Commission Regulation (EC) No 1077/2008 of 3 November 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1566/2007
Date: 2008-11-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, electronic mail, exchange of information, fishing controls, fishing industry

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1077/2008

of 3 November 2008

laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 on
electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing and
repealing Regulation (EC) No 1566/2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 of
21 December 2006 on electronic recording and reporting of
fishing activities and on means of remote sensing (1), and in
particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

of Council Regulation

Article 22(1)(c)
(EC) No
2371/2002 (2) provides that activities within the scope
of the Common Fisheries Policy are prohibited unless a
master, without undue delay records and reports infor­
mation on fishing activities, including landings and tran-
shipments and that copies of the records shall be made
available to the authorities.

In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No
1966/2006 the obligation to electronically record and
transmit logbook, landing declaration and transhipment
data applies to masters of Community fishing vessels
exceeding 24 m length overall within 24 months of
entry into force of
the implementing rules and to
masters of Community fishing vessels exceeding 15 m
length overall within 42 months of entry into force of
the implementing rules.

Daily reporting of fishing activities creates the potential
to enhance significantly the efficiency and effectiveness of
monitoring, control and surveillance operations both at
sea and on land.

Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of
12 October 1993 establishing
system
applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy (3) provides
that masters of Community fishing vessels shall keep a
logbook of their operations.

control

a

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

and within 48 hours of landing submit a declaration to
the competent authorities of the Member States where
the landing takes place.

that
authorised by Member

Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93
auction centres or other bodies or
provides
persons
States which are
responsible for the first marketing of fishery products
sale,
submit a sales note to the
shall, upon first
competent
first
in whose
authorities
marketing takes place.

territory the

Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 also
provides
fisheries
that where the first marketing of
take place in the Member State
products does not
where the products have been landed,
the Member
State responsible for monitoring the first marketing
shall ensure that a copy of the sales note is submitted
to the authorities responsible for monitoring the landing
of the products as soon as possible.

Article 19 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93
requires Member
computerised
databases and to establish a validation system comprising
in particular cross-checks and verification of data.

create

States

to

Article 19b and 19e of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2847/93 require masters of Community fishing vessels
to make effort reports and to record them in their
logbook.

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10) Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 (4)
requires
the master of a Community fishing vessel
to record in a
holding a deep-sea fishing permit
logbook or in a form provided by the flag Member
State information concerning fishing gear characteristics
and fishing operations.

Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93
the master of each Community fishing
provides that
length equal to or more than
vessel having an overall
10 m or his representative, shall after each fishing trip

(11)

Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 (5) establishing a
Community Fisheries Control Agency and amending
Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control
system applicable
common fisheries policy
provides for the operation of joint deployment plans.

to the

(1) OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 1. Corrected by OJ L 36, 8.2.2007, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
(3) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6.
(5) OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p. 1.

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(12)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1566/2007 (1)
laid
down detailed rules for the implementation of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 as regards electronic
recording and reporting of fishing activities.

to vessels of 15 metres or less flying its flag prior to those dates
in accordance with Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No
1966/2006.

(13)

It is necessary, at present, to further detail and clarify
some provisions
contained in Regulation (EC) No
1566/2007.

To that end it is appropriate to repeal Regulation (EC) No
1566/2007 and to replace it by a new Regulation.

(14)

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

5. Member States may conclude bilateral agreements on the
use of electronic reporting systems on vessels flying their flags
within the waters under their sovereignty or jurisdiction on
condition that the vessels comply with all rules laid down in
this Regulation.

This Regulation shall apply to Community fishing vessels
fishing

6.
regardless of
operations or of the ports in which they land.

in which they carry out

the waters

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

This Regulation shall not apply to Community fishing

7.
vessels used exclusively for exploitation of aquaculture.

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Scope

1.

This Regulation shall apply to:

(a) Community fishing vessels exceeding 24 metres length

overall, as from 1 January 2010;

(b) Community fishing vessels exceeding 15 metres length

overall, as from 1 July 2011;

(c) registered buyers, registered auctions or other entities or
persons authorised by Member States that are responsible
fisheries products with an annual
for
financial
fishery products in
excess of EUR 400 000, as from 1 January 2009.

the first sale of
turnover

in first sales of

Notwithstanding paragraph 1(a),
from a date earlier

this Regulation shall
2.
apply as
than 1 January 2010 to
Community fishing vessels flying the flag of a given Member
State and exceeding 24 metres length overall, if it is so provided
by that State.

Notwithstanding paragraph 1(b),

3.
this Regulation shall
apply as from a date earlier than 1 July 2011 to Community
fishing vessels flying the flag of a given Member State and
exceeding 15 metres length overall,
it is so provided by
that State.

if

Article 2

List of operators and vessels

1.
Each Member State shall establish a list of registered
buyers, registered auctions or other entities or persons that it
has authorised and that are responsible for the first sale of
fishery products with an annual financial turnover of fishery
products in excess of EUR 400 000. The first reference year
shall be 2007 and the list shall be updated on 1 January of
the current year (year n) on the basis of the annual financial
turnover of fishery products in excess of EUR 400 000 in year
n-2. That list shall be published on an official web site of the
Member State.

2.
Each Member State shall establish and periodically update
lists of Community fishing vessels flying its flag to which the
this Regulation apply in accordance with
provisions of
Article 1(2), (3), (4) and (5). The lists shall be published on
an official web site of the Member State and shall be in the
format to be decided in consultations between the Member
States and the Commission.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation the following definitions
shall apply:

1.

‘fishing operation’ means all activities in connection with
searching for fish, the shooting, setting and hauling of a
fishing gear and the removal of any catch from the gear;

4.
Notwithstanding the dates laid down in paragraphs 1(a)
and 1(b), a Member State may decide to apply this Regulation

(1) OJ L 340, 22.12.2007, p. 46.

2.

‘joint deployment plan’ means a plan setting out operational
arrangements for the deployment of available means of
control and inspection.

