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Title: COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/… establishing the list of mandatory research surveys at sea and thresholds as part of the multiannual Union programme for the collection and management of data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors from 2022

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/…
            
            
               of 27.4.2021
            
            
               establishing the list of mandatory research surveys at sea and thresholds as part of the multiannual Union programme for the collection and management of data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors from 2022
            
            
               THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
            
            
               Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
            
            
               Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on the establishment of a Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the common fisheries policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008
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               , and in particular the first and third subparagraphs of Article 4(1) thereof,
            
            
                
            
            
               Whereas:
            
            
               (1)Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council
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                requires the Member States to collect the biological, environmental, technical and socioeconomic data that are necessary for fisheries management.
            
            
               (2)Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 requires the Commission to establish a multiannual Union programme for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector (EU MAP).
            
            
               (3)The EU MAP is necessary for Member States to specify and plan their data collection activities in their national work plans. It sets out a detailed list of data requirements for the collection and management of biological, environmental and socioeconomic data, lists mandatory surveys at sea and sets thresholds for data collection. The EU MAP for 2020-2021 was adopted by Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/910
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                and Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/909
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               . Both decisions expire on 31 December 2021.
            
            
               (4)This Decision therefore establishes the list of mandatory research surveys at sea and thresholds below which it is not mandatory for Member States to collect data from their fishing and aquaculture activities or carry out surveys at sea, as referred to in Article 5(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 from 1 January 2022. It also lays down the areas of marine regions for the purposes of data collection as referred to in Article 9(11) of that Regulation (EU) 2017/1004. 
            
            
               (5)The Commission has consulted the relevant regional coordination groups and the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries in line with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004. 
            
            
               (6)This decision is to be read in conjunction with Commission Delegated Decision (EU) […] which repeals Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/910 and lays down detailed arrangements on the collection and management of biological, environmental, technical and socioeconomic data by Member States, as referred to in Article 5(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004, from 1 January 2022.
            
            
               (7)For reasons of legal certainty, Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/909 should be repealed with effect from 1 January 2022.
            
            
               (8)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
            
            
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
            
            
               Article 1
            
            
               The list of mandatory research surveys at sea, the definitions of geographical areas applicable for the collection of Union fisheries data and thresholds below which it is not mandatory for Member States to collect data from their fishing and aquaculture activities or carry out surveys at sea from 2022 is set out in the Annex to this Decision. The list of surveys and thresholds form part of the multiannual Union programme for the collection and management of data in the fisheries sector, as referred to in points (b) and (c) of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004.
            
         
         
            
               Article 2
            
            
               Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/909 is repealed.
            
            
               Article 3
            
            
               This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. 
            
            
               It shall apply from 1 January 2022.
            
            
               Done at Brussels, 27.4.2021
            
            
               
                     For the Commission
               
               
                     The President
                     Ursula VON DER LEYEN
               
            
         
         
            
                  
                     (1)
                  
                        
                  OJ L 157, 20.6.2017, p. 1
                  .
               
               
                  
                     (2)
                  
                        Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (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 (
                  OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22
                  ).
               
               
                  
                     (3)
                  
                        Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/910 of 13 March 2019 establishing the multiannual Union programme for the collection and management of biological, environmental, technical and socioeconomic data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors (
                  OJ L 145, 4.6.2019, p. 27
                  ).
               
               
                  
                     (4)
                  
                        Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/909 of 18 February 2019 establishing the list of mandatory research surveys and thresholds for the purposes of the multiannual Union programme for the collection and management of data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors (
                  OJ L 145, 4.6.2019, p. 21
                  ).
               
            
      
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               CHAPTER I
            
            
               Research surveys at sea
            
            
               1.The research surveys at sea listed in table 1 below shall be carried out, as a minimum, unless a scientific review of surveys concludes that one or more of those surveys are no longer appropriate for informing stock assessment and fisheries management. New surveys may be added to the table on the basis of the same review criteria.
            
            
               In the national work plans referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014
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               , Member States shall set out the research surveys at sea to be carried out and shall be responsible for these surveys.
            
            
               Member States’ national work plans, or regional work plans where applicable, shall ensure continuity with previous survey designs.
            
            
               2.It is not mandatory for Member States to participate (physically or financially) in single‑species research surveys at sea where:
            
            
               (a)their share of a Union total allowable catch (TAC) for the main target species (as listed in the table) is below 3% unless another threshold of up to 5% is agreed at marine region level; or
            
            
               (b)where no TAC is fixed, their share of the relevant total Union landings is below 3% in the 3 preceding years unless another threshold of up to 5% is agreed at marine region level.
            
