ANNEX II

ANNEX IIC

REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

26.Collection of relevant data

Member States, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days present within the area as set out in this Annex, shall collect for each annual quarter the information about total fishing effort deployed within the area for towed gears and static gears and effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area concerned by this Annex.

27.Communication of relevant data

27.1.

On request of the Commission, Members States shall make available to the Commission a spreadsheet with the data referred to in point 26 in the format specified in Tables II and III by sending it to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission.

27.2.

A new format of spreadsheet for the purpose of making the data referred to in point 26 available to the Commission may be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

Table IIReporting format

Country

CFR

External marking

Length of management period

Area fished

Gear(s) notified

Special condition applying to notified gear(s)

Days eligible using notified gear(s)

Days spent with notified gear(s)

Transfer of days

No1

No2

No3

No1

No2

No3

No1

No2

No3

No1

No2

No3

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(6)

(6)

(6)

(7)

(7)

(7)

(7)

(8)

(8)

(8)

(8)

(9)

(9)

(9)

(9)

(10)

Table IIIData format

Name of field

Maximum number of characters/digits

Alignment242L(eft)/R(ight)

Definition and Comments

(1) Country

3

n/r

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered for fishing under Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

In the case of the donor, it is always the reporting country

(2) CFR

12

n/r

Community Fleet Register number

Unique identification number of a fishing vessel.

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters additional zeros must be inserted on the left hand side.

(3) External marking

14

L

Under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87

(4) Length of management period

2

L

Length of the management period measured in months.

(5) Area fished

1

L

Non relevant information in the case of Annex IIC.

(6) gear(s) notified

5

L

Indication of gear grouping notified in accordance with point 3 to Annex IIC (a or b)

(7) Special condition applying to notified gear(s)

2

L

Non relevant information in the case of Annex IIC.

(8) Days eligible using notified gear(s)

3

L

Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under Annex IIC for the choice of gear groupings and length of management period notified.

(9) Days spent with notified gear(s)

3

L

Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area and using a gear corresponding to grouping gear notified during the notified management period according to Annex IIC.

(10) Transfers of days

4

L

For days transferred indicate ‘– number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’

Relevant information for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.