Commission Regulation (EC) No 2092/98 of 30 September 1998 concerning the declaration of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources
Date: 1998-09-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community fisheries, common fisheries policy, conservation of resources, exchange of information, fishery management, fishing area

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2092/98

of 30 September 1998

concerning the declaration of fishing effort relating to certain Community
fishing areas and resources

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92
of 20 December 1992, establishing a Community system
of fisheries and aquaculture (1), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1181/98 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to
the common fisheries policy (3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 2635/97 (4), and in particular Article
19(f)(3) thereof, which provides that the Commission shall
ensure that the Member States responsible for control
have available the data concerning the identification of
vessels having access to their waters;

Whereas the implementation of arrangements for the
management of fishing effort in accordance with Council
Regulation (EC) No 685/95 of 27 March 1995 on the
management of
the fishing effort relating to certain
Community fishing areas and resources (5), and of Council
Regulation (EC) No 779/97 of 24 April 1997 introducing
arrangements for the management of fishing effort in the
Baltic Sea (6), highlights the need to adopt provisions to
ensure that the data relating to lists of named fishing
vessels are communicated without delay;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2090/98 (7)
establishes the basis for the transmission of data to the
fishing vessel register of the Community;

Whereas the communication of data on the fishing effort
by fishery should refer to the data contained in the
fishing vessel register of the Community;

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

Member States shall transmit to the Commission the data
referred to in Article 19(f)(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2847/93 as well as the list of vessels authorised to fish in
the fisheries listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
685/95 and those listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC)
No 779/97 in accordance with the procedures laid down
in Annex III hereto. Amendments to the lists of vessels
shall be reported to the Commission in accordance with
the same procedures at the latest four working days before
the entry of vessels into the fishing area. The Commission
shall acknowledge receipt of amendments to lists by
digital transfer over a telecommunications network not
later than two days before the entry of vessels into the
fishing area.

Article 2

transmit

Member States shall
to the Commission the
aggregated data on fishing effort referred to in Article 19I
of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 in accordance with
Annex I to this Regulation:

(cid:190) for each area referred to in Article 19(a)(1) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2847/93, before the 15th of each
month for the previous month in the case of demersal
species,

(cid:190) for each area referred to in Article 19(a)(1)(a) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2847/93,
in the case of demersal
species, salmon, sea trout and freshwater fish, before
15 April, 15 July, 15 October and 15 January for the
previous quarter, and before 15 February of each
calendar year for each month of the previous year,

(cid:190) for each area referred to in Article 19(a) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2847/93 for the previous quarter before the
end of the first month of each calendar quarter in the
case of pelagic species.

(1) OJ L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 164, 9. 6. 1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 71, 31. 3. 1995, p. 5.
(6) OJ L 113, 30. 4. 1997, p. 1.
(7) See page 27 of this Official Journal.

Article 3

Corrections to erroneous information contained in the
register shall be forwarded to the Commission within 30
days of the date on which the error is detected.

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Article 4
Member States shall have access without delay to data
concerning the identification of vessels engaged in fishing
activity in the fisheries listed in Annex I to Regulation
(EC) No 685/95 and those listed in the Annex to Regula-
tion (EC) No 779/97 under their jurisdiction or sover-
eignty in accordance with the procedures laid down in
Annex IV hereto.

Article 5
communicate

shall

Member States
information
referred to in this Regulation to the Commission by
digital
transfer over a telecommunications network in
accordance with the detailed rules and codes set out in
Annexes I to IV. The Commission shall acknowledge

the

receipt of messages as soon as they have been validated in
the data base.

Article 6

The vessels concerned by this Regulation shall be identi-
fied by the internal number recorded in the Community
register of fishing vessels, as referred to in Annex I of
Regulation (EC) No 2090/98.

