Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the high seas
Date: 2001-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common fisheries policy, deep-sea fishing, exchange of information, fishing area, fishing controls, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 500/2001

of 14 March 2001

laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the
monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the high
seas

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2846/98 (2), and in particular Article 18(4) thereof,

Whereas:

Member States are required, under Article 18(1) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2847/93, to notify the Commission by
computer transmission of the quantities of each stock
taken by vessels flying their flag operating in waters
subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third coun-
tries and on the high seas and of all the information
received pursuant to Article 17(2) thereof.

Details of the information to be submitted, the intervals
at which it is to be forwarded and the format to be used
for submitting the reports in question should be speci-
fied.

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 1

1.
Each Member State shall notify the Commission by
computer transmission, before the end of the first month of
each quarter, of the quantities of each stock not subject to
TACs or quotas taken by fishing vessels flying its flag operating
in waters subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third
countries and on the high seas and:

— landed directly in its territory during the previous quarter,
— landed directly in third countries during the previous

quarter,

— transhipped to third country vessels during the previous

quarter.

2.
Each Member State shall notify the Commission by
computer transmission, before the end of the first month of
each quarter, of the quantities taken by fishing vessels flying
the flag of another Member State in waters subject to the
sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries and on the high
seas and landed in its territory during the previous quarter.

3. Where a Member State submits the catch reports referred
to in paragraphs 1 and 2, it shall do so in the format shown in
the Annex.

Article 2

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

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, 14 March 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5.

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ANNEX

I. REPORT E

Quarterly reports of catches that are not subject to TACs and quotas taken by Community fishing vessels in waters subject
to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries and on the high seas and landed and/or transhipped, other than
catches landed in the territory of another Member State

Reports will contain five types of message, described in points A, B, C, D and E. All messages are mandatory, with the
exception of that in point D.

Notes:

— Each field in a message should end with ‘;’ (semicolon).

— Numeric fields representing quantities should be right justified and use the decimal point separator.

— Where the FIDES system (1) adopted by the Commission's Fisheries DG is used for submitting data, alternative forms

of presentation will be allowed (with no change in content).

A. Report type. First message in report

Item

Tag

Value

<TTL>

Mandatory

Yes

Remarks

Indentifies ‘Report type’ message; type text —5
positions

Report

CR-RPT-E

Yes

Identifies report type; type text —8 positions

B. Identification of reporting Member State. Second message in report

Item

Tag

Value

<RMS>

Member State

See Remarks

Mandatory

Remarks

Yes

Yes

Indentifies ‘Identification of reporting Member
State’ message; type text —5 positions

Code of reporting Member State (ISO 3-alpha
code); type text —3 positions

C. Identification of period. Third message in report

Item

Tag

Value

<RPM>

Period covered

See remarks

Mandatory

Remarks

Yes

Yes

Identifies ‘Identification of period’ message; type
text —5 positions

In the form YYYYMMDDP specified in III below;
type text —9 positions. The value of position P
is, by default,

‘Q’

(1) FIDES: Fisheries Data Exchange System; project defining a common approach to electronic data exchange between the Commission

and the Member States.

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D. Comments. Fourth or subsequent message(s) in report, optional

Item

Value

Mandatory

Remarks

Tag

<NOTE>

Comment

See remarks

Yes

Yes

Indentifies a comments message; typte text —5
positions

Free format; type text —32 positions, left justi-
fied

E. Aggregate catch data. Fourth and/or subsequent message(s) in report

Mandatory

Remarks

Item

Tag

Species

Area

Value

<DAT>

See remarks

See remarks

Yes

Yes

Yes

Indentifies a ‘Catch data’ message; —5 positions

FAO species code; type text —3 positions

FAO code for area or subdivisions where catches
have been taken.
Smallest statistical area defined in international
convention or
fisheries agreement governing
catch location; type text —2 + 7 positions as
specified in IV below,

left jusitified

Code for third country in whose waters catches
have been taken,
(ISO 3-alpha code) or code
code ‘*HS’ for the high seas; type text —3 posi-
tions

which landing took place or

— Code for reporting Membr State as referred
to in point B (in the case of landings in its
territory) or