            
               3.For multispecies and ecosystem surveys, thresholds may be set at marine region level.
            
            
               4.Member States contributing to international research surveys shall coordinate their efforts within the same marine region.
            
            
               Table 1
            
            
               Research surveys at sea
            
            
                     
                        Name of survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Acronym
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Area(s)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Main target species
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Regional coordination group (RCG) governance
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Baltic Sea (ICES areas 3aS, 3b-d)
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Baltic International Trawl Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        BITS_Q1
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3aS, 3b-d
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        BLL COD DAB FLE HER PLE TUR
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Baltic RCG
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Baltic International Trawl Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        BITS_Q4
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3aS, 3b-d
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        BLL COD DAB FLE HER PLE TUR
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Baltic International Acoustic Survey (autumn)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        BIAS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3a, 3b-d
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        HER SPR
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Gulf of Riga Acoustic Herring Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        GRAHS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3d
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        HER
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Sprat Acoustic Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SPRAS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3d
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SPR
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Rügen Herring Larvae Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        RHLS_DEU
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3d
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        HER
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Fehmarn Juvenile Cod Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        FEJUCS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3c SD22
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        COD
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        North Sea and Eastern Arctic (ICES areas 1, 2, 3a, 4, 7d)
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Kattegat Cod Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        CODS_Q4
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3a
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        COD
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        North Sea and Eastern Arctic RCG
                     
                  
               
                     
                        International Bottom Trawl Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        IBTS_Q1
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3a, 4
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        COD FLE GUG HAD HER NOP PLE RJC RJM RJN RJR SPR SYC TUR WHG WIT
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        International Bottom Trawl Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        IBTS_Q3
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3a, 4
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        COD HAD HER NOP PLE POK RJC RJH RJM RJN RJR SPR SYC TUR WHG WIT
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        North Sea Beam Trawl Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        BTS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        4b, 4c, 7d
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        DAB PLE RJC RJE RJM SDV SOL SYC SYT TUR
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Demersal Young Fish Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        DYFS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coasts of NS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SOL
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Sole Net Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SNS_NLD
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        4b, 4c
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SOL TUR
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        North Sea Sandeels Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        NSSS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        4a, 4b
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SAN
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        International Ecosystem Survey in the Nordic Seas
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ASH
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2a
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        HER
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Mackerel Egg Survey (triennial)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        NSMEGS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        4
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        MAC
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Herring Larvae Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        IHLS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        4, 7d
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        HER
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        NS Herring Acoustic Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        NHAS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3a, 4, 6a
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        HER SPR
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Nephrops UWTV survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        UWTV3-4, UWTV6, UWTV7, UWTV8, UWTV9
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3a, 4a, 4b
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        NEP
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        North Atlantic (ICES areas 5-14 and NAFO areas)
                     
                  
               
