures which may help to alleviate any
shortcomings discovered. On the basis of the reports submitted by the
Member States and its own observations, the Commission shall draw upan annual report and shall communicate to each Member State theinformation which concerns it. Having taken due note of the replies fromthe Member States, the Commission shall publish this report along withthose replies and, where appropriate, proposals for measures to alleviate
the shortcomings discovered.
Article 36
Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed, the
chairman shall refer the matter to the Management Committee for
Fisheries and Aquaculture, hereinafter called ‘the Committee’, set up by
Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92, either on his own initiative or at therequest of the representative of a Member State.
The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a
draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver itsopinion on the said draft within a time limit which the chairman may laydown according to the urgency of the matter under consideration. The
opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2)
of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required toadopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of therepresentatives of the Member States within the Committee shall beweighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall notvote.
The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately.
However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 26
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Committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the
Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission may defer applicationof the measures which it has decided for a period of not more than one
month from the date of such communication.
The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different
decision within the time limit laid down in the preceding paragraph.
Article 37
1. Member States and the Commission shall take all necessary steps
to ensure that the date received in the framework of this Regulation shallbe treated in a confidential manner.
2. The names of natural or legal persons shall not be communicated
to the Commission or to another Member State except in the case wheresuch communication is expressly provided for in this Regulation or if itis necessary for the purposes of preventing or pursuing infringements orthe verification of apparent infringements.
The data referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be transmitted unless they
are aggregated with other data in a form, which does not permit thedirect or indirect identification of natural or legal persons.
3. The data exchanged between Member States and the Commission
shall not be transmitted to persons other than those in Member States orCommunity institutions whose functions require them to have suchaccess unless the Member States transmitting the data give their expressconsent.
4. The data communicated or acquired in whatever form by virtue of
this Regulation is covered by professional secrecy and shall benefit fromthe same protection accorded to similar date by the national legislationof Member State receiving them and by the corresponding provisionsapplicable to Community institutions.
5. The data referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be used for any
purpose other than that provided for in this Regulation unless theauthorities providing the data give their express consent and oncondition that the provisions in force in the Member State of theauthority receiving the data do not prohibit such use or communication.
6. Paragraphs 1 to 5 shall not be construed as obstacles to the use of
the data, obtained by virtue of this Regulation, in the framework of legalactions or proceedings subsequently undertaken for the failure to respectCommunity fisheries legislation. The competent authorities of the
Member State transmitting the data shall be informed of all instances
where the said data are utilised for these purposes.
This Article shall not prejudice the obligations pursuant to international
conventions concerning mutual assistance in criminal matters.
7. Whenever a Member State notifies the Commission that it has
been established after the completion of an inquiry that a natural or legalperson whose name has been communicated to it by virtue of theprovisions of this Regulation has not been implicated in an infringement,the Commission shall, without delay, inform any party or parties to
whom it has communicated the name of the said person, of the outcome
of the said inquiry or proceedings. This person shall no longer be treatedas being a person implicated in the irregularities in question on the basisof the first notification. The data stored in a form allowing identificationof the person concerned shall be deleted without delay.
8. The provisions of paragraphs 1 to 5 shall not be construed as
prohibiting the publication of any general data or any studies which donot contain individual references to natural or legal persons.
9. The data referred to in this Regulation shall be stored in a form
allowing the identification of the persons concerned only as long as
necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes in question.
10. The data received in the framework of this Regulation shall be
available upon request to the natural or legal persons concerned.1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 27
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Article 38
This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to any national control
measures which go beyond its minimum requirements, provided that
they comply with Community law and are in conformity with the
common fisheries policy.
The national measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall be
communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 2 (2) ofCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 101/76 of 19 January 1976 laying down acommon structural policy for the fishing industry(
1).
Article 39
1. Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 shall be repealed on 1 January
1994, with the exception of Article 5, which shall continue to apply untilthe Regulations establishing the lists mentioned in Article 6 (2) of the
present Regulation have entered into force.
2. References to the Regulation repealed by virtue of paragraph 1
shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
Article 40
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1994.Member States shall be exempted until 1 January 2000 from the
obligation to apply the provisions of Articles 6 and 8, insofar as theyconcern fisheries operations in the Mediterranean Sea.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.1993R2847 — EN — 01.01.1999 — 002.001 — 28
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