Commission staff working document - Annex I to the annual report from the Commission to the council and the european Parliament on Member States' efforts during 2007 to achieve a sustainable balance between fishing capacity and fishing opportunities
Date: 2009-01-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, fishery management, fishing fleet, fishing industry, fishing regulations, report, sustainable development

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 12.1.2009 
SEC(2008) 3108 

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT 

Annex I to the 
ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE 
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 
on Member States' efforts during 2007 to achieve a sustainable balance between fishing 
capacity and fishing opportunities 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

FLEET MANAGEMENT UNDER THE COMMON FISHERIES POLICY ........................................................4 

Entry-exit regime ____________________________________________________________________ 4 

Reference Levels for the mainland fleet__________________________________________________ 5 

Management of fleet reference levels in the outermost regions _______________________________ 5 

Community Fishing Fleet Register ______________________________________________________ 5 

Evolution of Community fishing fleet capacity ____________________________________________ 6 

SUMMARY TABLES AND GRAPHS........................................................................................................7 

Table 1: Compliance with the entry-exit ceiling at 31 December 2007 (except outermost regions) __ 7 

Figure 1: Overall trend of the Community fleet capacity ceiling (except outermost regions) ______ 8 

Table 2: Compliance with Reference Levels at 31 December 2007 (except outermost regions) _____ 9 

Figure 2: Overall trend of the Community fleet reference levels ____________________________ 10 

Table 3: Fleet capacity variations between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2007 (except outermost 

regions) ___________________________________________________________________________ 11 

Table 4: Fleet capacity variations between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2007 in the outermost 

regions ____________________________________________________________________________ 12 

Figure 3: Trend in the number of EU fishing vessels between 1992 and 2007 __________________ 13 

Figure 4: Trend in the EU fishing fleet capacity in terms of tonnage between 1992 and 2007 _____ 13 

Figure 5: Trend in the EU fishing fleet capacity in terms of power (kW) between 1992 and 2007 _ 14 

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FLEET MANAGEMENT UNDER THE COMMON FISHERIES POLICY 

Entry-exit regime 

From  1  January  2003  Member  States  have  been  obliged  to  respect  a  strict  entry-exit  regime 
applying  to  the  capacity  of  their  mainland  fleets1,  measured  in  terms  of  both  tonnage  and  power. 
Any entry of capacity into the fleet of a Member State has to be compensated by the previous exit 
of  at  least  the  same  amount  of  capacity  (entry  to  exit  ratio  of  1:1).  The  only  exception  being 
capacity increases resulting from works to improve safety, hygiene or living and working conditions 
on board in accordance with Article 11(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. For entries of 
new vessels between 100 and 400 GT built with public aid (the administrative decisions granting 
aid  were  possible  only  until  31  December  2004)  the  Member  State  has  to  withdraw  35%  more 
capacity than it introduces (entry to exit ratio of 1:1.35). 

Another  important  rule  is  that  capacity  leaving  the fleet with public aid cannot be replaced. Such 
capacity  is  subtracted  directly  from  the  maximum  fleet  capacity  of  each  Member  State.  Capacity 
reductions supported with public aid are therefore permanent. 

In July 2007 the Council adopted an amendment to the fleet management provisions which allows 
Member States, with  effect from 1 January 2007, to  re-allocate 4% of the capacity scrapped with 
public  aid  in  order  to  improve  safety  on  board,  working  conditions,  hygiene  and  product  quality. 
The  amendment  also  includes  the  possibility  to  re-allocate  for  the  purpose  of  the  aforementioned 
safety  improvements  4%  of  the  average  annual  tonnage  withdrawn  with  public  aid  between  1 
January  2003  and  31  December  2006  for  Member  States  that  were  part  of  the  Community  on  1 
January 2003, and between 1 May 2004 and 31 December 2006 for the Member States that acceded 
to the Community on 1 May 2004. These amendments have slightly increased the tonnage ceilings 
for most Member States. 

All  of  this  means  that,  as  a  general  rule,  the  capacity  of  the  national  fleets  cannot  increase  with 
respect to its levels on 1 January 2003, for 'EU 15' Member States and on the accession date for the 
Member States, which acceded to the Community after 2003. 