Article 7

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

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

Done at Brussels, 30 September 1998.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

FISHING EFFORT

DEFINITION OF DATA TO BE COMMUNICATED AND DESCRIPTION OF A RECORD

Aggregated declarations by fishery

Name of the zone

Width

Alignment

Definition and remarks

Updating indicator

Declaring entity

Fishery

Year of observation

First month

Last month

Effort/power

Filler

(1) Calculated as S(i=1,n) a

period and P
i

3

3

5

4

2

2

14

14

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

L

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

R

(cid:190)

Code identifying type of declaration (see Table 1)

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) making the declaration

Code of fishery (see Annex II) in which activity has taken place

Year (YYYY) during which the vessel is observed

First month (MM) of observation period

Last month (MM) of observation period

Number of kW (as a whole number) multiplied by the number of days
present in the area (as a whole number) to express fishing effort during the
observation period (1)

P
i

i

where n is the number of vessels in the area, a

is the number of days spent at sea by the vessel in the area during the observation

is the average power of the vessel in the area during the period of observation.

i

Table 1 (cid:190) Codes for the updating indicator

Declaration by fishery

Deletion of declaration by fishery

FIS

DFI

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ANNEX II

Table 1 — Codes for fisheries in western waters — Regulation (EC) No 685/95

Gear

Target species

Effort areas

Towed gear

Demersal species

Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

of which

Vb (1), VI

of which

Irish Box (5)

VII

of which

VIIa

VIIf (2)

Irish Box (5)

VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId

Code

TGD0 (6)

TGD1

TGD19

TGD2

TGD21

TGD22

TGD29

TGD3

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

TGD4 (6)

of which

IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

except

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3)

IX (4)

X (4)

CECAF 34.1.1 (3)

CECAF 34.1.2 (3)

CECAF 34.2.0 (3)

CECAF 34.1.1 (4)

CECAF 34.1.2 (4)

CECAF 34.2.0 (4)

TGD40

TGD41

TGD42

TGD43

TGD44

TGD45

TGD46

TGD47

TGD48

TGD49

Static gear

Demersal species

Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

SGD0 (6)

of which

Vb (1), VI

of which

Irish Box (5)

VII

of which

VIIa

VIIf (2)

Irish Box (5)

VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId

SGD1

SGD19

SGD2

SGD21

SGD22

SGD29

SGD3

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

SGD4 (6)

of which

IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

except

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3)

IX (4)

X (4)

CECAF 34.1.1 (3)

CECAF 34.1.2 (3)

CECAF 34.2.0 (3)

CECAF 34.1.1 (4)

CECAF 34.1.2 (4)

CECAF 34.2.0 (4)

SGD40

SGD41

SGD42

SGD43

SGD44

SGD45

SGD46

SGD47

SGD48

SGD49

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Gear

Target species

Effort areas

Towed and static gear

Benthic species

Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

of which

Vb (1), VI

of which

Irish Box (5)

VII

of which

VIIa

VIIf (2)

Irish Box (5)

VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId

Code

TSB0 (6)

TSB1

TSB19

TSB2

TSB21

TSB22

TSB29

TSB3

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

TSB4 (6)

of which

IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

except

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3)

IX (4)

X (4)

CECAF 34.1.1 (3)

CECAF 34.1.2 (3)

CECAF 34.2.0 (3)

CECAF 34.1.1 (4)

CECAF 34.1.2 (4)

CECAF 34.2.0 (4)

TSB40

TSB41

TSB42

TSB43

TSB44

TSB45

TSB46

TSB47

TSB48

TSB49

Towed gear

Scallops

Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

TGJ0 (6)

of which

Vb (1), VI

of which

Irish Box (5)

VII

of which

VIIa

VIIf (2)

Irish Box (5)

VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId

TGJ1

TGJ19

TGJ2

TGJ21

TGJ22

TGJ29

TGJ3

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

TGJ4 (6)

of which

IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

except

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3)

IX (4)

X (4)

CECAF 34.1.1 (3)

CECAF 34.1.2 (3)

CECAF 34.2.0 (3)

CECAF 34.1.1 (4)

CECAF 34.1.2 (4)

CECAF 34.2.0 (4)

TGJ40

TGJ41

TGJ42

TGJ43

TGJ44

TGJ45

TGJ46

TGJ47

TGJ48

TGJ49

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Gear

Target species

Effort areas

Static gears

Edible crabs and spider
crabs

Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

of which

Vb (1), VI

of which

Irish Box (5)

VII

of which

VIIa

VIIf (2)

Irish Box (5)

VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId

Code

SGC0 (6)

SGC1

SGC19

SGC2

SGC21

SGC22

SGC29

SGC3

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

SGC4 (6)

of which

IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

except

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3)

IX (4)

X (4)

CECAF 34.1.1 (3)

CECAF 34.1.2 (3)

CECAF 34.2.0 (3)

CECAF 34.1.1 (4)

