The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1639/2001 is amended as follows:

In Chapter I, Section B, the following point is added: With regard to the data collection of stocks subject to a recovery plan pursuant to a Council Regulation, sampling requirements for the extended programme shall become mandatory under the minimum programme for the year following the Regulation’s adoption and during the applicable period of the recovery plan. The same shall apply to surveys where the main objective stock is subject to a recovery plan. In Chapter III, Section F is replaced by the following: Collection of data concerning the catches per unit of effort and/or effective effort of specific commercial fleets The following series are required: At the minimum programme level, data shall only contain data series for catches and effort for: fleets which have been used at any time from 1995 onwards in stock assessments, either analytical and/or production models, stocks where there is no stock assessment and where CPUE data series were the only way to estimate trends in the stocks abundance at any time from 1995 onwards, fisheries for which there are regional fisheries organisation (hereinafter referred to as RFO) obligations. Stock definitions shall correspond with the ones defined by RFOs, and the sampling strategies shall include, as a minimum, the corresponding strata. Member States shall provide a thorough description of the way in which the abundance index for each stock has been calculated. At the extended programme level, data series for catches and effort for: fleets which have not yet been used in stock assessments but where stock assessments are expected to be conducted in the future e.g. in the Mediterranean area and for deep-sea resources, fleets where data collection started in recent years and until these data series are used in stock assessments (such data series may be transferred to the minimum programmes only if they are used in the stock assessment procedures), fleets for which CPUE data series are collected but the data are presently only used for biological purposes (length and age composition, maturity data). Stock definitions should follow the ones defined by RFOs, and the sampling strategies shall include, as a minimum, the respective strata. Member States shall provide a thorough description of the way in which the abundance index for each stock has been calculated. In Chapter III, Section H is amended as follows: paragraph 1 is amended as follows: points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following: Parameters: Biological sampling must be performed in order to evaluate the composition in length and, where appropriate, in age of the landings for all the stocks specified as mandatory in Appendix XV. Disaggregation and precision levels: for stocks under recovery plans Member States shall apply a sampling strategy, achieving a precision level 2 for the length and, where appropriate, age composition of landings; for other stocks Member States shall apply a sampling strategy, achieving a precision level 1 for the length and, where appropriate, age composition of landings. However, if this approach cannot be achieved, Member States may apply an alternative methodology for which the required disaggregation levels are specified in Appendix XV. in point (d), first indent, subparagraph 3 is replaced by the following: for the stocks in the Mediterranean area, the landings by weight of a Mediterranean Member State for a species corresponding to less than 10 % of the total EU landings of that species, taken in the Mediterranean area, or to less than 200 tonnes, are exempted. This derogation shall not apply for blue fin tuna. in point (d), second indent, subparagraph 3 is replaced by the following: for the stocks in the Mediterranean area, the landings by weight of a Mediterranean Member State for a species corresponding to less than 10 % of the total EU landings of that species, taken in the Mediterranean area, or to less than 200 tonnes, are exempted. This derogation shall not apply to blue fin tuna. point (e) is replaced by the following: Discards: Discards shall be the subject of an annual estimation of the distribution of the lengths by type of fishing technique when: discard data is used in stock assessment working groups, discards represent either more than 10 % of the total catches by weight, or more than 20 % of the catches in numbers for the stocks for which yearly discard data must be collected, as specified in Appendix XII. The sampling intensities are those as defined in Appendix XV for commercial landings. When discards take place for length ranges which are not represented in the landings, age-reading shall take place in accordance with the rules set out in in Appendix XV. However, if Member States cannot reach this level of precision or only at excessive cost, they may obtain a derogation from the Commission provided that this request is fully documented. paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: Extended programme: Complementary parameters: Biological sampling shall be performed in order to evaluate the composition in length and, where appropriate, in age of the landings for all the stocks specified as optional in Appendix XV. Disaggregation and precision levels: Member States shall apply a sampling strategy, achieving a precision level 1 for the length and, where appropriate, age composition of landings. However, if this approach cannot be achieved, Member States may apply an alternative methodology for which the required disaggregation levels are specified in Appendix XV. Discards: The sampling programme for the estimation of the annual composition in lengths of the discards for optional stocks specified in Appendix XV.

The Appendices to Regulation (EC) No 1639/2001 are amended as follows:

Appendix I is replaced by the following: Appendix I

	ICES	NAFO	ICCAT	GFCM	CCAMLR	IOTC	Other
Level 1	Area	Area	FAO Area	Area e.g. 37 Mediterranean and Black sea	Area e.g. 48	FAO Area	FAO Area
Level 2	Subarea e.g. IV North Sea	Subarea e.g. 21.2 Labrador	FAO Subarea	Subarea e.g. 37.1 Western	Subarea e.g. 48.1 Antarctic peninsula	FAO Subarea	FAO Subarea
Level 3	Division e.g. IVc	Division e.g. 21.2 H	Division 5° × 5°	Division e.g. 37.1.2 Gulf of Lions	Division 5° × 5°	Division 5° × 5°	Division 5° × 5°
Level 4	Rectangle 30′ × 1°	Rectangle	Rectangle 1° × 1°	Subdivision	Rectangle 1° × 1°	Rectangle 1° × 1°	Rectangle 1° × 1°