In  practice  this  is  likely  to  be  the  case.  However,  in  accordance  with  Articles  6,  6a,  7  and  7a  of 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1438/2003, the implementing rules for the fleet policy allow for 
the registration of vessels outside the framework of the entry-exit regime if administrative decisions 
have been adopted by the national authorities: 

a)  between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2002 for those vessels to enter the fleet after 1 

January 2003 in 'EU 15' Member States and,  

b)  up  to  five  years  before  the  accession  date  for  those  vessels  joining  the  fleet  of  Member 

States which acceded to the Community after 1 January 2003. 

The combination of these rules results in the calculation by the Commission of a variable capacity 
ceiling for the fleet of each Member State, excluding the fleets registered in the outermost regions. 
The sum of all Member States capacity ceilings is compared to the total capacity of the Community 
fleet  since  1  January  2003  in  figure  1.  Detailed  results  per  Member  State  are  available  on  the 
website of Directorate General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs. 

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For fleets registered in outermost regions, rules are slightly different (see below). 

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The  capacity  of  each  Member  State  in  relation  to  its  capacity  ceiling  on  31  December  2007  is 
shown in Table 1. 

Reference Levels for the mainland fleet 

The reference levels for the fleets of Member States are the sum of the global final objectives of the 
Fourth  Multi-annual  Guidance  Programme  (MAGP  IV)  as  established  by  Article  12  of  Council 
Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. Since the reference levels are a legacy of MAGP IV2 (period 1997- 
2002),  the  Council  decided  that  they  would  not  apply  to  the  'EU  10'  Member  States  (Council 
Regulation (EC) No 1242/20043). Member States may not exceed their reference levels at any time. 

In the same way as it is done for the entry exit regime, the reference levels are revised to take into 
account  the  amount  of  capacity  scrapped,  the  increase  in  tonnage  under  the  provisions  of  Article 
11(5) of Regulation 2371 and the 35% extra capacity withdrawn for new vessels of 100 GT or more 
built with public aid after 1 January 2003.  

For  the  'EU  15'  Member  States,  the  comparison  between  the  capacity  of  their  fleets  and  the 
reference levels is shown in figure 2. For the majority of the 'EU 15' Member States, the reference 
levels  are  in  fact  much  greater  than  the  capacity  ceilings  resulting  from  the  entry-exit  regime, 
which makes the former irrelevant. Detailed results per Member State are available on the website 
of Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. 

Management of fleet reference levels in the outermost regions 

The  fishing  fleets  registered  in  the  Community  outermost  regions,  namely  the  French  Overseas 
Departments, the Spanish Canary Islands and the Portuguese Azores and Madeira have to comply 
with  specific  reference  levels  for  these  regions  in  accordance  with  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No 
639/20044 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/20045. 

Community Fishing Fleet Register 

In  2004,  the  new  Community  Fleet  Register  (CFR)  was  set  up  in  accordance  with  Commission 
Regulation (EC) No 26/2004. The more comprehensive CFR was necessary in order to follow up 
the new CFP rules for managing the fishing capacity of the EU fleet which entered into force on 1st 
January  2003.  This  system,  following  the  2002  CFP  reform,  gives  more  responsibility  to  the 
Member  States  in  achieving  a  better  balance  between  the  fishing  capacity  of  their  fleets  and  the 
available resources. 

The  CFR  is  the  main  tool  for  monitoring  the  fishing  fleet.  In  accordance  with  Commission 
Regulation  (EC)  No  26/2004,  Member  States  are  obliged  on  a  quarterly  basis  to  transmit 
electronically all relevant information ("snapshots" shall be sent on the first working day of March, 
June,  September  and  December)  on  the  characteristics  of  88,236  (on  31  December  2007) 
commercial  fishing  vessels,  together  with  information  on  entries  to  and  exits  from  the  fleet. 
Furthermore,  the  CFR  is  managed  via  a  web-based  application,  called  the  Community  Fleet 
Register On the Net (FRONT). The FRONT is also available for the general public on the following 
web page: http://ec.europa.eu/comm/fisheries/fleet/index.cfm 

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4th Multiannual Guidance Programs 
Council Regulation (EC) No 1242/2004 (OJ L 236 of 7 July 2004, p. 1 – 2)  
Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 (OJ L 102 of 7 April 2004, p. 9 – 11) 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004 (OJ L 365 of 10 December 2004, p. 19 – 21) 

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It is important to note that all information which is provided in this Annex and can be found on the 
"Europa" site6 has been taken from the CFR, with the exception of: 

–  data on entries corresponding to administrative decisions taken by national authorities before 1 
January 2003 (or accession date for Member States which acceded after 1 January 2003) and for 
which the special transitional provisions established in the regulation apply; 

–  data on exits with public aid in some cases where this information was not available.  

Only in these two cases has the information been taken directly from the Member States. 

Evolution of Community fishing fleet capacity 

Figures 4, 5 and 6 aim at providing a historical perspective for the evolution of fishing capacity in 
the  Community.  They  are  based  on  the  data  available  in  the  CFR  and  comprise  the  whole 
Community  fleet,  including  the  vessels  registered  in  the  outermost  regions.  They  show  the 
evolution of the capacity of the Community fishing fleet since 1992. The graph for tonnage needs to 
be interpreted with care since the tonnage measurement units have changed over the period covered; 
this may be easily appreciated during the years 1999 to 2001. Despite this shortcoming these graphs 
show  a  steady  but  modest  decline  in  fleet  capacity  in  terms  of  tonnage  and  power  and  a  slightly 
greater  reduction  in  terms  of  number  of  vessels.  It  may  also  be  noticed  that  the  successive 
enlargements have moderately increased the overall fishing capacity, but the global reduction trend 
has remained unchanged. 

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http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/fleet/index.cfm?method=FM_Reporting.AnnualReport 

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 SUMMARY TABLES AND GRAPHS 

Table 1: Compliance with the entry-exit ceiling at 31 December 2007 (except outermost regions) 

Fleet capacity
A

GT
Entry/Exit ceiling
B
at 31-12-2007

A/B

Fleet capacity
C

kW
Entry/Exit ceiling
D
at 31-12-2007

C/D

Member State

Belgium
Bulgaria
Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Ireland
Greece
Spain
France
Italy
Cyprus
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovenia
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom
   Total at 31-12-2007

19.292
8.332
76.419
68.540
19.329
66.135
90.641
435.760
192.506
198.581
4.998
33.695
60.965
15.040
146.564
29.963
92.818
2.426
970
15.994
43.325
212.880
1.835.174

21.447
8.351
93.288
71.105
23.961
84.716
93.600
441.763
194.293
202.592
11.436
40.755
74.061
16.363
175.766
43.842
98.973
2.473
1.057
18.276
45.254
235.084
1.998.455

NB : Data extracted from the Community Fleet Register on 09-10-2008
Bold Italic indicates that the ceiling has been exceeded. 

60.620
63.048
276.440
159.614
49.118
195.996
517.843
991.847
825.161
1.161.781
39.240
57.160
68.969
97.523
333.036
96.693
317.947
8.107
10.352
167.729
213.931
859.854
6.572.007

60.720
63.173
327.646
167.133
58.032
231.746
524.224
1.019.734
846.063
1.205.636
50.444
65.701
75.721
125.986
384.630
111.388
328.123
8.147
10.974
183.723
221.161
927.993
6.998.097

99,84%
99,80%
84,37%
95,50%
84,64%
84,57%
98,78%
97,27%
97,53%
96,36%
77,79%
87,00%
91,08%
77,41%
86,59%
86,81%
96,90%
99,50%
94,33%
91,29%
96,73%
92,66%
93,91%

89,95%
99,77%
81,92%
96,39%
80,67%
78,07%
96,84%
98,64%
99,08%
98,02%
43,70%
82,68%
82,32%
91,91%
83,39%
68,34%
93,78%
98,12%
91,80%
87,51%
95,74%
90,55%
91,83%

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Figure 1: Overall trend of the Community fleet capacity ceiling (except outermost regions) 

Tonnage of the Community fleet compared to its tonnage ceiling.

Trend between 01-Jan-03 and 31-Dec-07

2.200

2.100

2.000

1.900

1.800

1.700

1.600

1.500

1.400

1.300

1.200

1.100

1.000

1.1.03

1.7.03

1.1.04

1.7.04

1.1.05

1.7.05

1.1.06

1.7.06

1.1.07

1.7.07

GT Ceiling

GT capacity (1000)

Engine power (kW) of the Community fleet compared to its power ceiling.
Trend between 01-Jan-03 and 31-Dec-07

8.000

7.800

7.600

7.400

7.200

7.000

6.800

6.600

6.400

6.200

6.000

5.800

5.600

5.400

5.200

5.000

1.1.03

1.7.03

1.1.04

1.7.04

1.1.05

1.7.05

1.1.06

1.7.06

1.1.07

1.7.07

kW Ceiling

kW capacity (1000)

(NB: Situation as registered in the Community Fleet Register on 09-10-2008)
Note: Increase of the overall fleet capacity on 1 May 2004 is due to the accession of the 'EU 10' Member States

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Table 2: Compliance with Reference Levels at 31 December 2007 (except outermost regions) 

Fleet capacity
A

GT
Reference level
B
at 31-12-2007

A/B

Fleet capacity
C

kW

Reference level

D
at 31-12-2007

C/D

19.292
76.419
68.540
66.135
90.641
435.760
192.506
198.581
146.564
92.818
15.994
43.325
212.880
1.659.455

21.447
122.775
84.250
84.716
107.215
667.808
211.627
209.062
204.103
160.830
21.674
50.458
268.071
2.214.037

89,95%
62,24%
81,35%
78,07%
84,54%
65,25%
90,97%
94,99%
71,81%
57,71%
73,79%
85,86%
79,41%
74,95%

60.620
276.440
159.614
195.996
517.843
991.847
825.161
1.161.781
333.036
317.947
167.729
213.931
859.854
6.081.798

60.720
420.854
175.883
231.746
584.387
1.521.355
854.220
1.242.230
490.454
384.103
209.769
254.296
1.077.850
7.507.865

99,84%
65,69%
90,75%
84,57%
88,61%
65,19%
96,60%
93,52%
67,90%
82,78%
79,96%
84,13%
79,77%
81,01%

Member State

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Ireland
Greece
Spain
France
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom
    Total at 31-12-2007

NB : Data extracted from the Community Fleet Register on 09-10-2008

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Figure 2: Overall trend of the Community fleet reference levels  
(Only for the Member States concerned, except the outermost regions) 

Tonnage of the Community fleet compared to its reference level.

            Trend between 01-Jan-03 and 31-Dec-07

3.000
2.800
2.600
2.400
2.200
2.000
1.800
1.600
1.400
1.200
1.000
800
600
400
200
0
1.1.03

9.000

8.500

8.000

7.500

7.000

6.500

6.000

5.500

5.000

4.500

4.000

3.500

3.000

2.500

2.000

GT Reference Level

GT capacity (1000)

1.7.03

1.1.04

1.7.04

1.1.05

1.7.05

1.1.06

1.7.06

1.1.07

1.7.07

Engine power (kW) of the Community fleet compared to its reference level.
       Trend between 01-Jan-03 and 31-Dec-07

kW Reference Level

kW capacity (1000)

1.1.03

1.7.03

1.1.04

1.7.04

1.1.05

1.7.05

1.1.06

1.7.06

1.1.07

1.7.07

         NB : Situation as registered in the Community Fleet Register on 09-10-2008

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Table 3: Fleet capacity variations between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2007 (except outermost regions) 

Member States N° of vessels

GT

kW

N° of vessels

GT

kW

N° of vessels

∆ GT

∆ GT in %

∆ kW

∆ kW in %

EU-15 :

01-01-2003

31-12-2007

Fleet capacity variations

BE
DK
DE
IE
EL
ES
FR
IT
NL
PT
FI
SE
UK

Total

132
3.813
2.244
2.088
19.150
13.628
5.712
15.753
779
8.209
3.572
1.814
7.422
84.316

24.363
103.218
66.844
87.290
101.769
465.580
212.032
216.114
183.669
99.701
19.805
45.918
241.001
1.867.304

68.304
366.318
161.045
242.996
592.100
1.146.141
910.753
1.277.046
418.521
332.423
190.149
225.304
942.376
6.873.475

102
2.961
1.871
1.924
17.580
11.898
5.179
13.812
730
7.420
3.162
1.530
6.778
74.947

19.292
76.419
68.540
66.135
90.641
435.760
192.506
198.581
146.564
92.818
15.994
43.325
212.880
1.659.455

EU-10 :

01-05-2004

31-12-2007

EE
CY
LV
LT
MT
PL
SI

BG
RO

Total

Total

New :