CECAF 34.1.2 (4)

CECAF 34.2.0 (4)

Purse seines, pelagic trawls
and small-mesh gillnets

Pelagic species except:
bream, shark, tuna and
highly migratory species

Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

of which

Vb (1), VI

of which

Irish Box (5)

VII

of which

VIIa

VIIf (2)

Irish Box (5)

VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId

SGC40

SGC41

SGC42

SGC43

SGC44

SGC45

SGC46

SGC47

SGC48

SGC49

PSP0 (6)

PSP1

PSP19

PSP2

PSP21

PSP22

PSP29

PSP3

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

PSP4 (6)

of which

IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

except

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3)

IX (4)

X (4)

CECAF 34.1.1 (3)

CECAF 34.1.2 (3)

CECAF 34.2.0 (3)

CECAF 34.1.1 (4)

CECAF 34.1.2 (4)

CECAF 34.2.0 (4)

PSP40

PSP41

PSP42

PSP43

PSP44

PSP45

PSP46

PSP47

PSP48

PSP49

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Gear

Target species

Effort areas

Surface longliners

Bream, shark, tuna and
highly migratory species

Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

of which

Vb (1), VI

of which

Irish Box (5)

VII

of which

VIIa

VIIf (2)

Irish Box (5)

VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId

Code

LLM0 (6)

LLM1

LLM19

LLM2

LLM21

LLM22

LLM29

LLM3

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

LLM4 (6)

of which

IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

except

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3)

IX (4)

X (4)

CECAF 34.1.1 (3)

CECAF 34.1.2 (3)

CECAF 34.2.0 (3)

CECAF 34.1.1 (4)

CECAF 34.1.2 (4)

CECAF 34.2.0 (4)

Gear for tuna fishing

Tuna

Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

of which

Vb (1), VI

of which

Irish Box (5)

VII

of which

VIIa

VIIf (2)

Irish Box (5)

VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId

LLM40

LLM41

LLM42

LLM43

LLM44

LLM45

LLM46

LLM47

LLM48

LLM49

MIT0 (6)

MIT1

MIT19

MIT2

MIT21

MIT22

MIT29

MIT3

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

MIT4 (6)

of which

IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

except

VIIIc, VIIIe, IX (3)

IX (4)

X (4)

CECAF 34.1.1 (3)

CECAF 34.1.2 (3)

CECAF 34.2.0 (3)

CECAF 34.1.1 (4)

CECAF 34.1.2 (4)

CECAF 34.2.0 (4)

MIT40

MIT41

MIT42

MIT43

MIT44

MIT45

MIT46

MIT47

MIT48

MIT49

(1) Except in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of the Faeroes or Iceland.
(2) North of 50(cid:190) 30Y N.
(3) Only in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of Spain.
(4) Only in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of Portugal.
(5) Part of the zone included in the zone defined in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 685/95.
(6) These areas are reserved for the compilation of data and may not be used for the declarations of fishing effort.

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Table 2 — Codes for fisheries in the Baltic sea — Regulation (EC) No 779/97

Gear

Target species

Effort areas

Towed gear

Static gear and driftnets

All gears

All gears

Demersal species

Demersal species

Pelagic species
(herring, sprat)

Subdivisions 22-32

Subdivisions 22-32

Subdivisions 22-32

of which

Management units 3 (1)

Salmon, sea trout and freshwater
fish

Subdivisions 22-32

(1) Comprising subdivisions 29, 30 and 31 north of latitude 59(cid:190) 30Y N.

Code

TGD5

DGD5

AGH5

AGH51

AGS5

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ANNEX III

LIST OF VESSELS BY FISHERY

DEFINITION OF THE DATA TO BE COMMUNICATED AND DESCRIPTION OF A RECORD

Name of the zone

Width

Alignment

Definition and remarks

Updating indicator

Declaring entity

Fishery

Internal number

Name of vessel

Date of event

3

3

5

12

40

8

Code identifying type of declaration (see Table 1)

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) making the declaration

Code of fishery (see Annex II) made up of three components:

(cid:190) type of gear (see Table 2) (cid:190) two characters
(cid:190) type of target species (see Table 3) (cid:190) one character
(cid:190) code of ICES area (see Table 3, Annex IV) (cid:190) two characters

Internal number of vessels (see Annex I of Regulation (EG) No 2090/98)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