                     
                        International Redfish Trawl and Acoustic Survey (triennial)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        REDTAS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        5a, 12, 14; NAFO SA 1-3
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        REB
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        North Sea and Eastern Arctic RCG
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Flemish Cap Groundfish Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        FCGS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3M
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        AME COD GRE NOR RED ROU SHO
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Greenland Groundfish Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        GGS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        14, NAFO SA1
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        COD RED REG
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        3LNO Groundfish Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        PLATUXA_ESP
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        NAFO 3LNO
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        AME COD GRE NOR RED ROU THO WHI WIT YEL
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Western IBTS 4th quarter (including porcupine survey)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        IBTS_Q4
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        6a, 7, 8, 9a
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        OCT MON ANK ANF BOC BSS COD CTL DGS GAG GFB HAD HER HKE HOM LDB MAC MEG LEZ LDB NEP PLE RJC RJM RJN RNG SDV SHO SQZ SYC WHG
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        North Atlantic RCG
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Western IBTS 1st quarter
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        IBTS_Q1
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        6a, 7a
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        OCT COD CTL HAD HER HOM LEZ MAC NEP PLE RJC RJM RJN SDV SHO SYC WHG
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        ISBCBTS September
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ISBCBTS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        7afg
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        PLE RJC RJE RJH RJM SDV SOL SYC
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Western Channel Beam Trawl Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SWECOS_GBE
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        7efgh
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        RJB RJC RJE RJH RJM SDV SOL SYC
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Blue Whiting Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        IBWSS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        6, 7
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        WHB
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        International Mackerel and Horse Mackerel Egg Survey (triennial)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        MEGS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        6, 7, 8, 9a
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        HOM MAC
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Sardine, Anchovy Horse Mackerel Acoustic Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SAHMAS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        8, 9
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ANE BOC HOM PIL
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Sardine DEPM (triennial)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SDEPM
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        8c, 9a
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        HOM PIL
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Spawning/Pre‑spawning Herring/Boarfish Acoustic Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        WESPAS_IRL
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        6a, 7a-g
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        BOC HER
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Biomass of Anchovy
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        BIOMAN
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        8
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ANE PIL
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Nephrops UWTV Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        UWTV11-13, UWTV14, UWTV15, UWTV16-17, UWTV19, UWTV20‑22, UWTV30
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        6a, 7a, 7b, 7ghj, 9a
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        NEP LDB GFB SHO
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Nephrops Survey Offshore Portugal (FU 28‑29)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        NepS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        9a
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        NEP
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Celtic Sea Herring Acoustic Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        CSHAS_IRL
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        6a, 7gj
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        HER
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Acoustic Survey on Sardine and Anchovy
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ECOCADIZ_ESP
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        9a
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ANE
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Swept Area Trawl Survey for Mackerel
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        IESSNS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2, 3aN, 4, 5, 14
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        MAC HER WHB
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Acoustic Survey for Juvenile Anchovy in the Bay of Biscay
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        JUVENA_ESP
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        8a-d
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ANE
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Bay of Biscay Demersal Resources Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ORHAGO_Q4_FRA
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        8ab
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SOL
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Deepwater Longline Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        PALPRO_ESP
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        8c
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        GFB
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Irish Anglerfish and Megrim Survey 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        IAMS_IRL
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        6a, 7
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        MON ANK ANF
                     
                     
                        MEG LEZ LDB 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Anglerfish and Megrim Survey (industry‑science survey)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SIAMISS_GBS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        4a, 4b, 6a, 6b
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ANF LEZ
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Western Channel Celtic Sea Pelagic Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        PELTIC
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        7de
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        PIL ANE SPR
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Herring Acoustic Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ISAS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        7a
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        HER
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Pan-Mediterranean Acoustic Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        MEDIAS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        GSA 1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ANE PIL
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Mediterranean and Black Sea RCG
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Bottom Trawl Survey in Black Sea
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        BTSBS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        GSA 29
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        DGS TUR WHG
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Pelagic Trawl Survey in Black Sea
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        PTSBS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        GSA 29
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SPR
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        International Bottom Trawl Survey in the Mediterranean
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        MEDITS
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        GSA 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        according to the target species list from a relevant MEDITS handbook
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Beam Trawl Survey (GSA 17)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SOLEMON
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        GSA 17
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        CTC MTS SOL
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Bluefin Tuna Larval Survey
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        TUNIBAL
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        GSA 5, 6 (Balearic Sea)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ALB BFT
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Large pelagic RCG
                     
                  
               
            
            
               CHAPTER II
            
            
               Thresholds for data collection
            
         
         
            
               1.This Chapter sets thresholds for the collection of Union fisheries data specified in Delegated Decision (EU) […]
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               2.It is not mandatory for Member States to collect biological data for certain stocks where one of the following conditions is met: 
            
            
               (a)their share of the relevant (individual or combined) TAC is less than 10% of the Union total, unless the sum of the shares of the Member States concerned exceeds 25% of the TAC; or
            
            
               (b)where no TAC is fixed, the total landings of a Member State from a stock are less than 10% of the relevant average total European Union landings in the previous 3 years; or
            
            
               (c)the total annual landings of a Member State from a stock are less than 200 tonnes. For species with a specific management need, a lower threshold may be defined at marine region level.
            
            
               Where the collective 25% threshold referred to in point (a) is reached, the Member States concerned shall share tasks relating to the collection of biological data at marine region level to ensure that the relevant stocks are covered by sampling in accordance with end-user needs.
            
            
               3.For species under tuna regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs), thresholds as set out in RFMO requirements shall apply.
            
            
               4.No thresholds shall apply to: 
            
            
               (a)diadromous species; and
            
            
               (b)sensitive species as defined in Article 6(8) of Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1241
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               .
            
            
               5.No thresholds shall apply to obtaining catch estimates from recreational catches. Thresholds on biological data collection from recreational catches shall be agreed and coordinated at marine region level and shall be based on end user needs.
            
