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.