Commission Regulation (EC) No 1449/98 of 7 July 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 as regards effort reports
Date: 1998-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: authorised catch, common fisheries policy, exchange of information, fishery management, fishing area, fishing controls

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1449/98

of 7 July 1998

laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2847/93 as regards effort reports

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93
of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applic-
able to the common fisheries policy (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2635/97 (2), and in particular
Article 19b(4) thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 19b(4) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2847/93, the Commission has to decide, in accord-
ance with the procedure laid down in Article 36, the
provisions concerning the content of the report known as
the ‘effort report' to be communicated by the masters of
Community fishing vessels or their representatives;

Whereas the content of the effort report depends on
whether a Community fishing vessel enters into, and/or
exits from, a fishing area defined in Article 19a(1) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, including the arrival at
and the departure from a port located within such a
fishing area;

Whereas it is necessary to ensure that certain information
shall be communicated when an effort report is trans-
mitted by VMS;

Whereas it is necessary to establish the format to be used
for the communication of the effort report by VMS;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

This Regulation lays down the detailed rules for the
provision of the ‘effort report' to be communicated by
masters of Community fishing vessels, or their represent-

atives, which intend to fish or have fished in an area, in
accordance with Articles 19b and 19c of Regulation (EEC)
No 2847/93.

Article 2

For the purposes of this Regulation, in an effort report:

(cid:190) the geographical location of a vessel shall be expressed
in degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude,

(cid:190) an area shall be an area as defined in Annex I to
Council Regulation (EC) No 685/95 (3) and shall be
expressed using the codes for effort zones defined in
Annex VIa to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2807/83 (4) laying down detailed rules for recording
information on Member States’ catches of fish,

(cid:190) the time shall be expressed as universal time (UTC),

(cid:190) where the catch retained on board by species is
mentioned, the demersal species subject to TAC and
quota which have to be recorded in the logbook in
accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No
2847/93 shall be communicated individually in kilo-
gramms live weight; all other species retained on
board shall be communicated globally in kilogramms
live weight; the reported quantities shall be the total
quantities of each species retained on board at the
time of the communication of the effort report,

(cid:190) the species which are communicated are identified by
the FAO code which is mentioned in the logbook.

Article 3

1.
The effort report to be sent immediately before an
entry into an area or an exit from a port, shall contain the
following information:

(cid:190) the heading ‘EFFORT REPORT (cid:190) ENTRY',

(cid:190) the name, external

identification and international

radio call sign of the vessel,

(cid:190) the name of the master of the vessel,

(1) OJ L 261, 12. 10. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 14.

(3) OJ L 71, 31. 3. 1995, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 276, 10. 10. 1983, p. 1.

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(cid:190) the geographical location of the vessel to which the

(cid:190) the adjacent area into which the vessel will enter,

communication refers,

(cid:190) the expected date and time of entry into that area,

(cid:190) the area into which the vessel will enter,

(cid:190) the catch retained on board by species.

(cid:190) the expected date and time of entry into that area,

(cid:190) the catch retained on board by species, only in case of

entry into an area,

(cid:190) when applicable, the name of the port from which the

vessel will exit.

2.
The effort report to be sent immediately before an
exit from an area or an entry to a port, shall contain the
following information:

Article 4

1. Where a vessel conducting trans-zonal
fisheries
crosses the line separating areas more than once during a
period of 24 hours, provided it remains within a delimited
zone of five miles either side of the line between areas,
the effort report to be sent immediately before the first
entry into an area, and the effort report to be sent im-
mediately before the last exit from an area, within that
24-hour period, shall contain the following information:

(cid:190) the heading ‘EFFORT REPORT (cid:190) EXIT',

(cid:190) the name, external

identification and international

radio call sign of the vessel,

(cid:190) the heading
ZONAL',

‘EFFORT REPORT (cid:190) TRANS-

(cid:190) the name, external

identification and international

radio call sign of the vessel,

(cid:190) the name of the master of the vessel,

(cid:190) the name of the master of the vessel,

(cid:190) the geographical location of the vessel to which the

communication refers,

(cid:190) the geographical location of the vessel to which the

communication refers,

(cid:190) the area from which the vessel will exit,

(cid:190) the expected date and time of exit from that area,

(cid:190) the catch retained on board by species, only in case of

exit from an area,

(cid:190) when applicable, the name of the port into which the

vessel will enter.

