THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC(1), and in particular Article 24(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004(2) lays down, inter alia, the obligations of Member States regarding the transmission of data on vessel characteristics and activity from their national registers to the Commission.
(2) In order to ensure accurate and efficient information transfer of those fleet data, it is appropriate to update Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 as regards the country codes, the codes for fishing gear and the fleet segmentation codes to be used for the transmission of such data.
(3) It is necessary to provide for a table of the country codes in order to facilitate the transmission of data pursuant to Articles 6 and 8 of the Regulation (EC) No 26/2004.
(4) Following accession of Croatia, it is necessary to update Table 3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 concerning the codes for fishing gear by inserting a code for ‘harpoon’, which is used in the Croatian fleet as main or second gear.
(5) Table 5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 should be updated by inserting certain fleet segment codes for outermost regions since Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004(3), which provided for those codes, has exhausted its effects following the repeal of Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004(4). For the sake of clarity, it is also appropriate to add new fleet segmentation codes for Mayotte.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the tenth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 July 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 is amended as follows:
The following Table 1a is inserted after Table 1:
Country codes for Member States
| Member States | Country Code |
|---|---|
| Belgique/België | BEL |
| България | BGR |
| Danmark | DNK |
| Deutschland | DEU |
| Eesti | EST |
| Éire/Ireland | IRL |
| Ελλάδα | GRC |
| España | ESP |
| France | FRA |
| Hrvatska | HRV |
| Italia | ITA |
| Κύπρος | CYP |
| Latvija | LVA |
| Lietuva | LTU |
| Malta | MLT |
| Nederland | NLD |
| Polska | POL |
| Portugal | PRT |
| România | ROM |
| Slovenija | SVN |
| Suomi/Finland | FIN |
| Sverige | SWE |
| United Kingdom | GBR’ |
Table 3 is replaced by the following:
Code for fishing gear
| a Not valid for vessels in fleet or reported from 1 January 2003. | ||||
| b Valid only for subsidiary fishing gear.’ | ||||
| Gear Category | Gear | Code | Static (S) or towed (T) or mobile gear (M) | Pelagic (P) or demersal (D) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrounding nets | Purse seines | PS | M | P |
| Lampara nets | LA | M | P | |
| Seines | Beach seines | SB | T | D/P |
| Danish seines | SDN | T | D/P | |
| Scottish seines | SSC | T | D/P | |
| Pair seines | SPR | T | D/P | |
| Trawls | Beam trawl | TBB | T | D |
| Bottom otter trawl | OTB | T | D | |
| Bottom pair trawls | PTB | T | D | |
| Midwater otter trawls | OTM | T | D/P | |
| Pelagic pair trawls | PTM | T | D/P | |
| Otter twin trawls | OTT | T | D/P | |
| Dredges | Boat dredges | DRB | T | D |
| Hand dredges used on board a vessel | DRH | T | D | |
| Mechanised dredges including suction dredges | HMD | T | D | |
| Lift nets | Boat-operated lift nets | LNB | M | P |
| Shore-operated stationary lift nets | LNS | M | P | |
| Gill nets and entangling nets | Set (anchored) gill nets | GNS | S | D |
| Driftnet | GND | S | D/P | |
| Encircling gill nets | GNC | S | D/P | |
| Trammel nets | GTR | S | D/P | |
| Combined trammel and gill nets | GTN | S | D/P | |
| Traps | Pots (traps) | FPO | S | D |
| Hook and lines | Hand lines and pole lines (hand operated) | LHP | S | D/P |
| Hand lines and pole lines (mechanised) | LHM | S | D/P | |
| Set longlines | LLS | S | D | |
| Longlines (drifting) | LLD | S | P | |
| Troll lines | LTL | M | P | |
| Grappling and Wounding | Harpoons | HAR | M | P |
| Gear unknowna | NK | |||
| No gearb | NO | |||
Table 5 is replaced by the following:
Segmentation codes
| 1. Date of event before 31.12.2002 | |
|---|---|
| Fleet | Segment codes |
| Member States | MAGP codes |
| 2. Date of event from 1.1.2003 | |
| Fleet segments | Segment codes |
| Mainland | MFL |
| Aquaculture | AQU |
| Spain — outermost regions: | |
| Canary Islands. Length < 12 m. EU waters | CA1 |
| Canary Islands. Length > 12 m. EU waters | CA2 |
| Canary Islands. Length > 12 m. International and third country waters | CA3 |
| France — outermost regions: | |
| Réunion. Demersal and pelagic species. Length < 12 m | 4FC |
| Réunion. Pelagic species. Length > 12 m | 4FD |
| French Guiana. Demersal and and pelagic species. Length < 12 m | 4FF |
| French Guiana. Shrimp vessels. | 4FG |
| French Guiana. Pelagic species. Offshore vessels. | 4FH |
| Martinique. Demersal and pelagic species. Length < 12 m | 4FJ |
| Martinique. Pelagic species. Length > 12 m | 4FK |
| Guadeloupe. Demersal and pelagic species. Length < 12 m | 4FL |
| Guadeloupe. Pelagic species. Length > 12 m | 4FM |
| Mayotte. Seiners | 4FN |
| Mayotte. Mechanical long-liners < 23 m. | 4FO |
| Mayotte. Demersal and pelagic species. Vessels < 10 m | 4FP |
| Portugal — outermost regions: | |
| Madeira. Demersal species. Length < 12 m | 4K6 |
| Madeira. Demersal and pelagic species. Length > 12 m | 4K7 |
| Madeira. Pelagic species. Length > 12 m | 4K8 |
| Azores. Demersal species. Length < 12 m | 4K9 |
| Azores. Demersal and pelagic species. Length > 12 m | 4KA’ |
Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 on the Community fishing fleet register (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 5).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004 of 9 December 2004 laying down detailed implementing rules for Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions (OJ L 365, 10.12.2004, p. 19).
Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 of 30 March 2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions (OJ L 102, 7.4.2004, p. 9).