Commission Regulation (EC) No 1303/2007Show full title

ANNEX

ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EXCHANGE FORMAT

Envelope data elements
Data elements	Field code	Description and content
Start/end of record
Start of record	SR	Tag indicating start of the logbook, sales note declaration or return message
Sub-elements
Address	AD	Destination: ISO alpha-3 country code
From	FR	Country transmitting the data (ISO alpha-3 country code)
Type of message	TM	Letter code of the type of message (LOG, SAL, RET or COR)
Return status	RS	Indicates the status of the received message/report, either ACK (acknowledged) or NAK (not acknowledged)
Return error code	RE	Numerical codes indicating errors on messages/reports received (101 — message unreadable, 102 — data value or size out of range, 104 — mandatory data missing, 106 — unauthorised data source, 150 — sequence error, 151 — date/time in the future, 250 — attempt to renotify a vessel, 251 — vessel is not notified, 302 — transhipment prior to Catch on Entry, 303 — Catch on Exit prior to Catch on Entry, 304 — no position received, 350 — position without Catch on Entry)
Record number	RN	Serial number of retransmission of the message by the FMC (annual count)
Record date	RD	Date of retransmission of the message/report (YYYYMMDD)
Record time	RT	Time of retransmission of the message/report (HHMM in UTC)

Logbook data elements
Data elements	Field code	Description and content
Start/end logbook element
Start of logbook declaration	LOG	Tag indicating start of the logbook declaration (contains RC, XR, IR, NA, VO, MA or TN attribute and DEP, CAT, ENT, EXI, CRO, TRZ, TRA, LAN or RTP element)
Main elements
Departure declaration	DEP	Tag indicating the departure from a harbour at the start of a fishing trip (contains DA, TI and PO attributes)
Return to port declaration	RTP	Tag indicating the return to the harbour at the end of the fishing trip (contains DA, TI and PO attributes)
Catch declaration	CAT	Tag indicating start of a catch declaration (contains DA, TI, FO and DU attributes and POS, GEA or SPE sub-elements)
Transhipment declaration	TRA	Tag indicating start of a transhipment declaration (contains DA, TI, TT, TF, TC and FC attributes and SPE sub-elements)
Landing declaration	LAN	Tag indicating start of a landing declaration (contains DA, TI and PO attributes and POS and SPE sub-elements)
Effort declaration: Entry in zone	ENT	Tag indicating start of an declaration on entry into the effort zone (contains DA, TI attributes and POS, SPE sub-elements)
Effort declaration: Exit out of zone	EXI	Tag indicating start of a declaration on exit of the effort zone (contains DA, TI attributes and POS, SPE sub-elements)
Effort declaration: Crossing of a zone	CRO	Tag indicating start of a declaration on crossing the effort zone (contains ENT and EXI elements)
Effort declaration: Trans-zonal fishing	TRZ	Tag indicating start of a declaration on trans-zonal fishing within the effort zone (contains ENT and EXI elements)
Sub-elements
Species sub-declaration	SPE	Tag containing fish species details (contains SN, WT or WL or WS, NF attributes and PRO sub-elements)
Processing sub-declaration	PRO	Tag containing fish processing details (contains PR, CF and TY attributes or DIS (discards))
Position sub-declaration	POS	Tag containing detailed information on the location of the fishing vessel (contains ZO attribute and for fishing effort: LA and LO attributes)
Gear sub-declaration	GEA	Tag containing detailed information on the gear used during a fishing operation (contains GE, ME, GD and GL as required by the effort declaration). For DSS contains NH, IT, FO and FD
Attributes
Trip number	TN	Number of fishing trip in current year (001-999)
Date	DA	Date of transmission (YYYYMMDD)
Time	TI	Time of transmission (HHMM in UTC)
Vessel’s main identification	RC	International radio call sign
Vessel’s external identification	XR	Side (hull) registration number of the vessel
Vessel’s identification (CFR)	IR	Community Fleet Register number
Name of vessel	NA	Name of the vessel
Name of vessel owner	VO	Name of the vessel owner
Name of the master	MA	Name of the master
Port name	PO	Port code (2 letter country code (ISO alpha-3 country code) + 3 letter port code). I.e. for Edinburgh — GBEDI, Kiel — DEKEL or Vigo — ESVGO)
Fishing operations	FO	Number of fishing operations (hauls) per 24-hour period
Fishing time	DU	Duration of fishing activity in minutes
Position: latitude	LA	Latitude expressed in degrees and minutes (N/S DDMM)
Position: longitude	LO	Longitude expressed in degrees and minutes (E/W DDMM)
Fishing zone	ZO	The smallest statistical area (sub-area, division, subdivision, etc.) covered by the FAO Major fishing area [and ICES] classification (i.e. 27.3.24 [or III24] for the ICES subdivision 24 in the Baltic sea, 21.1F[or 1F] for NAFO division 21.1F, etc.)
Gear name	GE	Letter code according to FAO’s ‘International Standard Statistical Classification of the Fishing Gear’
Gear mesh size	ME	Size of mesh (in millimetres)
Gear height	GD	Gear height (in metres)
Gear length	GL	Gear length (in metres)
Species name	SN	Name of the species caught (FAO alpha-3 code)
Weight of fish	WT	Weight of live fish (in kilograms)
Number of fish	NF	Number of fish caught (when quota is allocated in numbers of fish, i.e. salmon)
Conversion factor	CF	Factors for the conversion of fish and fish product landed weights to live weight equivalents
Weight of fish landed	WL	Product weight in the landing declaration
Presentation of fish	PR	Letter code of the product presentation (way fish has been processed): (WHL — whole fish, GUT — gutted, GUH gutted and headed, GUG — gutted and gilled, GUL — gutted liver in, GTF — gutted, tailed and finned, GUS — gutted, headed, skinned, FIL — filleted, FIS — filleted and skinned, FSB — filleted with skin and bones, FSP — filleted skinned with pin bone on, HEA — headed, WNG — wings, WNG+SKI — wings and skinned, SKI — skinned, DIS — discarded)
Processing’s type of packaging	TY	Three-letter code (CRT = cartons, BOX = boxes, BGS = bags, BLC = blocks)
Transhipment: receiving vessel	TT	International radio call sign of the receiving vessel
Transhipment: (donor) vessel	TF	International radio call sign of the donor vessel
Transhipment: flag State of receiving vessel	TC	Flag State of vessel receiving the transhipment (ISO alpha-3 country code)
Transhipment: flag State of donor vessel	FC	Flag State of the donor vessel (ISO alpha-3 country code)
Deep sea additional codes
Average number of hooks used on longlines	NH	Average number of hooks per longline
Immersion time	IT	The total time gear was in the water (fishing) per 24-hour period
Fishing operations	FO	Number of fishing operations (hauls for nets and towed gears or longline shoots) per 24-hour period
Fishing depths	FD	Distance between the sea floor and the surface of the sea

