Document ID: 32001R0500

Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001
of 14 March 2001
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the high seas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 18(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Member States are required, under Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, to notify the Commission by computer transmission of the quantities of each stock taken by vessels flying their flag operating in waters subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries and on the high seas and of all the information received pursuant to Article 17(2) thereof.
(2) Details of the information to be submitted, the intervals at which it is to be forwarded and the format to be used for submitting the reports in question should be specified.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Each Member State shall notify the Commission by computer transmission, before the end of the first month of each quarter, of the quantities of each stock not subject to TACs or quotas taken by fishing vessels flying its flag operating in waters subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries and on the high seas and:
- landed directly in its territory during the previous quarter,
- landed directly in third countries during the previous quarter,
- transhipped to third country vessels during the previous quarter.
2. Each Member State shall notify the Commission by computer transmission, before the end of the first month of each quarter, of the quantities taken by fishing vessels flying the flag of another Member State in waters subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries and on the high seas and landed in its territory during the previous quarter.
3. Where a Member State submits the catch reports referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, it shall do so in the format shown in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 March 2001.

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