PART 10AMENDMENT OF OTHER MEASURES
Regulation (EU) 2017/1130 of the European Parliament and of the Council defining characteristics for fishing vessels32
1
Regulation (EU) 2017/1130 of the European Parliament and of the Council defining characteristics for fishing vessels is amended as follows.
2
In Article 1 for “Union rules concerning fisheries” substitute “relevant retained direct EU legislation”.
3
In Article 2(2) for “Union” substitute “relevant retained direct EU”.
4
In Article 4(3) for “Union rules” substitute “relevant retained direct EU legislation”.
5
Omit Articles 7 and 9.
6
In the final paragraph of Annex 1—
a
for “shall be fixed on the basis of statistical analyses of pooled representative samples of the fleets of the Member States, These shall be” substitute “are”;
b
omit “definitions of the dimensions B1 and T1 and with”; and
c
for “a decision of the Commission” substitute “Commission Decision 95/84/EC concerning the implementation of the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2930/86 defining the characteristics of fishing vessels”.
7
Omit Annex 2.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218 on the Union fishing fleet register33
1
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218 on the Union fishing fleet register is amended as follows.
2
For Article 1 substitute—
Article 1Subject matter
This Regulation determines the minimum information on vessel characteristics and activity which must appear in the United Kingdom fishing fleet register.
3
In Article 2—
a
omit points (b), (c), (f), (g), (h) and (i);
b
for point (l) substitute—
l
‘United Kingdom fleet register (UKFR) number’ means the unique identification number of the vessel in the United Kingdom fleet;
c
omit point (n); and
d
in point (o)—
i
for “Union” in both places, substitute “United Kingdom”, and
ii
for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”.
4
In Article 3 for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”.
5
In Article 4—
a
in the heading for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”;
b
for “Union” substitute “United Kingdom”; and
c
for “the rules of the common fisheries policy” substitute “Fisheries Rules”.
6
For Article 5 substitute—
Article 5Data collection for the United Kingdom fishing fleet register
A fisheries administration must, jointly with the other fisheries administrations, collect and validate without delay the data referred to in Annex I to enable the Secretary of State to record the same data in the United Kingdom fishing fleet register.
7
Omit Articles 6 and 7.
8
For Article 8 substitute—
Article 8United Kingdom fleet register number
1
The Secretary of State must assign a United Kingdom fleet register (UKFR) number to any fishing vessel which enters in the United Kingdom fleet for the first time.
2
The UKFR number must not be altered during the period in which the fishing vessel belongs to the United Kingdom fleet.
3
The UKFR number must not be reassigned to another vessel. If a fishing vessel is exported outside the United Kingdom and re-imported back into the United Kingdom, the fishing vessel must be reassigned the same UKFR number.
9
Omit Article 9.
10
For Article 10 substitute—
Article 10Access to vessel data
1
The Secretary of State must publish, in such manner as the Secretary of State sees fit, a limited version of the United Kingdom fishing fleet register which does not contain personal data.
2
The limited version of the register published under paragraph 1 must be updated at least once a month to update any event of which the Secretary of State is aware.
11
In Article 11 for “Directive 95/46/EC and Regulation (EC) No 45/2001” substitute “data protection legislation”.
12
Omit Article 13.
13
In the Table in Annex 1—
a
omit the row for “Country of registration”;
b
in the row for “CFR”—
i
in the first column for “CFR” substitute “UKFR”, and
ii
for the words in the second column substitute “Unique identification number of a fishing vessel in the United Kingdom fishing fleet register”;
c
in the row for “Registration number”, in the second column, omit “given by the Member State”;
d
in the row for “Name of vessel”, for the words in the second column, substitute “The registered name of the fishing vessel”;
e
for “Regulation (EEC) No. 2930/86” in each place it occurs in the Table, substitute “Regulation (EU) 2017/1130”;
f
in the row for “Other tonnage”, in the second column, omit “or in accordance with a definition to be laid down by the Member State”; and
g
in table note (1) for “the date of the census in the Member State (Annex II)” substitute “1.1.1989”.
14
Omit Annex 2.
Commission Decision 95/84/EC concerning the implementation of the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 defining the characteristics of fishing vessels34
1
Commission Decision 95/84/EC concerning the implementation of the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 defining the characteristics of fishing vessels is amended as follows.
2
In Article 1—
a
for “a1, a2 and a3 set out in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86” substitute “a1 and a2 set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2017/1130 of the European Parliament and of the Council defining characteristics for fishing vessels”; and
b
omit “the tables in”.
3
Omit Articles 2 to 5.
4
In Annex 1—
a
in the heading for “a1, a2 AND a3” substitute “a1 AND a2”.
b
in the heading to paragraph 1 omit “and existing vessels of overall length less than 15 metres for which London Convention parameters are available”;
c
in paragraph 1 for “Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86” substitute “Regulation (EU) 2017/1130”;
d
in the heading to paragraph 2 for “Existing vessels of overall length less than 15 metres” substitute “Vessels of overall length less than 15 metres existing on 1 January 1995”;
e
in paragraph 2 omit the words from “For Spain, Greece and Italy” to the end;
f
omit paragraph 3; and
g
in paragraph 4—
i
for “administration of the Member State concerned” substitute “Secretary of State”; and
ii
omit “Where the tonnage is so determined” to the end.
5
Omit Annexes 2 and 3.
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 954/87 on sampling of catches for the purpose of determining the percentage of target species and protected species when fishing with small-meshed nets35
1
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 954/87 on sampling of catches for the purpose of determining the percentage of target species and protected species when fishing with small-meshed nets is amended as follows.
2
In Article 3—
a
for “the representative of the competent authorities of the Member State” substitute “a representative of a fisheries administration”; and
b
for “Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2057/82 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83” substitute “Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009”.
3
In Article 5 omit paragraphs 5 and 6.
4
Omit Articles 8 and 9.