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Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 1.Subject matter

    2. Article 2.Scope

    3. Article 2a.Application of the Union control system to certain segments of the fleet of Mayotte as an outermost region

    4. Article 3.Relationship with international and national provisions

    5. Article 4.Definitions

  3. TITLE II GENERAL PRINCIPLES

    1. Article 5.General principles

  4. TITLE III GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR ACCESS TO WATEŘS AND RESOURCES

    1. Article 6.Fishing licence

    2. Article 7.Fishing authorisation

    3. Article 8.Marking of the fishing gear

    4. Article 9.Vessel monitoring system

    5. Article 10.Automatic identification system

    6. Article 11.Vessel detection system

    7. Article 12.Transmission of data for surveillance operations

    8. Article 13.New technologies

  5. TITLE IV CONTROL OF FISHERIES

    1. CHAPTER I Control of the use of fishing opportunities

      1. Section 1 General provisions

        1. Article 14.Completion and submission of the fishing logbook

        2. Article 15.Electronic completion and transmission of fishing logbook data

        3. Article 16.Fishing vessels not subject to fishing logbook requirements

        4. Article 17.Prior notification

        5. Article 18.Prior notification of landing in another Member State

        6. Article 19.Authorisation to access to port

        7. Article 20.Transhipment operations

        8. Article 21.Completion and submission of the transhipment declaration

        9. Article 22.Electronic completion and transmission of transhipment declaration data

        10. Article 23.Completion and submission of the landing declaration

        11. Article 24.Electronic completion and transmission of landing declaration data

        12. Article 25.Vessels not subject to landing declaration requirements

      2. Section 2 Control of fishing effort

        1. Article 26.Monitoring of fishing effort

        2. Article 27.Notification of fishing gear

        3. Article 28.Fishing effort report

        4. Article 29.Exemptions

        5. Article 30.Exhaustion of fishing effort

        6. Article 31.Fishing vessels excluded from the application of a fishing effort regime

        7. Article 32.Detailed rules

      3. Section 3 Recording of catches and fishing effort data

        1. Article 33.Recording of catches and fishing effort

        2. Article 34.Data on the exhaustion of fishing opportunities

      4. Section 4 Closure of fisheries

        1. Article 35.Closure of fisheries by Member States

        2. Article 36.Closure of fisheries by the Commission

        3. Article 37.Corrective measures

    2. CHAPTER II Control of fleet management

      1. Section 1 Fishing capacity

        1. Article 38.Fishing capacity

      2. Section 2 Engine power

        1. Article 39.Monitoring of engine power

        2. Article 40.Certification of engine power

        3. Article 41.Verification of engine power

    3. CHAPTER III Control of multiannual plans

      1. Article 42.Transhipment in port

      2. Article 43.Designated ports

      3. Article 44.Separate stowage of demersal catches subject to multiannual plans

      4. Article 45.Real time use of quotas

      5. Article 46.... Control action programmes

    4. CHAPTER IV Control of technical measures

      1. Section 1 Use of fishing gear

        1. Article 47.Fishing gear

        2. Article 48.Retrieval of lost gear

        3. Article 49.Catch composition

        4. Article 49a.Separate stowage of catches below the minimum conservation reference sizes

        5. Article 49b.De minimis rule

        6. Article 49c.Landing of catches below the minimum conservation reference sizes

      2. Section 2 Control of fishing restricted areas

        1. Article 50.Control of fishing restricted areas

      3. Section 3 Real-time closure of fisheries

        1. Article 51. General provisions

        2. Article 52. Trigger catch in two hauls

        3. Article 53. Real-time closure by Member States

        4. Article 54. Real-time closure by the Commission

      4. Section 4 On-board processing and pelagic fisheries

        1. Article 54a. On-board processing

        2. Article 54b.Catch handling and discharge restrictions on pelagic vessels

        3. Article 54c. Restrictions on the use of automatic grading equipment

    5. CHAPTER V Control of recreational fisheries

      1. Article 55.Recreational fisheries

  6. TITLE V CONTROL OF MARKETING

    1. CHAPTER I General provisions

      1. Article 56.Principles for the control of marketing

      2. Article 57.Common marketing standards

      3. Article 58.Traceability

    2. CHAPTER II Post-landing activities

      1. Article 59.First sale of fisheries products

      2. Article 60.Weighing of fishery products

      3. Article 61.Weighing of fisheries products after transport from the place of landing

      4. Article 62.Completion and submission of sales notes

      5. Article 63.Electronic completion and transmission of sales notes data

      6. Article 64.Content of the sales notes

      7. Article 65.Exemptions from sales notes requirements