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CHAPTER II

ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

Article 4

Information to be transmitted by masters of vessels or
their representatives

1. Masters of Community fishing vessels
transmit
logbook and transhipment data by electronic means to the
competent authorities of the flag Member State.

shall

2. Masters of Community fishing vessels or their represen­
tatives shall
landing declaration data by electronic
means to the competent authorities of the flag State.

transmit

than the

lands its catch in a
3. When a Community fishing vessel
Member State other
the
competent authorities of the flag Member States shall immedi­
ately upon receipt forward the landing declaration data by elec­
tronic means to the competent authorities of the Member State
where the catch was landed.

flag Member State,

shall, where
4. Masters of Community fishing vessels
required under Community rules,
transmit by electronic
means to the competent authority of the flag Member State
is
prior notification of entry into port at
required to be transmitted.

the time that

it

5. When a vessel intends to enter a port in a Member State
other than the flag Member State, the competent authorities of
the flag Member State shall immediately upon receipt forward
the prior notification referred to in paragraph 4 by electronic
the coastal Member
means to the competent authorities of
State.

3. Where the first marketing of fisheries products does not
take place in the Member State where the products have been
landed, the Member State where the first marketing takes place
shall ensure that a copy of the sales note data is submitted by
infor­
electronic means immediately on receipt of relevant
mation, to the following authorities:

(a)

the competent authorities of the Member State where the
fishery products have been landed; and

(b) the competent authorities of the flag Member State of the

vessel that landed the fishery products.

4.
The holder of the take-over declaration shall transmit by
electronic means the information required to be recorded in a
take-over declaration to the competent authorities of
the
Member State in whose territory the take-over physically takes
place.

Article 6

Frequency of transmission

1.
The master shall transmit the electronic logbook infor­
mation to the competent authorities of the flag Member State
at least on a daily basis not later than 24.00 hours even when
there are no catches. He shall also send such data:

(a) at

the request of

the competent authority of

the flag

Member State;

(b) immediately after

the last

fishing operation has been

completed;

(c) before entering into port;

(d) at the time of any inspection at sea;

Article 5

by the flag State.

(e) at the time of events defined in Community legislation or

Information to be transmitted by entities or persons
responsible for first sale or take-over

Registered buyers, registered auctions or other entities or
1.
persons authorised by Member States, that are responsible for
the first sale of
information
required to be recorded in a sales note by electronic means
to the competent authorities of the Member State in whose
territory the first marketing takes place.

fishery products shall

transmit

2.
The master may transmit corrections to the electronic
logbook and transhipment declarations up to the last trans­
mission made at the end of the fishing operations and before
entering into port. Corrections shall be easily identifiable. All
original electronic logbook data and corrections to those data
shall be stored by the competent authorities of the flag Member
State.

2. When the first marketing takes place in a Member State
other than the flag Member State, the competent authorities of
the Member State where the first marketing takes place shall
ensure that a copy of the sales notes data is submitted by
electronic means to the competent authorities of
the flag
Member State on receipt of relevant information.

The master or his

3.
the
landing declaration by electronic means immediately after the
landing declaration has been established.

representatives

transmit

shall

4.
The master of the donor vessel and the receiving vessel
shall transmit transhipment data by electronic means immedi­
ately after the transhipment.

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The master shall keep a copy of the information referred
5.
to in paragraph 1 on board the fishing vessel for the duration of
each absence from port and until the landing declaration has
been submitted.

4. Member States may conclude bilateral agreements on the
use of electronic reporting systems on vessels flying their flags
within the waters under their sovereignty or jurisdiction. The
vessels falling within the scope of such agreements shall be
exempt from completing a paper logbook within those waters.

6. When a fishing vessel is in port, does not carry fish on
board and the master has submitted the landing declaration,
transmission in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article
may be
to prior notification to the
Fisheries Monitoring Centre of the flag Member State. Trans­
mission shall be resumed when the vessel leaves the port. Prior
notification is not required for vessels equipped with and trans­
mitting data via VMS (Vessel Monitoring System).

suspended subject

Article 7

Format for transmission of data from a vessel to the
competent authority of its flag State

Each Member State shall determine the format for the trans­
mission of data from vessels flying its flag to its competent
authorities.

Article 8

Return messages

Member States shall ensure that return messages are issued to
vessels flying their flag for each transmission of logbook, tran-
shipment and landing data. The return message shall contain an
acknowledgement of receipt.

CHAPTER III

EXEMPTIONS

Article 9

Exemptions

1.
A Member State may exempt masters of vessels flying its
flag from the obligations referred to in Article 4(1) and from
the obligation to have means of electronic data transmission on
board as referred to in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1966/2006 are absent from port for 24 hours or less within
the waters under its sovereignty or jurisdiction on condition
that they do not land their catch outside the territory of the
flag Member State.

2. Masters of Community fishing vessels that electronically
record and report data on their fishing activities shall be exempt
from the obligation to complete paper logbook,
landing and
transhipment declarations.

3. Masters of Community vessels, or their representatives,
that land their catch in a Member State other than the flag
Member State shall be exempt
to
submit a paper landing declaration to the coastal Member State.

from the requirement

5. Masters of Community vessels that record in their elec­
tronic logbooks the fishing effort information required under
Article 19b of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 shall be exempt
from the obligation to transmit effort reports by telex, by VMS,
by fax, by telephone or by radio.

CHAPTER IV

FUNCTIONING OF ELECTRONIC RECORDING AND
REPORTING SYSTEMS

Article 10

Provisions in the event of technical failure or non-
functioning of electronic recording and reporting systems

In the event of a technical failure or non-functioning of
1.
the electronic recording and reporting system the master or the
owner of the vessel or their representative shall communicate
logbook,
landing declaration and transhipment data to the
competent authorities of the flag Member State in a way estab­
lished by the flag Member State on a daily basis and no later
than 24.00 hours even when there are no catches. Data shall
also be sent:

(a) at the request of the competent authority of the flag State;

(b) immediately after

the last

fishing operation has been

completed;

(c) before entering into port;

(d) at the time of any inspection at sea;

(e) at the time of events defined in Community legislation or

by the flag State.

2.
The competent authorities of the flag Member State shall
update the electronic logbook immediately on receipt of the
data referred to in paragraph 1.

shall not

A Community fishing vessel

3.
leave a port,
following a technical failure or non-functioning of its electronic
recording and reporting system before it is functioning to the
satisfaction of the competent authorities of the flag Member
is otherwise authorised to leave by the
State or before it
competent authorities of
the flag Member State. The flag
Member State shall
immediately notify the coastal Member
State when it has authorised a vessel flying its flag to leave a
port in the coastal Member State.

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Article 11

Non-receipt of data

received data transmissions

1. When the competent authorities of a flag Member State
in accordance with
have not
Article 4(1) and (2) they shall notify the master or the owner
of the vessel or their representative thereof as soon as possible.
If, in respect of a particular vessel, this situation occurs more
than three times within a period of one year, the flag Member
the electronic reporting system in
State shall ensure that
question is checked. The Member State concerned shall inves­
tigate the matter in order to determine why data have not been
received.

Member State by the vessel concerned shall be prohibited
until the master or his representative can provide a copy of
the return message or information referred to in Article 6(1)
to the said authorities.

Article 13

Data on the functioning of the electronic reporting system

1. Member States shall maintain databases on the func­
tioning of
reporting system. They shall
contain at least the following information:

electronic

their

received data transmissions

2. When the competent authorities of a flag Member State
have not
in accordance with
Article 4(1) and (2) and the last position received through the
Vessel Monitoring System was from within the waters of a
coastal Member State they shall notify the competent authorities
of that coastal Member State thereof as soon as possible.

(a)

the list of fishing vessels flying their flag whose electronic
reporting systems have experienced technical failure or have
failed to function;

(b) the number of electronic logbook transmissions received per
day and the average number of transmissions received per
vessel, broken down by flag Member State;

3.
The master or the owner of the vessel or their represen­
tative shall send all data for which a notification was received in
accordance with paragraph 1 to the competent authorities of
the flag Member State immediately on receipt of the notifi­
cation.

(c)

number

the
declaration,
missions received, broken down by flag State.

transhipment
takeover declaration and sales note trans­

declaration,

landing

of

Article 12

Data access failure

Summaries of information on the functioning of Member
2.
States' electronic reporting systems
to the
Commission at its request in a format and at time intervals
to be decided in consultation between Member States and the
Commission.

shall be sent

1. When the competent authorities of a coastal Member
State observe a vessel flying the flag of another Member State
in their waters and cannot access logbook or transhipment data
in accordance with Article 15 they shall request the competent
authorities of the flag Member State to ensure access.

CHAPTER V

DATA EXCHANGE AND ACCESS

Article 14

2.
If the access referred to in paragraph 1 is not ensured
within four hours of the request, the coastal Member State
shall notify the flag Member State. On receipt of the notification
the flag Member State shall immediately send the data to the
coastal Member State by any available electronic means.

3.
If the coastal Member State does not receive the data
referred to in paragraph 2, the master or owner of the vessel
or their representative shall send the data and a copy of the
return message referred to in Article 8 to the competent au-
thorities of the coastal Member State on request and by any
available electronic means.

Format for exchange of information between Member
States

1.
Information shall be exchanged between Member States
using the format defined in the Annex from which extensible
mark-up language (XML) is derived.

Corrections to the information referred to in paragraph 1

2.
shall be clearly identified.

3. When a Member State receives electronic information
from another Member State it shall ensure that a return
message
that
Member State. The return message shall contain an acknowl­
edgement of receipt.

issued to the

authorities of

competent

is

If the master or owner of the vessel or their representative
4.
can not provide the competent authorities of
the coastal
Member State with a copy of the return message referred to
the coastal
fishing activities in the waters of
in Article 8,

4.
Data elements in the Annex that are mandatory for
masters to record in their logbook according to Community
rules shall also be mandatory in exchanges between Member
States.

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Article 15

Access to data

1.
A flag Member State shall ensure that a coastal Member
State has on-line access in real time to electronic logbook and
landing declaration data of vessels
flag when
conducting fishing operations in the waters under the sover­
eignty or
the coastal
jurisdiction or entering a port of
Member State.

flying its

2.
The data referred to in paragraph 1 shall at least cover the
data from the last departure from port to the time when the
landing is completed. Data from fishing operations for the
previous 12 months shall be made available on request.

The master of a Community fishing vessel shall have
3.
secure access
to his own electronic logbook information
stored in the database of the flag Member State on a 24-
hour, seven-days-a-week basis.

4.
A coastal Member State shall grant on-line access to its
logbook database to a fishery patrol vessel of another Member
State in the context of a joint deployment plan.

Article 16

Exchange of data between Member States

1.
Access to the data referred to in Article 15, paragraph 1
shall be by secure Internet connection on a 24-hour, seven-
days-a-week basis.

necessary measures to ensure that they are treated as confi­
dential;

(b) take all necessary technical measures to protect such data
against any accidental or illicit destruction, accidental loss,
deterioration, distribution or unauthorised consultation.

Article 17

Single authority

1.
In each Member State, a single authority shall be
responsible for transmitting, receiving, managing and processing
all data covered by this Regulation.

2. Member States shall exchange lists and contact details of
the authorities referred to in paragraph 1 and shall inform the
Commission thereof.

3.
Any changes in the information referred to in paragraphs
1 and 2 shall be communicated to the Commission and other
Member States without delay.

CHAPTER VI

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 18

Repeal

1.

Regulation (EC) No 1566/2007 is hereby repealed.

2. Member States shall exchange the relevant technical infor­
mation to ensure mutual access to electronic logbooks.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed

2.
as references to this Regulation.

3. Member States shall:

(a) ensure that data received according to this Regulation are
safely stored in computerised databases and take all

Article 19

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 November 2008.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX (1)

ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EXCHANGE FORMAT

No

Element or attribute name

Code

Description and content

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

ERS message

Start of message

ERS

Tag indicating start of the ERS message

Address

From

AD

Destination for the message (ISO alpha-3 country code)

FR

Country transmitting the data (ISO alpha-3 country code)

Message (record) number

RN

Serial number of the message (format CCC99999999)

Message (record) date

RD

Date of transmission of the message (YYYY-MM-DD)

Message (record) time

RT

Time of retransmission of the message (HH:MM in UTC)

Message type

TM

Type of message (Logbook: type = LOG, Acknowledgment: type
= RET, Correction: type = COR or sales notes: type = SAL)

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Test message

TS

Presence indicates message is a test message

CIF TEST

When message type is RET
(TM=RET)

RET is an Acknowledgement message

The following attributes need to
be specified

The message acknowledges the good or bad reception of the
message identified by RN

13

Sent message number

14

Return status

RN

RS

Serial number of
recipient FMC (CCC99999999)

the message being acknowledged by the

Indicates the status of the received message/report. The code list
will be placed at the EC website with a location to be specified

Reason for Rejection (if any)

RE

Free text giving an explanation for the rejection

15

16

17

18

When message is of type
COR
(TM=COR)

The following attributes need to
be specified

19

Original message number

20

Reason for correction

RN

RE

COR is a Correction message

The message is correcting a previous message, the information
contained inside the message fully replaces the previous message,
identified by RN

Message number of
CCC99999999)

the message being corrected (format

Code list to be found at
http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement_en.htm

C

C

O

C

O

(1) The present Annex replaces in full the Annex to the Regulation (EC) No 1566/2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation
of Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing.

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No

Element or attribute name

Code

Description and content

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

When message type: LOG
(TM=LOG)

The following attributes need to
be specified

LOG is a Logbook declaration

The LOG contains one or more of the following declarations
DEP, FAR, TRA, COE, COX, ENT, EXI, CRO, TRZ, (INS), DIS,
PRN, EOF, RTP, LAN

Start of log record

LOG

Tag indicating start of the logbook record

Vessel's Community fleet
register (CFR) number

IR

With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter
being the country of first registration within the EU and X being
a letter or a number

C

C

Vessel’s main identification

RC

International radio call sign

CIF CFR not up to date

Vessel’s external identification

XR

Side (hull) registration number of the vessel

Name of vessel

NA

Name of the vessel

Name of the master

30

Master address

MA

MD

Name of the master (any change during trip to be sent in next
LOG transmission)

Address of master (any change during trip to be sent in next
LOG transmission)

Country of registration

FS

Flag State of vessel registration. ISO alpha-3 country code

DEP: declaration element

Required on every departure from port,
message

to be sent

in next

Start of departure declaration

DEP

Tag indicating start of the departure from port declaration

Date

Time

Port name

DA

Date of departure (YYYY-MM-DD)

TI

Time of departure (HH:MM in UTC)

Port code (ISO alpha-2 country code + 3-letter port code). Port
code list (CCPPP) to be found at the EC website with a location
to be specified

O

O

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Code list to be found on the EC website with a location to be
specified

CIF effort reporting
required for intended
activity

Letter code according to FAO's ‘International Standard Statistical
Classification of the Fishing Gear’

CIF fishing activity
intended

SPE

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE)

CIF catch on board the
vessel

PO

AA

GE

38

Anticipated activity

39

Gear type

Catch on board sub-declaration
(list of species SPE sub-
declarations)

40

41

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No

Element or attribute name

Code

Description and content

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

42

43

FAR: fishing activity
declaration

Required by midnight on each day at sea or in response to
request from the Flag State

Start of fishing activity report
declaration

FAR

Tag indicating start of a fishing activity report declaration

C

44

Last report marker

45

Inspection marker

46

Date

LR

IS

DA

Marker that indicates that this is the last FAR report that will be
sent (LR=1)

CIF last message

Marker that indicates this fishing activity report was received
following an inspection carried out onboard the vessel. (IS=1)

CIF inspection occurred

Date for which fishing activities being reported whilst vessel at
sea (YYYY-MM-DD)

47

Time

TI

Start time of fishing activity (HH:MM in UTC)

48

Relevant area sub-declaration

RAS

Specified if no catch was made (for effort purposes). List of codes
for fishing and effort/conservation areas will be placed at the EC
website with a location to be specified. (See details of sub-elements
and attributes of RAS).

49

Fishing operations

FO

Number of fishing operations

50

Fishing time

DU

Duration of fishing activity in minutes — defined as fishing time
equals the number of hours spent at sea, minus the time spent in
transit
to, between and returning from the fishing grounds,
dodging, inactive or waiting for repair

CIF required (**)

51

Gear sub-declaration

GEA

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of GEA)

CIF any undertaken

52

Gear loss sub-declaration

GLS

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of GLS)

CIF required by the
rules (**)

Catch sub-declaration (list of
species SPE sub-declarations)

53

54

55

RLC: relocation declaration

SPE

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE)

CIF any fish caught

Used when catch (all or parts thereof) is transferred or moved
from shared fishing gear to a vessel or from a vessel's hold or its
fishing gear to a keep net, container or cage (outside the vessel)
in which the live catch is kept until landing

56

Start of relocation declaration

RLC

Tag indicating start of a relocation declaration

57

Date

58

Time

59

Receiving vessel CFR number

TI

IR

DA

Date of catch relocation whilst vessel at sea (YYYY-MM-DD)

Time of relocation (HH:MM in UTC)

With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter
being the country of first registration within the EU and X being
a letter or a number

CIF joint fishing operation
and EU vessel

60

Receiving vessel radio call sign

TT

International radio call sign of the receiving vessel

CIF joint fishing operation

C

O

CIF

O

C

CIF

CIF

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Element or attribute name

Code

Description and content

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

61

Flag State of receiving vessel

TC

Flag State of vessel taking the catch (ISO alpha-3-country code) CIF joint fishing operation

62

63

64

Other partner vessel(s) CFR
numbers

RF

With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter
being the country of first registration within the EU and X being
a letter or a number

CIF joint fishing operation
and partner is EU vessel

Other partner vessel(s) radio call
signs

TF

International radio call sign of the partner vessel(s)

CIF joint fishing operation
and other partners

Flag State(s) of other partner
vessel(s)

FC

Flag State of the partner vessel(s)

(ISO alpha-3 country code) CIF joint fishing operation

and other partners

65

Relocated to

66

POS sub-declaration

Catch sub-declaration (list of
species SPE sub-declarations)

RT

POS

SPE

3-letter code for relocation destination (Keep net: KNE, cage:
CGE, etc.) Codes will be placed on the EC website with a
location to be specified

Location of transfer (see details of sub-elements and attributes of
POS)

Amount of fish relocated (see details of sub-elements and attributes
of SPE)

TRA: transhipment
declaration

For every transhipment of catch, declaration required from both
donor and recipient

Start of transhipment
declaration

TRA

Tag indicating start of a transhipment declaration

71

Date

72

Time

DA

Start of TRA (YYYY-MM-DD)

TI

Start of TRA (HH:MM in UTC)

67

68

69

70

CIF

CIF

CIF

C

C

C

73

Relevant area sub-declaration

RAS

The geographical area in which the transhipment took place. The
list of codes for fishing and effort/conservation areas will be
placed on the EC website with a location to be specified. (See
details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS).

CIF took place at sea

74

Port name

PO

Port code (ISO alpha-2 country code + 3-letter port code). Port
code list (CCPPP) to be found at the EC website with a location
to be specified

CIF took place in port

75

Receiving vessel's CFR number

IR

With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter
being the country of registration within the EU and X being a
letter or a number

CIF fishing vessel

76

Transhipment: receiving vessel

TT

If donor vessel — International radio call sign of the receiving
vessel

77

Transhipment: Flag State of
receiving vessel

TC

If donor vessel — Flag State of vessel receiving the transhipment
(ISO alpha-3 country code)

C

C

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Element or attribute name

Code

Description and content

78

Donor vessel's CFR number

RF

With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter
being the country of first registration within the EU and X being
a letter or a number

79

Transhipment: (donor) vessel

TF

If receiving vessel — International radio call sign of the donor
vessel

80

Transhipment: Flag State of
donor vessel

FC

If receiving vessel — Flag State of the donor vessel (ISO alpha-3
country code)

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

CIF community vessel

C

C

81

POS sub-declaration

POS

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of POS)

CIF required (**) (NEAFC
or NAFO waters)

82

83

84

85

Catch transhipped (list of
species SPE sub-declarations)

SPE

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE)

COE: entry in zone
declaration

If fishing in stock recovery area or Western Waters

Start of Effort declaration: Entry
in zone

COE

Tag indicating start of an declaration on entry into the effort
zone

86

Date

DA

Date of entry(YYYY-MM-DD)

87

Time

TI

Time of entry(HH:MM in UTC)

88

Target specie(s)

TS

89

Relevant area sub-declaration

RAS

Species to be targeted whilst in zone (Demersal, Pelagic, Scallops,
Crabs).
Full
specified

list to be found at the EC website with a location to be

Geographical location of the vessel.
The list of codes for fishing and effort/conservation areas will be
placed at the EC website with a location to be specified. (See
details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS).

90

91

92

Catch on board sub-declaration
(list of species SPE sub-
declarations)

COX: exit from zone
declaration

Start of effort declaration: Exit
out of zone

SPE

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE)

If fishing in stock recovery area or Western Waters

COX

Tag indicating start of a declaration on exit of the effort zone

93

Date

DA

Date of exit (YYYY-MM-DD)

94

Time

TI

Time of exit (HH:MM in UTC)

C

C

C

C

C

C

O

C

C

C

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Element or attribute name

Code

Description and content

95

Target specie(s)

TS

Species to be targeted whilst in zone (Demersal, Pelagic, Scallops,
Crabs).
Full
specified

list to be found at the EC website with a location to be

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

CIF not conducting other
fishing activities

96

Relevant area sub-declaration

RAS

Geographical location of the vessel. The list of codes for fishing
and effort/conservation areas will be placed at the EC website
with a location to be specified. (See details of sub-elements and
attributes of RAS).

CIF not conducting other
fishing activities

97

98

99

100

101

Position sub-declaration

POS

Position of exit (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS)

Catch taken sub-declaration

SPE

Catch taken whilst in zone (see details of sub-elements and attributes
of SPE)

CRO: crossing of zone
declaration

Start of effort declaration:
crossing of a zone

If crossing stock recovery or Western Water zones

CRO

Tag indicating start of a declaration on crossing the effort zone
(no fishing operation). Only DA TI POS needs to be specified in
COE and COX declarations

102

Entry in zone declaration

COE

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of COE)

103

Exit from zone declaration

COX

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of COX)

104

105

106

TRZ: trans-zonal fishing
declaration

Start of Effort declaration:
trans-zonal fishing

If carrying out trans-zonal fishing

TRZ

Tag indicating start of a declaration on trans-zonal fishing

107

Entry declaration

COE

First entry (see details of sub-elements and attributes of COE)

108

Exit declaration

COX

Last exit (see details of sub-elements and attributes of COX)

109

110

INS: inspection declaration

To be provided by the authorities, but not the master

111

Start of inspection declaration

INS

Tag indicating start of an inspection sub-declaration

112

Country of inspection

113

Assigned inspector

IC

IA

ISO alpha-3 country code

For each state to provide a 4-digit number identifying their
inspector

114

Date

115

Time

DA

Date of inspection (YYYY-MM-DD)

TI

Time of inspection (HH:MM in UTC)

116

Position sub-declaration

POS

Position of inspection (see details of sub-elements and attributes of
POS)

C

O

C

C

C

C

C

C

O

O

O

O

O

O

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Code

Description and content

117

118

DIS: discard declaration

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

CIF required (**) (NEAFC,
NAFO)

119

Start of discard declaration

DIS

Tag containing details of fish discarded

120

Date

121

Time

DA

Date of discard (YYYY-MM-DD)

TI

Time of discard (HH:MM in UTC)

122

Position sub-declaration

POS

Position when discarded (see details of sub-elements and attributes of
POS)

123

Discarded fish sub-declaration

SPE

Discarded fish (see details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE)

C

C

C

C

C

124

125

PRN: prior notification of
return declaration

To be transmitted prior to return to port or if required by
Community rules

CIF required (**)

126

Start of prior notification

PRN

Tag indicating start of a prior notification declaration

127

Predicted date

PD

Intended date of arrival/crossing (YYYY-MM-DD)

128

Predicted time

PT

Intended time of arrival/crossing (HH:MM in UTC)

129

Port name

PO

Port code (2-letter country code (ISO alpha-2 country code) + 3-
letter port code). Port code list (CCPPP) to be found at the EC
website with a location to be specified

C

C

C

C

130

Relevant area sub-declaration

RAS

Fishing area to be used for prior notification of cod. List of codes
for fishing and effort/conservation areas will be placed at the EC
website with a location to be specified. (See details of sub-elements
and attributes of RAS).

CIF in the Baltic Sea

131

Predicted landing date

DA

Intended date of landing (YYYY-MM-DD) in the Baltic

CIF in the Baltic Sea

132

Predicted landing time

TI

Intended time of landing (HH:MM in UTC) in the Baltic

CIF in the Baltic Sea

133

Catch on board sub-declarations
(list of species SPE sub-
declarations)

SPE

Catch on board (if pelagic need ICES zone). (See details of the sub-
declaration SPE)

134

Position sub-declaration

POS

Position for entering/leaving area/zone. (See details of sub-elements
and attributes of POS).

135

136

137

EOF: end of fishing
declaration

To be transmitted immediately after last fishing operation and
before returning to port and landing fish

Start of Sign off of catch
declaration

EOF

Tag indicating completion of fishing operations prior to return
to port

138

Date

DA

Date signed off (YYYY-MM-DD)

C

CIF

C

C

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Code

Description and content

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

139

Time

TI

Time signed off (HH:MM in UTC)

140

141

142

RTP: return to port
declaration

To be transmitted on entry into port, after any PRN declaration
and before landing any fish

Start of return to port
declaration

RTP

Tag indicating the return to the harbour at the end of the fishing
trip

143

Date

144

Time

145

Port name

146

Reason for return

147

DA

Date of return (YYYY-MM-DD)

TI

Time of return (HH:MM in UTC)

PO

RE

Port code (ISO alpha-2 country code + 3-letter port code) list
(CCPPP) to be found at the EC website with a location to be
specified

Reason for returning to port (e.g. sheltering, taking on stores,
landing.) The list of reason codes will be placed at the EC website
with a location to be specified

148

LAN: landing declaration

To be transmitted after landing of catch

149

Start of landing declaration

LAN

Tag indicating start of a landing declaration

150

Date

151

Time

152

Sender type

153

Port name

DA

(YYYY-MM-DD – date of landing

TI

TS

PO

HH:MM in UTC – time of landing

3 letter code (MAS: master, REP: his representative, AGE: agent)

Port code (2-letter country code (ISO alpha-2 country code) +
3-letter port code). Port code list (CCPPP) to be found at the
EC website with a location to be specified

Catch landed sub-declaration
(list of SPE with PRO sub-
declarations)

SPE

Species, fishing areas, landed weights, related gears and presen­
tations (see details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE)

154

155

156

POS: position sub-declaration

157

Start of position sub-declaration

POS

Tag containing coordinates of the geographical position

158

Latitude (decimal)

159

Longitude (decimal)

LT

LG

Latitude expressed in accordance with the WGS84 format used
for VMS

Longitude expressed in accordance with the WGS84 format used
for VMS

160

C

C

C

C

C

CIF

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

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Element or attribute name

Code

Description and content

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

161

GEA: gear deployment
sub-declaration

162

Start of gear deployment
sub-declaration

GEA

Tag containing coordinates of the geographical position

163

Gear type

GE

Gear code according to FAO’s ‘International Standard Statistical
Classification of the Fishing Gear’

164

Mesh size

ME

Size of mesh (in millimetres)

165

Gear capacity

GC

Gear size and number

166

Fishing operations

FO

Number of fishing operations (hauls) per 24 hour period

167

Fishing time

DU

Number of hours the gear was deployed

C

C

CIF gear has mesh subject
to size requirement

CIF required for type of
gear deployed

CIF if vessel licensed to
fish deep sea stocks

CIF if vessel licensed to
fish deep sea stocks

168

Gear shot sub-declaration

GES

Gear shot sub-declaration (see details of sub-elements and attributes
of GES)

CIF required (**) (vessel
uses static or fixed gear)

169

Gear retrieved sub-declaration

GER

retrieved sub-declaration (see details of

Gear
attributes of GER)

sub-elements and

CIF required (**) (vessel
uses static or fixed gear)

170

Gillnet deployment
sub-declaration

GIL

Gillnet deployment sub-declaration (see details of sub-elements and
attributes of GIL)

CIF vessel has permits for
ICES Zones IIIa, IVa, IVb,
Vb, VIa, VIb, VIIb, c, j, k
and XII

171

Fishing depths

FD

A distance from water surface to the lowest part of the fishing
gear (in metres). Applies to vessels using towed gear, long lines
and fixed nets

CIF deep sea fishing and in
Norwegian waters

172

Average number of hooks used
on long lines

NH

The average number of hooks used on the long lines

CIF deep sea fishing and in
Norwegian waters

173

The average length of the nets

GL

The average length of nets when using fixed nets (in metres) CIF deep sea fishing and in

Norwegian waters

174

The average height of the nets

GD

The average height of nets when using fixed nets (in metres) CIF deep sea fishing and in

Norwegian waters

175

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Code

Description and content

176

GES: gear shot
sub-declaration

177

Start of position sub-declaration

GES

Tag containing gear shot info

178

Date

179

Time

DA

Date gear shot (YYYY-MM-DD)

TI

Time gear shot (HH:MM in UTC)

180

POS sub-declaration

POS

Position where gear shot (see details of sub-elements and attributes of
POS)

181

182

GER: gear retrieved
sub-declaration

183

Start of Position sub-declaration

GER

Tag containing gear retrieved info

184

Date

185

Time

DA

Date gear retrieved (YYYY-MM-DD)

TI

Time gear retrieved (HH:MM in UTC)

186

POS sub-declaration

POS

Position where gear
attributes of POS)

retrieved (see details of

sub-elements and

187

GIL Gillnet deployment
sub-declaration

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

CIF required by the
rules (**)

C

C

C

C

CIF required by the
rules (**)

C

C

C

C

CIF vessel has permits for
ICES Zones IIIa, IVa, IVb,
Vb, VIa, VIb, VIIb, c, j, k
and XII

188

Start of gillnet sub-declaration

GIL

Tag starting gillnet deployment

189

Nominal length of one net

NL

Information required to be recorded during each fishing trip (in
metres)

190

Number of nets

NN

Number of nets in a fleet

191

Number of fleets

FL

Number of fleets deployed

192

POS sub-declaration

POS

Position of each fleet deployment (see details of sub-elements and
attributes of POS)

193

Depth of each fleet deployed

FD

Depth for each fleet deployed (a distance from water surface to
the lowest part of the fishing gear)

Soak time of each fleet
deployed

ST

Soak time for each fleet deployed

194

195

C

C

C

C

C

C

196

GLS: gear loss sub-declaration

Loss of fixed gear

CIF required by the
rules (**)

197

Start of GLS sub-declaration

GLS

Data on fixed gear lost

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Element or attribute name

Code

Description and content

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

198

Date gear lost

DA

Date gear lost (YYYY-MM-DD)

199

Number of units

NN

Number of gears lost

200

POS sub-declaration

POS

Last known position of gear (see details of
attributes of POS)

sub-elements and

201

202

RAS: Relevant area
sub-declaration

RAS

Relevant area depending on the relevant reporting requirement –
at least one field should be filled in. List of codes will be placed
at the EC website with a location to be specified.

203

FAO area

FA

FAO area (e.g. 27)

204

FAO (ICES) sub-area

SA

FAO (ICES) sub-area (e.g. 3)

205

FAO (ICES) division

ID

FAO (ICES) division (e.g. d)

206

FAO (ICES) sub-division

207

Economic zone

208

Ices statistical rectangle

209

Fishing effort zone

SD

EZ

SR

FE

FAO (ICES) sub-division (e.g. 24)
above 27.3.d.24)

(Meaning together with the

Economic zone

ICES statistical rectangle (e.g. 49E6)

List of codes will be placed at the EC website with a location to
be specified.

210

Position sub-declaration

POS

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of POS).

211

212

SPE: species sub-declaration

Aggregate quantity by species

213

Start of SPE sub-declaration

SPE

Details of fish caught by species

214

Species name

SN

Name of the species (FAO alpha-3 code)

C

CIF

CIF

CIF

CIF

CIF

CIF

CIF

CIF

CIF

CIF

CIF

C

C

215

Weight of fish

WT

Depending on context this item to be either
1. Total weight of fish (in kilograms) in catch period
2. Total weight of fish (in kilograms) on board (aggregate) or
3. Total weight of fish (in kilograms) landed

CIF species not counted

216

Number of fish

NF

Number of fish (when catch have to be registered in numbers of
fish i.e. salmon, tuna)

217

Quantity held in nets

NQ

Estimate of quantity held in nets i.e. not in hold

218

Number held in nets

NB

Estimate of number of fish held in nets i.e. not in hold

219

Relevant area sub-declaration

RAS

The geographical area in which the majority of the catch was
taken.
List of codes will be placed at the EC website with a location to
be specified. (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS).

CIF

O

O

C

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Element or attribute name

Code

Description and content

220

Gear type

GE

Letter code according to FAO's ‘International Standard Statistical
Classification of the Fishing Gear’

221

Processing sub-declaration

PRO

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of PRO)

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

CIF landing declaration for
certain species and catch
areas only

CIF for landing (trans­
hipment) declaration

222

223

224

PRO: processing
sub-declaration

Start of Processing
sub-declaration

225

Fish freshness category

226

State of preservation

227

Presentation of fish

Processing/presentation for each specie landed

PRO

Tag containing fish processing details

FF

PS

PR

Fish freshness category (A, B, E)

Letter code for the state of the fish e.g. live, frozen, salted. List of
codes will be placed at the EC website with a location to be
specified

Letter code for the product presentation (reflects manner of
processing): use codes found at the EC website with a location
to be specified

C

C

C

C

228

Processing’s type of packaging

TY

3-letter code (CRT=cartons, BOX=boxes, BGS=bags, BLC=blocks)

CIF (LAN or TRA)

229

Number of packing units

NN

Number of packing units: cartoons, boxes, bags, containers,
blocks etc

CIF (for LAN or TRA)

230

Av weight per unit of packing

AW

Product weight (kg)

CIF (for LAN or TRA)

231

Conversion factor

CF

A numerical
weight into fish live weight

factor that is applied to convert fish processed

232

233 When message type is SAL

SAL is a Sales message

(TM=SAL)

