1.For the purposes of this Article:
(a)‘sea products’ means fishery products, minerals, salvage and all other products which have not yet been landed by sea-going vessels;
(b)vessels shall be deemed to belong to the country where the natural or legal person who exercises the economic ownership of the vessel as defined in Article 19(1)(c) is established.
2.External trade statistics shall cover the following imports and exports of sea products:
(a)the landing of sea products in the ports of the [F1United Kingdom], or their acquisition by vessels belonging to the [F1United Kingdom] from vessels belonging to a non-member country; these transactions being treated as imports;
(b)the landing of sea products in the ports of a non-member country from a vessel belonging to the [F2United Kingdom], or their acquisition by vessels belonging to a non-member country from vessels belonging to the [F2United Kingdom]; these transactions being treated as exports.
3.The partner country shall be, on import, the non-member country where the natural or legal person who exercises the economic ownership of the vessel which is carrying out the capturing is established and, on export, the non-member country where the sea products are landed or where the natural or legal person who exercises the economic ownership of the vessel acquiring the sea products is established.
4.Provided that there is no conflict with other F3... law, national statistical authorities shall have access to data sources in addition to customs declarations, such as information on declarations of national registered vessels on sea products landed in non-member countries.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 22(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(o)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 22(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(o)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 22(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 12(1)(p); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)