L

L

L

(cid:190)

Date (YYYYMMDD) when event occurred

Table 1 (cid:190) Codes for updating indicator

Addition of vessel to list

Deletion of vessel from list

Cancellation of incorrect declaration

ADD

SUP

CAN

Table 2 (cid:190) Codes for groups of fishing gear by fishery

Type of gear

Code

Area (1)

Towed gear

Static gear

Towed and static gear

Purse seines, pelagic trawls and small-mesh nets

Surface longlines

Miscellaneous gear

Static gear and driftnets

All gears

(1) B for the Baltic sea and W for western waters

TG

SG

TS

PS

LL

MI

DG

AG

W + B

W

W

W

W

W

B

B

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Table 3 (cid:190) Codes for target species or groups of target species

Species

Code

Area (1)

Demersal species

Pelagic species

Benthic species

Bream, shark, tuna and highly migratory species

Scallops

Edible crabs and spider crabs

Tuna

Pelagic species (herring and sprat)

Salmon, sea trout and fresh water fish

(1) B for the Baltic sea and W for western waters

D

P

B

M

J

C

T

H

S

W + B

W + B

W

W

W

W

W

B

B

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ANNEX IV

RULES ON ACCESS TO DATA FOR COASTAL STATES

Table 1 (cid:190) Identification features of the vessel observed or the vessels of a given fishery (when
querying the register)

Identification feature

Width

Definition and remarks

Fishing zone

External marking

Name of vessel

International radio call sign

Flag

2

14

40

7

3

Number of fishing zone (ICES area) as given by the last two characters of the
code identifying the fishery (see Annex II) in which the vessel observed is
located

In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87.

i.e. the IRCS.

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) whose flag the vessel is flying (Regulation
(EEC) No 3760/92).

Table 2 (cid:190) Data accessible to coastal states from the features in Table 1 (reply from the register)

Identification feature

Width

Definition and remarks

Fishery

External marking

Name of vessel

International radio call sign

Flag

Internal number

Registration number

Vessel ; 15 m between pp and ; 18 m
overall

Declaring entity

5

14

40

7

3

12

14

1

3

Code identifying the fishery (see Annex II) in which the vessel observed is
located

In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87

i.e. the IRCS.

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) whose flag the vessel is flying (Regulation
(EEC) No 3760/92).

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by unique identification number
(one to nine characters).

‘Y'= yes;

‘N'= no

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) making the declaration on the vessel in the
fishery concerned.

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Table 3 (cid:190) Rules for access to data on fisheries of the states responsible for controls in western
waters (1) Regulation (EC) No 685/95

Effort area

Area No (2)

Country

Vb (3), VI

Irish box (VI) (4)

VII

VII a

VII f (5)

Irish box (VII) (4)

VIII a, VIII b, VIII d

IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 (excluding other waters)

VIII c, VIII e, IX (6)

IX (4)

X (4)

CECAF 34.1.1 (6)

CECAF 34.1.2 (6)

CECAF 34.2.0 (6)

CECAF 34.1.1 (7)

CECAF 34.1.2 (7)

CECAF 34.2.0 (7)

1

19

2

21

22

29

3

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

IRL

IRL

IRL

IRL

(cid:190)

IRL

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

GBR

GBR

GBR

GBR

GBR

GBR

GBR

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

FRA

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

FRA

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

ESP

ESP

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

ESP

ESP

ESP

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

PRT

(cid:190)

PRT

PRT

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

PRT

PRT

PRT

(1) The declaring state has access to data on its own vessels on all fishery lists.
(2) Number of fishing zone as given in the fishery code (see Table 1, Annex II).
(3) With the exception of waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of the Faeroes or Iceland.
(4) Part of the area included in the area defined in Article 3, par. 5 of Regulation (EC) No 685/95.
(5) North of latitude 50(cid:176) 30Y north
(6) Only in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of Spain.
(7) Only in waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of Portugal.

Table 4 (cid:190) Rules for access to data on fisheries of the states responsible for controls in Baltic sea (1)
Regulation (EC) No 779/97

Effort area

Area No (2)

Country

Subdivisions 22-32

Managements units 3

5

51

DNK - DEU - FIN - SWE

FIN - SWE

(1) The declaring state has access to data on its own vessels on all fishery lists.
(2) Number of fishing zone as given in the fishery code (see Table 2, Annex II).