Commission Regulation (EC) No 2737/1999 of 21 December 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States' catches of fish
Date: 1999-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Mediterranean Sea, catch of fish, common fisheries policy, data recording, fishing regulations

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2737/1999

of 21 December 1999

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 laying down detailed rules for recording information on
Member States' catches of fish

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 estab-
lishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries
policy (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98 (2), and
in particular Article 6(8) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 provides
that from 1 January 2000 catches of an amount greater
than 50 kg of
live-weight equivalent of any species
retained on board must be recorded in the logbook.
However, for fisheries operations in the Mediterranean
Sea, only the species indicated on a list adopted under
that Article must be recorded in the logbook.

the provisions

According to Article 40 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/
93,
contained in that Regulation
concerning the logbook and the landing declaration will
apply, with effect from 1 january 2000, to fisheries
operations in the Mediterranean.

It is necessary, therefore, to amend, with effect from 1
January 2000, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/
83 of 22 September 1983 laying down detailed rules for
recording information on Member States' catches of
fish (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1488/
98 (4), in order to ensure that the requirements are met.

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

Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

1.
The masters of Community fishing vessels whose
length overall exceeds 10 metres shall record the informa-
tion referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 276, 10.10.1983, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 196, 14.7.1998, p. 3.

93 in their logbook in accordance with the model shown
in Annex I, for all fishing zones except those comprised in
NAFO 1 and ICES V(a) and XIV, and in accordance with
the model shown in Annex II,
for the latter zones.
However, the model shown in Annex IIa may be used for
fisheries operations carried on exclusively in the Mediterra-
nean by the masters of Community fishing vessels whose
length overall does not exceed 18 metres and which make
daily fishing trips in a single fishing zone and keep on
board one type of fishing gear only.

2.
The logbook shown in Annex I, II or IIa shall also be
kept in the manner prescribed in paragraph 1 when such
vessels are operating in the waters of a non-member
country, unless the non-member country in question
specifically requires a different kind of logbook.

3.
For fisheries operations in the Mediterranean, any
amount greater than 50 kg of live-weight equivalent of
any species retained on board shall be recorded in the
logbook.

4.
The codes given in Annex VI and the Three-Alpha
codes established by the FAO shall be used for indicating,
under the appropriate headings of the logbook, the fishing
gear used and the species caught.’

2. The following is added to Article 2(1):

‘However, the model shown in Annex IIa may be used if
the landing takes place in a port of another Mediterranean
coastal Member State, by the masters of Community
fishing vessels whose length overall does not exceed 18
metres and which make daily fishing trips in a single
fishing zone and keep on board one type of fishing gear
only.’

3. In Annex I, the denominations ‘Cod’,

‘Saithe’,
‘Whiting’, ‘Plaice’, ‘Common Sole’, ‘Herring’ and ‘Mackerel’
are suppressed.

‘Haddock’,

4. In the title of Annex IV, the words ‘Or Annex IIa’ are

inserted after ‘Annex I’.

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5. In Annex IV, point 2.4.2.

is replaced by the following:
‘2.4.2. Quantities caught and retained on board (reference

No in logbook: (15))
Catches of an amount greater than 50 kg of live-
weight equivalent of any species retained on board
must be recorded in the logbook. However, for
fisheries operations in the Mediterranean Sea, only
the species indicated on the list contained in Annex
VII must be recorded in the logbook.’
6. In Annex IV, point 3, third indent, the first paragraph is

replaced by the following:
‘Give the weight or quantities actually landed or tran-
shipped for all species.’

7. In Annex IV, point 3, fourth indent, the letters ‘GFCM’ are

inserted after ‘CECAF’,
8. In Annex V, point 2.4.2.

in the title and the paragraph.

is replaced by the following:

fisheries operations in the Mediterranean, only the
species indicated on the list contained in Annex VII
must be recorded in the logbook.’

9. In Annex V, point 3, fourth indent, the first paragraph is

replaced by the following:

‘Give the weight or quantities actually landed or tran-
shipped for all species.’

10. Annex I to this Regulation is inserted as Annex IIa after

Annex II.

11. Annex VII is replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

‘2.4.2. Quantities caught and retained on board

Catches of an amount greater than 50 kg of live-
weight equivalent of any species retained on board
must be recorded in the logbook. However, for

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX VII

TABLE

List of species to be recorded in the fishing logbook and the landing declaration by vessels operating exclusively
in the Mediterranean Sea

Name

Latin name

FAO Three-Alpha code

Albacore (*)

Anchovy

Thunnus alalunga

Engraulis encrasicholus

Bigeye Tuna (*)

Thunnus obesus

Blue Whiting (*)

Micromesistius poutassou

Bluefin Tuna

Thunnus thynnus

Gilt-head Seabream

Sparus aurata

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Horse Mackerel (*)

Trachurus trachurus

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Mediterranean Horse Mackerel (*)

Trachurus mediterraneus

Monkfish (*)

Red Mullet

Sardine

Seabass

Lophius piscatorius

Mullus surmuletus

Sardina pilchardus

Dicenrarchus labrax

Striped Mullet

Mullus barbatus

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

(*) only in the landing declaration’

ALB

ANE

BET

WHB

BFT

SBG

HKE

HOM

MAC

HMM

MON

MUR

PIL

BSS

MUT

SWO