Annexes to COM(2008)162 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 as regards the recovery of cod stocks - Main contents

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dossier	COM(2008)162 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 as regards the recovery of cod stocks.
document	COM(2008)162
date	December 18, 2008

ANNEX I

Effort groups are defined by one of the gear groupings set out in point 1 and one of the geographical areas set out in point 2.

1. Gear groupings

(a)	Bottom trawls and seines (OTB, OTT, PTB, SDN, SSC, SPR) of mesh: TR1 equal to or larger than 100 mm, TR2 equal to or larger than 70 mm and less than 100 mm, TR3 equal to or larger than 16 mm and less than 32 mm;

(b)	Beam trawls (TBB) of mesh: BT1 equal to or larger than 120 mm BT2 equal to or larger than 80 mm and less than 120 mm;

(c)	Gill nets, entangling nets (GN);

(d)	Trammel nets (GT);

(e)	Longlines (LL).

2. Groupings of geographical areas:

For the purposes of this Annex, the following geographical groupings shall apply:

(a)

Kattegat;

(b)

(i)	Skagerrak;

(ii)	that part of ICES zone IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat; ICES zone IV and EC waters of ICES zone IIa;

(iii)

ICES zone VIId;

(c)	ICES zone VIIa;

(d)	ICES zone VIa.

ANNEX II

SPECIFIC INSPECTION BENCHMARKS

Objective

1.	Each Member State shall set specific inspection benchmarks in accordance with this Annex.

Strategy

2.	Inspection and surveillance of fishing activities shall concentrate on vessels likely to catch cod. Random inspections of transport and marketing of cod shall be used as a complementary cross-checking mechanism to test the effectiveness of inspection and surveillance.

Priorities

3.	Different gear types shall be subject to different levels of prioritisation, depending on the extent to which the fleets are affected by fishing opportunity limits. For that reason, each Member State shall set specific priorities.

Target benchmarks

Not later than one month from the date of entry into force of this Regulation, Member States shall implement their inspection schedules taking account of the targets set out below.

Member States shall specify and describe which sampling strategy will be applied.

The Commission can have access on request to the sampling plan used by the Member State.

(a)	Level of inspection in ports As a general rule, the accuracy to be achieved should be at least equivalent to what would be obtained by a simple random sampling method, where inspections shall cover 20 % in number of all cod landings in a Member State.

(b)	Level of inspection of marketing Inspection of 5 % of the quantities of cod offered for sale at auction.

(c)	Level of inspection at sea Flexible benchmark: to be set after a detailed analysis of the fishing activity in each area. Benchmarks at sea shall refer to the number of patrol days at sea in the cod management areas, possibly with a separate benchmark for days patrolling specific areas.

(d)	Level of aerial surveillance Flexible benchmark: to be set after a detailed analysis of the fishing activity conducted in each area and taking the available resources at the Member State’s disposal into consideration.

ANNEX III

CONTENTS OF NATIONAL CONTROL ACTION PROGRAMMES

National control action programmes shall aim, inter alia, to specify the following:

1. Means of control

Human resources

(a)	The numbers of shore-based and seagoing inspectors and the periods and zones where they are to be deployed.

Technical resources

(b)	The numbers of patrol vessels and aircraft and the periods and zones where these are to be deployed.

Financial resources

(c)	The budgetary allocation for deployment of human resources, patrol vessels and aircraft.

2. Electronic recording and reporting of information relating to fishing activities

Description of the systems implemented to ensure compliance with Articles 19, 23, 24 and 25.

3. Designation of ports

Where relevant, a list of ports designated for cod landings in accordance with Article 25.

4. Notification prior to landing

Description of the systems implemented to ensure compliance with Article 24.

5. Landings control

Description of any facilities and or systems implemented to ensure compliance with the provisions in Articles 19, 20, 21 and 28.

6. Inspection procedures

The national control action programmes shall specify the procedures that will be followed:

(a)	when conducting inspections at sea and on land;

(b)	for communicating with the competent authorities designated by other Member States as responsible for the national control action programme for cod;

(c)	for joint surveillance and exchange of inspectors, including specification of powers and authority of inspectors operating in other Member States’ waters.

ANNEX IV

Line referred to in Article 13 paragraph 2(d)

The line referred to in Article 13 paragraph 2(d) is defined by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions according to the WGS84 coordinate system:

54 °30′N, 10 °35′W

55 °20′N, 9 °50′W

55 °30′N, 9 °20′W

56 °40′N, 8 °55′W

57 °0′N, 9 °0′W

57 °20′N, 9 °20′W

57 °50′N, 9 °20′W

58 °10′N, 9 °0′W

58 °40′N, 7 °40′W

59 °0′N, 7 °30′W

59 °20′N, 6 °30′W

59 °40′N, 6 °5′W

59 °40′N, 5 °30′W

60 °0′N, 4 °50′W

60 °15′N, 4 °0′W.