Commission Regulation (EC) No 665/2008 of 14 July 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 concerning the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy
Date: 2008-07-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common fisheries policy, data collection, data processing, data transmission, fishery management, fishery resources, fishing industry

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 665/2008

of 14 July 2008

laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 concerning
the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the
fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 of
25 February 2008 concerning
a
Community framework for the collection, management and
use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific
advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in
particular Articles 4(4), 5(3), 7(1), 8(7), 12(2) and 25 thereof,

establishment of

the

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 establishes a Community
framework for the collection, management and use of
data for the purpose of establishing a solid basis for
scientific analyses of
fisheries and for providing the
formulation of sound scientific advice for the implemen­
the Common Fisheries Policy (hereinafter
tation of
referred to as the CFP).

Protocols and methods for collecting and monitoring the
data should be in accordance with the quality standards
established by the international scientific bodies, regional
fisheries management organisations and based on the
experience acquired in fisheries data collection, since
the first Community framework was established in
2000, and on the advice provided by the Scientific,
Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (here­
inafter referred to as the STECF).

The multi-annual national programmes should be estab­
lished by Member States for the collection, management
and use of data in accordance with the multi-annual
Community programme. These programmes should be
submitted to the Commission early enough to enable
the Commission to take financial decisions in due time
for the following year. Member States should avoid dupli­
the data. Member States
cation in the collection of
should report on the implementation of their national
programmes.

(5)

(6)

The multi-annual Community programme will be the
subject of a separate Commission Decision.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Components of the national programmes

The multi-annual national programmes referred to in Article 4
of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 shall comprise:

(a) The actions planned, by modules and sections as referred to
in the multi-annual Community programme and according
to the following regions:

— the Baltic Sea (ICES areas III b-d),

— the North Sea (ICES areas IIIa, IV and VIId) and the

Eastern Arctic (ICES areas I and II),

— the North Atlantic (ICES areas V-XIV and NAFO areas),

— the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea,

— regions where fisheries are operated by Community
vessels and managed by Regional Fisheries Management
Organisations to which the Community is contracting
party or observer;

(b) the elements of analytical accounts distributed by modules
and sections as referred to in the multi-annual Community
programme and by regions as referred to in point (a) of this
Article;

(4)

The coordination of Member States actions and where
possible task sharing among national programmes should
be ensured at regional level.

(1) OJ L 60, 5.3.2008, p. 1.

(c) a detailed description of the sampling strategies followed
and the statistical estimates used making it possible to
appreciate the levels of precision and the relationship
between cost and precision;

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(d) the elements demonstrating that the national programmes
are co-ordinated in the same region and those tasks are
shared between the relevant Member States.

the regional co-ordination aspects of the national programmes
and where necessary shall make recommendations for the better
integration of national programmes and for task-sharing among
Member States.

Article 2

Submission of the national programmes

1.
The multi-annual national programmes shall be submitted
by electronic means to the Commission by 31 March of the
year prior to the period of implementation of the multi-annual
programme. The first period shall cover the years 2009-2010.
For this period, the national programmes shall be submitted by
15 October 2008.

2. When submitting the national programmes Member States
shall use:

(a)

the templates and guidelines established by STECF with
regard to the technical and scientific aspects of
the
programme;

(b) the financial forms provided by the Commission with regard

to the financial aspects of the programme.

Article 3

National co-ordination and co-ordination between the
Commission and Member States

1.
Each Member State shall designate a national corre­
spondent who shall serve as the focal point for exchange of
information between the Commission and Member States
regarding the preparation and implementation of national
programmes.

2.
In the case of several bodies participating in the national
programme, the national correspondent shall be responsible for
the co-ordination of the national programme. In this view a
national coordination meeting shall be convened once a year.
If necessary a second meeting could be arranged. Such meetings
shall be organised by the national correspondent and be
attended only by those persons belonging to bodies involved
in the national programme. The Commission may participate in
such meetings.

A report of the national co-ordination meeting referred to
3.
in paragraph 2 shall be included in the annual report referred to
in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008.