1054
901
898
308
2251
1283
176
6.871

2533
436
2.969

26.613
11.987
44.447
76.738
16.452
58.872
1.057
236.167

01-01-2007

8.245
2.357
10.602

64.967
52.960
74.273
80.718
126.664
160.981
10.974
571.537

62.293
7.680
69.973

964
867
879
251
1385
867
179
5.392

2536
439
2.975

19.329
4.998
33.695
60.965
15.040
29.963
970
164.960

31-12-2007

8.332
2.426
10.759

60.620
276.440
159.614
195.996
517.843
991.847
825.161
1.161.781
333.036
317.947
167.729
213.931
859.854
6.081.798

49.118
39.240
57.160
68.969
97.523
96.693
10.352
419.054

63.048
8.107
71.155

Total EU fishing fleet at 31-12-2007

77.922

1.670.214

6.152.953

NB : Data extracted from the Community Fleet Register on 09-10-2008

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-30
-852
-373
-164
-1.570
-1.730
-533
-1.941
-49
-789
-410
-284
-644
-9.369

-90
-34
-19
-57
-866
-416
3
-1479

3
3
6

-5.071
-26.799
1.696
-21.155
-11.129
-29.821
-19.525
-17.532
-37.105
-6.883
-3.811
-2.593
-28.121
-207.849

-20,81%
-25,96%
2,54%
-24,24%
-10,94%
-6,41%
-9,21%
-8,11%
-20,20%
-6,90%
-19,24%
-5,65%
-11,67%
-11,13%

Fleet capacity variations

-7.284
-6.989
-10.753
-15.773
-1.412
-28.909
-87
-71.207

-27,37%
-58,31%
-24,19%
-20,55%
-8,58%
-49,10%
-8,20%
-30,15%

-7.684
-89.878
-1.431
-46.999
-74.257
-154.294
-85.592
-115.264
-85.485
-14.476
-22.420
-11.373
-82.522
-791.676

-15.849
-13.720
-17.112
-11.750
-29.142
-64.289
-622
-152.483

-11,25%
-24,54%
-0,89%
-19,34%
-12,54%
-13,46%
-9,40%
-9,03%
-20,43%
-4,35%
-11,79%
-5,05%
-8,76%
-11,52%

-24,39%
-25,91%
-23,04%
-14,56%
-23,01%
-39,94%
-5,67%
-26,68%

Fleet capacity variations

87
69
156

1,05%
2,95%
1,47%

756
426
1.182

1,21%
5,55%
1,69%

 
 
Table 4: Fleet capacity variations between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2007 in the outermost regions 

Member State

Segment 
code*

Number of 
vessels

GT

kW

Number of 
vessels

GT

kW

Number of 
vessels

∆ GT

∆ GT in %

∆ kW

∆ kW in %

01/01/2003

31/12/2007

Fleet capacity variations

Spain

France

Portugal

CA1
CA2
CA3

Total

4FC
4FD
4FF
4FG
4FH
4FJ
4FK
4FL
4FM

Total

4K6
4K7
4K8
4K9
4KA

Total

Total EU outermost regions

1.083
100
133
1.316

248
46
85
63
5
1.097
8
915
1
2.468

422
51
5
1475
115
2.068
5.852

2.117
4.019
46.202
52.338

343
4.174
324
7.199
288
2.071
848
2.465
12
17.723

400
3.622
193
2.266
10.047
16.529
86.589

16.492
14.749
84.116
115.358

10.943
13.553
4.513
20.172
1.010
59.005
2.598
96.814
220
208.828

2.729
12.746
1.006
20.428
29.489
66.398
390.583

953
83
67
1.103

238
53
119
54
5
1.079
4
858
0
2.410

417
48
5
634
110
1.214
4.727

1.947
3.514
26.902
32.363

404
5.039
466
6.068
143
1.891
370
2.426
0
16.808

472
3.371
208
1.676
8.158
13.884
63.055

16.416
12.308
39.370
68.094

13.036
17.056
5.780
17.057
577
72.890
1.373
111.026
0
238.795

3.710
11.770
1.170
23.110
24.361
64.121
371.010

-130
-17
-66
-213

-10
7
34
-9
0
-18
-4
-57
-1
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14,68%
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35,92%
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16,32%
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Figure 5: Trend in the EU fishing fleet capacity in terms of power (kW) between 1992 and 
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