Sales notes data elements
Data elements	Field code	Description and content
Start/end sales note element
Start of sales note declaration	SAL	Tag indicating start of sales note declaration (contains XR (RC, IR), NA, VO and MA attributes and SIF or TOV sub-elements)
Main elements
Sales note info	SIF	Tag containing details of a sale (contains DA, TI, SL, SC, NS, NB, CN and TD attributes and SIT sub-elements)
Take over info	TOV	Tag containing details of a take over declaration (contains DA, TI, SL, NS, NB, CN and TD attributes and SIT sub-elements)
Sub-elements
Sale item	SIT	Tag containing details of an item within a sale (contains FP, FF, SF, DL, PO, QC, PD and ZO attributes and SPE, POS and PRO sub-elements)
Species sub-declaration	SPE	Tag containing fish species details (contains SN, WT or WL or WS and MZ attributes and PRO sub-elements)
Processing sub-declaration	PRO	Tag containing fish processing details (contains PR, CF and TY attributes)
Attributes
Date	DA	Date of the sale (YYYYMMDD)
Time	TI	Time of the sale (HHMM in UTC)
Sale location	SL	Port code or place name (if not in port) where the sale took place
Sale country	SC	Country where the sale took place (ISO alpha-3 country code)
Vessel’s main identification	RC	International radio call sign
Vessel’s external identification	XR	Side (hull) number of registration of the vessel that landed the fish
Vessel’s identification (CFR)	IR	Community Fleet Register number
Name of vessel	NA	Name of the vessel that landed the fish
Name of vessel owner or master	VO	Name of the vessel owner or master
Name of seller	NS	Name of auction centre, other body or person selling the fish
Name of buyer	NB	Name of auction centre, other body or person buying the fish
Sales contract reference number	CN	Sales contract reference number
Transport document reference	TD	Reference to the transport or T 2 M document (Art. 13 of R. (EEC) No 2847/93)
Date of landing	DL	Date of landing (YYYYMMDD)
Port name	PO	Port code (port of landing) (2 letter country code (ISO alpha-3 country code) + 3 letter port code). I.e. for Edinburgh — GBEDI, Kiel — DEKEL or Vigo — ESVGO)
Species name	SN	Name of the species caught (FAO alpha-3 code)
Geographical area of origin	ZO	According to the FAO major fishing area classification, i.e. 27.3.24 [or III24] for the ICES subdivision 24 in the Baltic sea, 21.1F [or 1F] for NAFO division 21.1F, etc.
Quota country	QC	ISO alpha-3 country code of the vessel which lands fish received by transhipment in case flag state of donor and recipient vessel is different
Weight of fish sold	WS	Weight of fish sold (in kilograms)
Fish size category	SF	Size of fish (1-8; one size or kg, g, cm, mm or number of fish per kg as appropriate)
Fish freshness category	FF	Fish freshness category (Extra, A, B, E)
Minimum fish size	MZ	Minimum size of fish (in millimetres)
Conversion factor	CF	Factors for the conversion of fish and fish product landed weights to live weight equivalents
Presentation of fish	PR	Letter code of the product presentation (way fish has been processed): (WHL — whole fish, GUT — gutted, GUH gutted and headed, GUG — gutted and gilled, GUL — gutted liver in, GTF — gutted, tailed and finned, GUS — gutted, headed, skinned, FIL — filleted, FIS — filleted and skinned, FSB — filleted with skin and bones, FSP — filleted skinned with pin bone on, HEA — headed, WNG — wings, WNG+SKI — wings and skinned, SKI — skinned)
Processing’s type of packaging	TY	Three-letter code (CRT = cartons, BOX = boxes, BGS = bags, BLC = blocks)
Fish price	FP	Price per kg (currency of transaction/kg)
Product destination	PD	Codes for human consumption, carry-over, industrial purposes