Community financial support for meetings referred to in
4.
paragraph 2, shall be subject to compliance by Member States
with this Article.

Article 4

Regional co-ordination

The Regional Coordination Meetings

1.
referred to in
Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 shall evaluate

The Chair of

2.
Regional Coordination Meeting
Commission for a two year period.

the meeting shall be designated by the
in agreement with the

3.
The Regional Coordination Meetings may be convened
once a year. The terms of reference for the meeting shall be
proposed by the Commission in agreement with the Chair and
shall be communicated to the national correspondents referred
to in Article 3(1) three weeks prior to the meeting. Member
States shall submit to the Commission the lists of participants
two weeks prior to the meeting.

Article 5

Submission of the annual report

1. Member States shall submit by electronic means the
annual report referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 199/2008 by 31 May of each year following the year of
implementation of the national programme. The annual report
shall comprise in particular, by modules and sections as referred
to in the multi-annual Community programme and by regions
as referred to in Article 1(a):

(a) a presentation of the yearly execution of the programme

specifying the outcomes of the planned actions;

(b) the elements of yearly analytical accounts.

2. When submitting the annual report Member States shall
use:

(a)

the templates and guidelines established by STECF with
the
regard to the technical and scientific aspects of
programme;

(b) the financial forms provided by the Commission with regard

to the financial aspects of the programme.

Article 6

Reductions of Community financial assistance

1.
Reductions of Community financial assistance, referred to
in Articles 8(5)(a) and 8(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008,
shall be proportionate to the number of weeks of delay counted
from the deadlines referred to in Articles 2 and 5. The
proportion of reduction shall be 2 % of the total Community
financial assistance for each two weeks period of delay, with a
maximum reduction of 25 % of the total annual cost of the
national programme.

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Reductions of Community financial assistance referred to
2.
in Article 8(5)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 shall
be proportionate to the number of failures to deliver data to
end-users. The proportion of reduction shall be 1 % of the total
Community financial assistance per failure to satisfy a demand,
with a maximum reduction of 25 % of the total annual cost of
the national programme.

3.
In cases where both paragraphs 1 and 2 apply the
maximum cumulated reduction shall not exceed 25 % of the
total annual cost of the national programme.

Article 7

Research surveys at sea

database and make available upon demand by the Commission,
information concerning the data requests they have received and
the responses they have provided.

The database, referred to in paragraph 1, shall contain

2.
information on the following:

(a)

the requests, the date of requests, the type and purpose of
requested data, the specification of the end-user;

(b) the responses, the date of responses and the type of data

transmitted.

The list of

research surveys at

1.
the
Community financial assistance, as referred to in Article 12 of
Regulation (EC) No 199/2008, is provided in the multi-annual
Community programme.

sea eligible for

2.
On the basis of advice from the STECF, the Commission
may update the list referred to in paragraph 1 and authorize
Member States to make modifications in the design of
the
research surveys at sea.

Article 8

Management of primary and metadata

The national

computerised databases

referred to in
1.
Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 shall be linked to
a national computerised network thus allowing cost efficient
exchange of data and information within Member States.

Each Member State shall have one central website serving
2.
as an information deposit for all information related to the data
collection framework of Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008.
The website shall be accessible to all participants involved in the
national data collection programme.

Article 9

Article 10

Support for scientific advice

In order

levels of expertise,

to ensure sufficient

the
1.
Community may provide financial support to the experts’ parti­
cipation in relevant scientific meetings of regional
fisheries
management organisations
to which the Community is a
contracting party or observer, and to international scientific
bodies in charge of providing scientific advice, as referred to
in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008.

2.
The Commission shall provide Member States, by 15
December each year, with the list of meetings it considers
eligible for financial Community support for the experts’ parti­
cipation for the following year.

Financial Community support of experts’ participation in
3.
each scientific meeting shall be limited to a maximum of two
experts per Member State.

Article 11

Entry into force

Follow up of requests and transmissions of data

1.
For the purpose of Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No
199/2008 Member States shall compile in a computerized

This Regulation shall enter in to force on the seventh day
following that of its publication in the Official
Journal of the
European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 July 2008.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission