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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1799/2006 of 6 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 on the Community fishing fleet register

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1799/2006 of 6 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 on the Community fishing fleet register

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy(1), and in particular Article 15(3) and (4) thereof,

Whereas:

  1. Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 on the Community fishing fleet register(2) fixes, inter alia, the dates of fleet census, the codes for fishing gear and the codes for public aid.

  2. It is necessary to fix the dates of the census for the new Member States that will accede to the European Union so they can comply with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 26/2004.

  3. In order to better identify those vessels that carry out artisanal or small-scale fishing activities, it is necessary to introduce a more precise distinction among fishing gears.

  4. In order to monitor the application of Article 25(3) and (4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund(3) it is necessary to introduce new codes for communicating the replacement of engines with public aid.

  5. Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.

  6. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following 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, 6 December 2006.

For the Commission

Joe Borg

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 is amended as follows:

  1. Table 2 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Table 2

    Date of census fixed by country

    BEL, DNK, FRA, GBR, PRT

    1.1.1989

    NLD

    1.9.1989

    DEU, ESP

    1.1.1990

    IRL

    1.10.1990

    ITA

    1.1.1991

    GRC

    1.7.1991

    SWE, FIN

    1.1.1995

    CYP, EST, LTU, LVA, MLT, POL, SVN

    1.5.2004

    Member States acceding after 1 May 2004

    Accession date’

  2. Table 3 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Table 3

    Code for 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

    Hooks 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

    Gear unknown(1)

    NK

    No gear(2)

    NO

  3. Table 7 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Table 7

    Codes for public aid

    Aid not part-financed by the Community

    AE

    Aid part-financed by the Community

    AC

    No public aid

    PA

    Aid for the replacement of engine conditional to power reduction (individual option)

    EI

    Aid for the replacement of engine conditional to power reduction (group option)

    EG’