      8. Article 66.Take-over declaration

      9. Article 67.Electronic completion and transmission of take over declaration data

      10. Article 68.Completion and submission of the transport document

    3. CHAPTER III Producer organisations and price and intervention arrangements

      1. Article 69.Monitoring of producer organisations

      2. Article 70.Monitoring of price and intervention arrangements

  7. TITLE VI SURVEILLANCE

    1. Article 71.Sightings at sea and detection ...

    2. Article 72.Action to be taken upon information on sightings and detection

    3. Article 73.Control observers

    4. Article 73a.Control observers for the monitoring of the landing obligation

  8. TITLE VII INSPECTION AND PROCEEDINGS

    1. CHAPTER I General provisions

      1. Article 74.Conduct of inspections

      2. Article 75.Duties of the operator

      3. Article 76.Inspection report

      4. Article 77.Admissibility of inspection and surveillance reports

      5. Article 78.Electronic database

      6. Article 79.Union inspectors

    2. CHAPTER II Inspections outside the waters of the inspecting Member State

      1. Article 80.Inspections of fishing vessels outside the waters of the inspecting Member State

      2. Article 81.Requests for authorisation

    3. CHAPTER III Infringements detected in the course of inspections

      1. Article 82.Procedure in the event of an infringement

      2. Article 83.Infringements detected outside the waters of the inspecting Member State

      3. Article 84.Enhanced follow-up with regard to certain serious infringements

    4. CHAPTER IV Proceedings of infringements detected in the course of inspections

      1. Article 85.Proceedings

      2. Article 86.Transfer of proceedings

      3. Article 87.Infringement detected by Union inspectors

      4. Article 88.Corrective measures in the absence of proceedings by the Member State of landing or transhipment

  9. TITLE VIII ENFORCEMENT

    1. Article 89.Measures to ensure compliance

    2. Article 90.Sanctions for serious infringements

    3. Article 91.Immediate enforcement measures

    4. Article 92.Point system for serious infringements

    5. Article 93.National register of infringements

  10. TITLE IX CONTROL PROGRAMMES

    1. Article 94.Common control programmes

    2. Article 95.Specific control and inspection programmes

  11. TITLE X EVALUATION AND CONTROL BY THE COMMISSION

    1. Article 96.General principles

    2. Article 97.Competences of Commission officials

    3. Article 98.Verifications

    4. Article 99.Autonomous inspections

    5. Article 100.Audits

    6. Article 101.Verification, autonomous inspection and audit reports

    7. Article 102.Follow-up of verification, autonomous inspection and audit reports

  12. TITLE XI MEASURES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE BY MEMBER STATES WITH COMMON FISHERIES POLICY OBJECTIVES

    1. CHAPTER I Financial measures

      1. Article 103.Suspension and cancellation of Community financial assistance

    2. CHAPTER II Closure of fisheries

      1. Article 104.Closure of fisheries for failure to comply with the common fisheries policy objectives

    3. CHAPTER III Deduction and transfers of quotas and fishing effort

      1. Article 105.Deduction of quotas

      2. Article 106.Deduction of fishing effort

      3. Article 107.Deduction of quotas for failure to comply with the rules of the common fisheries policy

    4. CHAPTER IV Emergency measures

      1. Article 108.Emergency measures

  13. TITLE XII DATA AND INFORMATION

    1. CHAPTER I Analysis and audit of data

      1. Article 109.General principles for the analysis of data

      2. Article 110.Access to data

      3. Article 111.Exchange of data

    2. CHAPTER II Confidentiality of data

      1. Article 112.Protection of personal data

      2. Article 113.Confidentiality of professional and commercial secrecy

    3. CHAPTER III Official websites

      1. Article 114.Official websites

      2. Article 115.The publicly accessible part of the website

      3. Article 116.The secure part of the website

  14. TITLE XIII IMPLEMENTATION

    1. Article 117.Administrative cooperation

    2. Article 118.Reporting obligations

    3. Article 119.Regulations

  15. TITLE XIV AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS

    1. Article 120. Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 768/2005

    2. Article 121.Amendments to other Regulations

    3. Article 122.Repeals

    4. Article 123.References

  16. TITLE XV FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 124.Entry into force

  17. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      SPECIFIC INSPECTION BENCHMARKS FOR MULTIANNUAL PLANS

      1. Objective

        1. 1. A fisheries administration must set specific inspection benchmarks in accordance...

      2. Strategy

        1. 2. Inspection and surveillance of fishing activities shall concentrate on fishing...

      3. Priorities

        1. 3. Different gear types shall be subject to different levels of...

      4. Target benchmarks

        1. 4. ...

    2. ANNEX II

      CORRELATION TABLE

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