Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 741/2014 of 8 July 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 on the Community fishing fleet register
Date: 2014-07-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Croatia, EU Member State, accession to the European Union, disclosure of information, fishing fleet, fishing net, peripheral region




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9.7.2014   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 200/3








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 741/2014
of 8 July 2014
         
amending Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 on the Community fishing fleet register


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (1), and in particular Article 24(4) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 (2) lays down, inter alia, the obligations of Member States regarding the transmission of data on vessel characteristics and activity from their national registers to the Commission.












(2)


In order to ensure accurate and efficient information transfer of those fleet data, it is appropriate to update Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 as regards the country codes, the codes for fishing gear and the fleet segmentation codes to be used for the transmission of such data.












(3)


It is necessary to provide for a table of the country codes in order to facilitate the transmission of data pursuant to Articles 6 and 8 of the Regulation (EC) No 26/2004.












(4)


Following accession of Croatia, it is necessary to update Table 3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 concerning the codes for fishing gear by inserting a code for ‘harpoon’, which is used in the Croatian fleet as main or second gear.












(5)


Table 5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 should be updated by inserting certain fleet segment codes for outermost regions since Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004 (3), which provided for those codes, has exhausted its effects following the repeal of Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 (4). For the sake of clarity, it is also appropriate to add new fleet segmentation codes for Mayotte.












(6)


Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(7)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the tenth 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, 8 July 2014.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22.

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 on the Community fishing fleet register (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 5).

(3)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004 of 9 December 2004 laying down detailed implementing rules for Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions (OJ L 365, 10.12.2004, p. 19).

(4)  Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 of 30 March 2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions (OJ L 102, 7.4.2004, p. 9).




ANNEX
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 is amended as follows:






(1)


The following Table 1a is inserted after Table 1:

‘Table 1a


Country codes for Member States







Member States


Country Code




Belgique/België


BEL




България


BGR




Danmark


DNK




Deutschland


DEU




Eesti


EST




Éire/Ireland


IRL




Ελλάδα


GRC




España


ESP




France


FRA




Hrvatska


HRV




Italia


ITA




Κύπρος


CYP




Latvija


LVA




Lietuva


LTU




Malta


MLT




Nederland


NLD




Polska


POL




Portugal


PRT




România


ROM




Slovenija


SVN




Suomi/Finland


FIN




Sverige


SWE




United Kingdom


GBR’














(2)


Table 3 is replaced by the following:

‘Table 3


Code for fishing gear










Gear Category


Gear


Code


Static (S) or towed (T) or mobile gear (M)


Pelagic (P) or demersal (D)




Surrounding nets


Purse seines


PS


M


P




Lampara nets


LA


M


P




Seines


Beach seines


SB


T


D/P




Danish seines


SDN


T


D/P




Scottish seines


SSC


T


D/P




Pair seines


SPR


T


D/P




Trawls


Beam trawl


TBB


T


D




Bottom otter trawl


OTB


T


D




Bottom pair trawls


PTB


T


D




Midwater otter trawls


OTM


T


D/P




Pelagic pair trawls


PTM


T


D/P




Otter twin trawls


OTT


T


D/P




Dredges


Boat dredges


DRB


T


D




Hand dredges used on board a vessel


DRH


T


D




Mechanised dredges including suction dredges


HMD


T


D




Lift nets


Boat-operated lift nets


LNB


M


P




Shore-operated stationary lift nets


LNS


M


P




Gill nets and entangling nets


Set (anchored) gill nets


GNS


S


D




Driftnet


GND


S


D/P




Encircling gill nets


GNC


S


D/P




Trammel nets


GTR


S


D/P




Combined trammel and gill nets


GTN


S


D/P




Traps


Pots (traps)


FPO


S


D




Hook and lines


Hand lines and pole lines (hand operated)


LHP


S


D/P




Hand lines and pole lines (mechanised)


LHM


S


D/P




Set longlines


LLS


S


D




Longlines (drifting)


LLD


S


P




Troll lines


LTL


M


P




Grappling and Wounding


Harpoons


HAR


M


P




Gear unknown (1)



 


NK


 


 




No gear (2)



 


NO


 


 














(3)


Table 5 is replaced by the following:

‘Table 5


Segmentation codes







1.   Date of event before 31.12.2002






Fleet


Segment codes




Member States


MAGP codes




2.   Date of event from 1.1.2003






Fleet segments


Segment codes





Mainland



MFL





Aquaculture



AQU





Spain — outermost regions:





Canary Islands. Length < 12 m. EU waters


CA1




Canary Islands. Length > 12 m. EU waters


CA2




Canary Islands. Length > 12 m. International and third country waters


CA3





France — outermost regions:





Réunion. Demersal and pelagic species. Length < 12 m


4FC




Réunion. Pelagic species. Length > 12 m


4FD




French Guiana. Demersal and and pelagic species. Length < 12 m


4FF




French Guiana. Shrimp vessels.


4FG




French Guiana. Pelagic species. Offshore vessels.


4FH




Martinique. Demersal and pelagic species. Length < 12 m


4FJ




Martinique. Pelagic species. Length > 12 m


4FK




Guadeloupe. Demersal and pelagic species. Length < 12 m


4FL




Guadeloupe. Pelagic species. Length > 12 m


4FM




Mayotte. Seiners


4FN




Mayotte. Mechanical long-liners < 23 m.


4FO




Mayotte. Demersal and pelagic species. Vessels < 10 m


4FP





Portugal — outermost regions:





Madeira. Demersal species. Length < 12 m


4K6




Madeira. Demersal and pelagic species. Length > 12 m


4K7




Madeira. Pelagic species. Length > 12 m


4K8




Azores. Demersal species. Length < 12 m


4K9




Azores. Demersal and pelagic species. Length > 12 m


4KA’










(1)  Not valid for vessels in fleet or reported from 1 January 2003.

(2)  Valid only for subsidiary fishing gear.’