            
               6.Without prejudice to specific international obligations under RFMOs, it is not mandatory to collect biological data where the Union’s share of an internationally exploited stock is less than 10%.
            
            
               7.As regards the collection of social, economic and environmental data on aquaculture:
            
            
               (a)it is not mandatory for Member States to collect such data if their total aquaculture production is less than 1% of total Union aquaculture production by both weight and value;
            
            
               (b)it is not mandatory for Member States to collect such data for species accounting for less than 5% of the Member State’s aquaculture production by both weight and value; and
            
            
               (c)where the total aquaculture production of a Member State is between 1% and 2.5% of total Union aquaculture production by both weight and value, that Member State may use simplified methodologies to estimate such data.
            
            
               The thresholds referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) shall be calculated on the basis of the latest Eurostat publication of the relevant Member State’s data.
            
            
               Without prejudice to points (a), (b) and (c), Member States shall collect data on the value and weight of their aquaculture production, on a yearly basis.
            
            
            
               CHAPTER III 
            
         
         
            
               Geographical stratification by region
            
            
               For the purposes of the collection of Union fisheries data specified in the Annex to Commission Delegated Decision (EU) […], the definitions of the geographical areas of marine regions listed in table 2 below shall apply.
            
            
            
               Table 2 
            
            
               Geographical stratification by region
            
            
            
                     
                        Areas that should be covered for DCF purposes
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Region
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Supra region
                           4
                        
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Baltic Sea (FAO area 27)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ICES areas 3b-d
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Baltic Sea
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Baltic Sea; North Sea; Eastern Arctic; NAFO; extended North Western waters (ICES areas 5, 6 and 7) and extended South Western waters (ICES areas 10, 12 and 14)
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Eastern Arctic, Norwegian Sea, Barents Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat, North Sea and Eastern Channel,
                           North-East Atlantic and Western Channel (FAO area 27)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ICES areas 1, 2, 3a, 4 and 7d
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        North Sea and Eastern Arctic
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ICES zones 5, 6, 7 (excluding 7d), 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        North-East Atlantic
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        North-West Atlantic (FAO area 21)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        NAFO Convention area
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Other regions where fisheries are operated outside EU waters by Community vessels and are under reporting obligations to Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMO) or regional fisheries bodies to which the Community is contracting party or observer.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Eastern Central Atlantic (FAO area 34)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        CECAF Convention area 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Other regions
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Western Central Atlantic (FAO area 31)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        WECAFC(*) Convention area 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        South-East Atlantic (FAO area 47)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SEAFO Convention area
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        South Pacific (FAO area 81 and 87)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SPRFMO Convention area 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas (FAO 21, 27, 31, 37, 41, 47, 34, 48)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        ICCAT Convention area 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Indian Ocean (FAO area 51 and 57)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        IOTC Convention area 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Indian Ocean (FAO area 51 and 57)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        SIOFA Convention area 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Indian Ocean (FAO area 51 and 57)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        CCSBT Convention area 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Western Central Pacific (FAO area 71)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        WCPFC Convention area 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Eastern Central Pacific (FAO area 77 and 87)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        IATTC Convention area 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Antarctic and Southern Indian Ocean (FAO area 48, 58 and 88)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        CCAMLR Convention area 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        EU Outermost Regions
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        EU waters around Mayotte and la Réunion Islands
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Outermost regions
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        EU waters around French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe islands
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        EU waters around Azores (FAO 27.10.a.2)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Baltic Sea; North Sea; Eastern Arctic; NAFO; extended North Western waters (ICES areas 5, 6 and 7) and extended South Western waters (ICES areas 10, 12 and 14)
                     
                  
               
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        EU waters around Madeira and Canary Islands (FAO 34.1.2)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea (FAO area 37)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        GFCM GSA 1-29
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Mediterranean and Black Sea
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
                     
                  
               
            
               (*) excluding EU waters
            
            
         
         
            
                  
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                           Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 1).
                  
               
               
                  
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                           Decision (EU) ….
                  
               
               
                  
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                           Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1224/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1380/2013, (EU) 2016/1139, (EU) 2018/973, (EU) 2019/472 and (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005 (OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 105).
                  
               
               
                  
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                      Each vessel not engaged in long distance fishing shall be allocated to a supra region based on the number of days at sea (more than 50%) spent in the supra region.