In the case of an entry to a port, the information
3.
required in paragraph 2 can be added to the notification
referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.

4. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2,
the effort
report to be sent immediately before an exit from an area
and the effort report to be sent immediately before an
entry into an adjacent area, shall be combined in a single
effort report, which shall contain the following informa-
tion:

(cid:190) the heading ‘EFFORT REPORT (cid:190) ENTRY',

(cid:190) the name, external

identification and international

radio call sign of the vessel,

(cid:190) the name of the master of the vessel,

(cid:190) the geographical location of the vessel to which the

(cid:190) the area from which the vessel will exit,

(cid:190) the expected date and time of exit from that area,

(cid:190) the adjacent area(s) into which the vessel will enter,

(cid:190) the catch retained on board by species.

2. Where trans-zonal
fisheries are conducted during
more than 24 hours, the catch retained on board shall
only be communicated immediately before the first entry
into an area and immediately before the last exit from an
area.

Article 5

1. Where a Community fishing vessel spends less than
72 hours at sea, but during that time fishing activities are
undertaken in the waters under the sovereignty or juris-
diction of a Member State or Member States other than
the flag Member State, the effort report to be sent before
the departure shall contain the following information:

(cid:190) the heading ‘SINGLE EFFORT REPORT',

(cid:190) the name, external

identification and international

radio call sign of the vessel,

(cid:190) the name of the master of the vessel,

(cid:190) the geographical location of the vessel to which the

communication refers,

communication refers,

(cid:190) the area into which the vessel will enter,

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(cid:190) the expected date and time of entry into that area,
(cid:190) when applicable, the adjacent areas into which the

1489/97 (1), shall communicate immediately before an
entry into, and/or an exit from an area:

vessel will enter,

(cid:190) the area from which the vessel will exit,
(cid:190) the expected date and time of exit from that area,
(cid:190) the catch retained on board by species, at the time of

departure.

2.
Should changes occur in the information provided,
they shall be notified immediately to the competent
authorities by the master of the vessel or his represent-
ative.

(cid:190) the internal fleet register number of the vessel,
(cid:190) the time and date of sending the effort report,
(cid:190) the name of the master of the vessel,
(cid:190) the catch retained on board by species.

The format for the communication by VMS to the coastal
Member State is specified in the Annex.

Article 7

Article 6

Masters of Community fishing vessels or their represent-
atives who transmit the effort report by VMS, in accord-
ance with Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No

This Regulation shall enter into force the day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 July 1998.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 202, 30. 7. 1997, p. 18.

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ANNEX

Electronic data exchange format for transmission by VMS

Table 1. Definition of the mandatory data elements

Maximum
width

Mandatory/
Optional

Definition/Remarks

Data element

Start of record

Type of message

Internal No

Time

Date

Field
code

SR

TM

IR

TI

DA

3

12

4

8

Catch on board

CB

3 + 7

Master

MA

30

End of record

ER

Table 2. Definition of optional data elements

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

Code; value EFR

Vessel detail
Internal fleet register number

Time of sending the report (UTC) (hhmm)

Date of sending the report (yyyymmdd)

Catch retained on board by species (FAO
3-alpha species code)
in kilograms live
weight (in numbers); allow several pairs of
fields, consisting of species and weight,
with each field separated by a space

Name of the master of the vessel

Data element

Coastal Member State

Field
code

AD

External identification

XR

Name

Flag

NA

FS

Maximum
width

Mandatory/
Optional

Definition/Remarks

3

14

40

3

O

O

O

O

Addressee
Alpha-3 ISO country code

Vessel detail

Vessel detail

Vessel detail
Flag State; Alpha-3 ISO country code

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Data element

Field
code

Maximum
width

Mandatory/
Optional

Definition/Remarks

International
sign

radio

call

RC

Activity

Other information

AC

OI

7

6

50

O

O

O

Vessel detail

Code. Activity carried out

Other information not covered above

Character set: ISO 8859.1

A data transmission is structured in the following manner:

(cid:190) a double slash (‘//') and a field code indicate the start of a data element,
(cid:190) a slash (‘/') separates the field code and the data.

Optional data elements have to be inserted between ‘Start of record' and ‘End of record'.