— ‘*TB’ (for transhipments);
type text —3 positions

landings/transhipments by

Aggregate
vessels
flying the flag of the reporting Member State, in
tonnes live weight to the nearest decimal place;
type real —10 positions

Third country or
high seas

See remarks

Yes

Member
responsible
catches

State
for

Identification
transfer

of

See remarks

Yes

The same code as the reporting Member State
code referred to in point B (ISO 3-alpha code);
type text —3 positions

See remarks

Yes

— Code for third country (ISO 3-alpha code) in

Quantity

See remarks

Yes

II. REPORT F

Quarterly reports of catches that are not subject to TACs and quotas taken by Community fishing vessels of other
Member States in waters subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries and on the high seas and landed in
the territory of the reporting Member State

Reports will contain five types of message, decribed in points A, B, C, D and E. All messages are mandatory, with the
exception of that in point D.

The notes for report E, given in I above, apply also to report F.

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A. Report type. First message in report

Item

Tag

Name

Value

<TTL>

CR-RPT-F

Mandatory

Remarks

Yes

Yes

Indentifies ‘Report type’ message; type text —5
positions

Identifies report type; type text —8 positions

B. Identification of reporting Member State. Second message in report

Item

Tag

Value

<RMS>

Member State

See remarks

Mandatory

Remarks

Yes

Yes

Indentifies ‘Identification of reporting Member
State’ message; type text —5 positions

Code of reporting Member State (ISO 3-alpha
code); type text —3 positions

C. Identification of period. Third message in report

Item

Tag

Value

<RPM>

Period covered

See remarks

Mandatory

Remarks

Yes

Yes

Identifies ‘Identification of period’ message; type
text —5 positions

In the form YYYYMMDDP specified in III below;
type text —9 positions. The value of position P
is, by default,

‘Q’

D. Comments. Fourth or subsequent message(s) in report, optional

Item

Value

Mandatory

Remarks

Tag

<NOTE>

Coment

See remarks

Yes

Yes

Identifies a comments message; type text —5
positions

Free format; type text —32 positions, left justi-
fied

E. Aggregate catch data. Fourth and/or subsequent message(s) in report

Item

Tag

Species

Area

Value

<DAT>

See remarks

See remarks

Mandatory

Remarks

Yes

Yes

Yes

Identifies a ‘catch data’ message; type text — 5
positions

FAO species code; type text —3 positions

sub-divisions where

FAO code for area or
catches have been taken.
Smallest statistical area defined in international
convention or
fisheries agreement governing
catch location; type text —2 + 7 positions as
specified in IV below,

left justified

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Item

Value

Mandatory

Remarks

Third country or
high seas

See remarks

Member
responsible
catches

State
for

Identification
transfer

of

See remarks

See remarks

Quantity

See remarks

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Code for third country in whose waters catches
have been taken,
(ISO 3-alpha code) or code
‘*HS’ for the high seas; type text —3 positions

Code of
flag Member State responsible for
catches (ISO 3-alpha code); type text —3 posi-
tions

Code of reporting Member State referred to in
point B; type text —3 positions

Aggregate landings, in tonnes live weight to the
the
nearest decimal point,
reporting Member State, by vessels flying the flag
of another Member State; type real —10 posi-
tions

in the territory of

— YYYYMMDD is the date (YYYY — four-digit year, MM — two-digit month and DD — two-digit day) corresponding to

III. CODES FOR PERIOD COVERED

the last day of the period covered.

— P is the type of period covered (one letter):

D — Day
W — Week (the last day of the week is Sunday).
M — Month
Q — Quarter
S — Semester/Half year
Y — Year

IV. AREA CODES

Area codes must comply with the provisions contained in the Regulation on the submission of nominal catch statistics by
Member States fishing

1.

2.

3.

In the North-East Atlantic (Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 (OJ L 365, 31.12.1991, p. 1)).

In the North-West Atlantic (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93 (OJ L 186, 28.7.1993, p. 1)).

In certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic (Council Regulation (EC) No 2597/95 (OJ L 270, 13.11.1995,
p. 1)).

— The first two positions correspond to the FAO statistical fishing areas.
— The next seven positions correspond to the FAO statistical fishing subdivisions.