Appendix II is replaced by the following: Appendix II

FU No	Name	ICES area	Statistical rectangles
3	Skagerrak	IIIa	47G0-G1; 46F9-G1; 45F8-G1; 44F7-G0; 43F8-F9
4	Kattegat	IIIa	44G1-G2; 42-43G0-G2; 41G1-G2
5	Botney Gut — Silver Pit	IVb, c	36-37 F1-F4; 35F2-F3
6	Farn Deeps	IVb	38-40 E8-E9; 37E9
7	Fladen Ground	IVa	44-49 E9-F1; 45-46E8
8	Firth of Forth	IVb	40-41E7; 41E6
9	Moray Firth	IVa	44-45 E6-E7; 44E8
10	Noup	IVa	47E6
11	North Minch	VIa	44-46 E3-E4
12	South Minch	VIa	41-43 E2-E4
13	Clyde	VIa	39-40 E4-E5
14	Irish Sea East	VIIa	35-38E6; 38E5
15	Irish Sea West	VIIa	36E3; 35-37 E4-E5; 38E4
16	Porcupine Bank	VIIc, k	31-36 D5-D6; 32-35 D7-D8
17	Aran Grounds	VIIb	34-35 D9-E0
18	Ireland NW coast	VIIb	37D9-E1; 36D9
19	Ireland SW and SE coast	VIIg, j	31-33 D9-E0; 31E1; 32E1-E2; 33E2-E3
20	NW Labadie, Baltimore and Galley	VIIg, j	28-30 E1; 28-31 E2; 30-32 E3; 31 E4
21	Jones and Cockburn	VIIg, h, j
22	Smalls	VIIg
23	Bay of Biscay North	VIIIa	22-24 E6-E7; 23-24E5
24	Bay of Biscay South	VIIIb	20-21 E7-E8; 19E8
25	North Galicia	VIIIc	15E0-E1; 16E1
26	West Galicia	IXa	13-14 E0-E1
27	North Portugal (N of Cape Espichel)	IXa	6-12E0; 9-12E1
28	South-West Portugal (Alentejo)	IXa	3-5 E0-E1
29	South Portugal (Algarve)	IXa	2E0-E2
30	Gulf of Cadiz	IXa	2-3 E2-E3
31	Cantabrian Sea	VIIIc	16E4-E7
32	Norwegian Deep	IVa	44-52 F2-F6; 43F5-F7
33	Off Horn Reef	IVb	39-41E4; 39-41E5

Appendix III is replaced by the following: ‘Appendix III (Section C)

This segment is aggregated for all passive gears.
Note 1: If a gear category contains less than 10 vessels, then the cell can be merged with a neighbouring length category to be specified in the national programme. Note 2: If a vessel spends more than 50 % of its time using a specific type of fishing technique, it should be included in the corresponding segment. Note 3: Length is defined as length over all (LOA).’
Vessel length		< 12 m	12 ≤ 24 m	24 ≤ 40 m	≥ 40 m
Type of fishing technique
Mobile gears	Beam trawl
	Demersal trawl and demersal seiner
	Pelagic trawl and seiners
	Dredges
	Polyvalent
	Others (to be specified)
Passive gears	Gears using hooks
	Drift and fixed nets
	Pots and traps
	Polyvalent
	Others (to be specified)
Polyvalent gears	Combining mobile and passive gears
Vessels with no licence

Appendix IV is replaced by the following: Appendix IV (Section C)

Vessel length			< 10 m	10 ≤ 12 m	12 ≤ 18 m	18 ≤ 24 m	24 ≤ 40 m	≥ 40 m
Type of fishing technique
Mobile gears	Beam trawl	North Sea ≤ 221 kW
		North Sea > 221 kW
		Outside North Sea
	Demersal trawl and demersal seine	Bottom trawl
		Danish and Scottish seiners
		Polyvalent
	Pelagic trawl and seiners	Pelagic trawl
		Pelagic seiner and purse seiner
		Polyvalent
	Dredges
	Polyvalent mobile gears
	Others (to be specified)
Passive gears	Gears using hooks	Long-lines
		Other gears using hooks
	Drift nets and fixed nets
	Pots and traps
	Polyvalent passive gears
	Others (to be specified)
Polyvalent gears	Combining mobile and passive gears
Vessels with no licence

Appendix V is replaced by the following: Appendix V (Section D)

Fishing technique	Fishing capacity units
Towed gears	kW and GT
Static gears	kW and GT
Polyvalent vessels	kW and GT

Appendix VI is replaced by the following: ‘Appendix VI (Section D)

A fishing day is to be considered as targeting one specific species, if the percentage of this species in total daily catch is higher than threshold 1.
A fishing day is to be considered as affecting significantly a species, if the percentage of the particular species is higher than threshold 2.’
Species and area	Threshold 1	Threshold 2
Salmon (Baltic Sea)	30 %	5 %
Cod (all areas, except Mediterranean)	30 %	5 %
Haddock (all areas, except Mediterranean)	30 %	5 %
Saithe (all areas, except Mediterranean)	30 %	5 %
Whiting (all areas, except Mediterranean)	30 %	5 %
Plaice (all areas, except Mediterranean)	30 %	5 %
Sole (all areas, except Mediterranean)	10 %	5 %
Sole (Mediterranean)	30 %	5 %
Nephrops (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Hake (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Anchovy (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Sardine (all areas)	50 %	5 %
Mackerel (all areas, except Mediterranean)	50 %	10 %
Horse mackerel (all areas, except Mediterranean)	50 %	10 %
Swordfish (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Bluefin tuna (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Bigeye tuna (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Albacore (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Yellow-fin tuna (all areas)	30 %	5 %
Herring (all areas, except Mediterranean)	50 %	10 %
Sprat (all areas, except Mediterranean)	50 %	10 %
Sand eel (all areas, except Mediterranean)	70 %
Norway pout (all areas, except Mediterranean)	70 %
European eel (all areas)	30 %

Appendix XI is replaced by the following: Appendix XI (Section E) 1.

Catch figures collected in weight and number by:

geographical area as defined in Appendix 1, level 2.

The conclusions of these surveys must be forwarded to the Commission by 31 March 2007.