234

The following attributes need to
be specified

A sale message may be either a sales note line or a take-over line

235

Start of sales record

SAL

Tag indicating start of sales record

236

Vessel's Community fleet
register number

IR

With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter
being the country of first registration within the EU and X being
a letter or a number

O

C

C

237

Vessel’s call sign

RC

International radio call sign

CIF CFR not up to date

238

Vessel’s external identification

XR

Side (hull) number of registration of the vessel that landed the
fish

239

Country of registration

FS

ISO alpha-3 country code

O

C

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Element or attribute name

Code

Description and content

240

Name of vessel

NA

Name of the vessel that landed the fish

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

O

CIF sale

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of SLI)

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of TLI)

CIF take-over

241

SLI declaration

242

TLI declaration

243

244

SLI: sales line declaration

SLI

TLI

245

Start of sales line declaration

SLI

Tag containing details of a consignment sale

246

Date

DA

Date of the sale (YYYY-MM-DD).

247

Sale country

248

Sale location

SC

SL

Country where the sale took place (ISO alpha-3 country code)

Port code list (CCPPP) to be found at the EC website with a
location to be specified

249

Name of seller

NS

Name of auction centre, other body or person selling the fish

250

Name of buyer

NB

Name of body or person buying the fish

251

Sales contract reference number

CN

Sales contract reference number

Source document
sub-declaration

Consignment sold sub-
declaration

252

253

254

SRC

(See details of sub-declaration and attributes of SRC)

CSS

(See details of sub-declaration and attributes of CSS)

255

SRC sub-declaration

Flag State authorities shall track back the source document based
on the vessel's logbook and landing data

256

Start of source document
sub-declaration

SRC

Tag containing details of
consignment sold

the

source document

for

the

257

Date of landing

DL

Date of landing (YYYY-MM-DD).

258

Country and port name

PO

Country and port name for place of landing. Country port code
list (CCPPP) to be found at the EC website with a location to be
specified

259

260

CSS sub-declaration

261

Start of consignment sold
sub-declaration

CSS

Tag containing details of the item sold

262

Species name

SN

Name of the species sold (FAO alpha-3 code)

263

Weight of fish sold

WT

Weight of fish sold (in kilograms)

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

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Element or attribute name

Code

Description and content

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

CIF

C

C

CIF

CIF

C

C

C

O

264

Number of fish sold

NF

Number of fish (when catch have to be registered in numbers of
fish i.e. salmon, tuna)

265

Fish price

FP

Price per kg

266

Currency of sale

267

Fish size category

CR

SF

Currency of price of sale. List of currency symbols/codes will be
placed at the EC website with a location to be specified

Size of fish (1-8; one size or kg, g, cm, mm or number of fish
per kg as appropriate)

268

Product destination (purpose)

PP

Codes for human consumption, carry-over,

industrial purposes

269

Relevant area sub-declaration

RAS

List of codes for fishing and effort/conservation areas will be
placed at the EC website with a location to be specified. (See
details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS).

270

PRO processing sub-declaration

PRO

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of PRO)

WD

Withdrawn through a producers' organisation (Y-yes, N-no, T –
temporarily)

List of codes will be placed at the EC website with a location to
be specified

Letter code for the state of the fish e.g. live, frozen, salted. List of
codes will be placed at the EC website with a location to be
specified.

CIF when temporarily
withdrawn

271

Withdrawn

272

P.O. Use code

273

State of preservation

274

275

TLI: take-over declaration

OP

PS

276

Start of TLI declaration

TLI

Tag for details of take-over event

277

Date

DA

Date of the take-over (YYYY-MM-DD).

278

Take-over country

279

Take-over location

SC

SL

Country where the take-over took place (ISO alpha-3 country
code)

Port code or place name (if not in port) where the take-over took
place – list to be found at the EC website with a location to be
specified
http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement_en.htm

280

Name of take-over organisation

NT

Name of the organisation that took-over the fish

281

Take-over contract reference
number

CN

Take-over contract reference number

282

SRC sub-declaration

SRC

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of SRC)

Consignment taken over sub-
declaration

CST

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of CST)

283

284

C

C

C

C

C

O

C

C

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Element or attribute name

Code

Description and content

Compulsory (C)/Compulsory if
(CIF) (*)/Optional (O) (**)

285

CST sub-declaration

286

Start of line for each
consignment taken over

CST

Tag containing detail line for each species taken over

287

Species name

SN

Name of the species sold (FAO alpha-3 code)

288

Weight of fish taken over

WT

Weight of fish taken over (in kilograms)

289

Number of fish taken over

290

Fish size category

NF

SF

Number of fish (when catch have to be registered in numbers of
fish i.e. salmon, tuna)

Size of fish (1-8; one size or kg, g, cm, mm or number of fish
per kg as appropriate)

291

Relevant area sub-declaration

RAS

List of codes for fishing and effort/conservation areas will be
placed at the EC website with a location to be specified. (See
details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS).

292

PRO processing sub-declaration

PRO

(See details of sub-elements and attributes of PRO)

C

C

C

CIF

C

O

C

Notes:

(*) Compulsory if required by the Community rules, international or bilateral agreements.
(**) When CIF does not apply then attribute is optional.
1. Character set definitions are available at http://europa.eu.int/idabc/en/chapter/556used for ERS should be: Western character set (UTF-8).
2. All Codes (or appropriate references) will be listed on the EC Fisheries website with a location to be specified:

http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control_enforcement_en.htm (including codes for corrections, ports, fishing areas, intentions on leaving port, reasons for returning to port,
type of fishing/target species, codes on entering conservation/effort zones and other codes or references.

3. All 3 character codes are XML elements (3-character code), all 2-character codes are XML attributes.
4. The XML sample files and the reference XSD definition of the above Annex will be placed on the EC website with a location to be specified.
5. All the weights in the table are expressed in kilograms and, if needed with up to two decimals of precision.