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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1283 of 24 August 2018 laying down rules on the format and timetables for the submission of annual data collection reports in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors (notified under document C(2018) 5270)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1283 of 24 August 2018 laying down rules on the format and timetables for the submission of annual data collection reports in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors (notified under document C(2018) 5270)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on the establishment of a Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the common fisheries policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008(1), and in particular of Article 11(1) thereof,

Whereas:

  1. Member States have to submit to the Commission annual reports on the implementation of their national work plans for data collection in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.

  2. Under Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004, the Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down rules on procedures, format and timetables for the submission and approval of those reports.

  3. To that end, the Commission has consulted the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)(2) and Member States' representatives in dedicated expert groups.

  4. The national correspondents for data collection discussed the draft format and timetables for annual reports on data collection at their meeting of 21 February 2018.

  5. The format of the annual reports was previously determined by Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008(3), which has now been repealed and replaced by Regulation (EU) 2017/1004. That format, which was based on a STECF evaluation(4), should be updated and aligned with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004. In that context, it is appropriate to take into account the most recent data requirements laid down in the 2017-2019 multiannual Union programme for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors(5).

  6. Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 does not specify a deadline for the submission of the annual reports. In order to enable timely disclosure of the outcomes of national data collection work plans and timely provision of data to end-users, that deadline should now be set as 31 May of each year. In order to ensure compliance with that deadline in the year 2018, the template provided for by this Decision was made available to the Member States on 4 April 2018 and the Member States agreed to submit their reports in 2018 by 31 May.

  7. The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for fisheries and aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 Content of annual reports

1.

Annual reports on the implementation of national data collection work plans for the year 2017 and subsequent years in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, as referred to in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004, shall be submitted in accordance with the format set out in Annex I to this Decision.

2.

The annual reports shall be based on the Tables and Text Boxes of the adopted national data collection work plans drawn up in accordance with the format laid down in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1701(6) and shall include the additional information required for annual reporting pursuant to this Decision.

Article 2 Correlation with the multi-annual Union programme

The correlation between the tables of the multi-annual Union programme established pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 (‘the multi-annual Union programme’), the tables and text of the work plan and the tables and text of the annual report is set out in Annex II of this Decision.

Article 3 Compilation of the annual report

1.

In order to compile the annual report, Member States shall first transfer the information on data collection programming from their adopted work plans to each corresponding Table and Text Box of the annual report as set out in Annex I. Thereafter, they shall fill in the additional columns, highlighted in grey in that Annex, which refer to the reporting only.

2.

When compiling the annual report, Member States shall not edit any of the values in the Table or Text Boxes that originate from their accepted work plans, with the exception of:

  1. Tables 1H, 2A, 3A, 3B, for which the following additional information shall be provided in accordance with Annex I to this Decision:

    1. In order to determine the impact of fishing activities on marine biological resources and on marine ecosystems, pursuant to point 3(c) of Chapter III of the multiannual Union programme, Member States shall add a row on data collection on stomach contents in Table 1H;

    2. In order to specify the fishing activity variables, pursuant to point 4 of Chapter III and Table 4 of the multiannual Union programme, Member States shall fill in two new columns in Table 2A;

    3. In order to report on the clustering of the economic variables for the fleet, pursuant to point 5 of Chapter III of the multiannual Union programme, Member States shall fill in one new column in Table 3A;

    4. In order to specify the threshold type for not collecting data on aquaculture, pursuant to point 5 of Chapter V of the multiannual Union programme, Member States shall fill in one new column in Table 3B.

  2. Tables 5A, 5B and 7B, for which Member States shall reflect in the annual reports where the information in the corresponding tables of the national work plans has improved or changed.

  3. The reporting on the following variables, on which Member States shall give additional information with regard to:

    1. the impact of fishing on marine habitats, pursuant to point 3(b) of Chapter III of the multiannual Union programme, by informing on the level of fishing activity gathered from VMS/logbook data or other sources, in Table 2A;

    2. sampling intensity for biological variables, pursuant to point 2(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of Chapter III of the multiannual Union programme, in Text Box 1C;

    3. recreational fisheries, pursuant to point 2(a)(iv) of Chapter III of the multiannual Union programme, in Text Box 1D;

    4. incidental by-catch of birds, mammals, reptiles and fish, pursuant to point 3(a) of Chapter III of the multiannual Union programme, in Text Box 1F;

    5. data quality assurance framework for biological data, pursuant to Article 5, paragraph 2 (a), of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1701, in Text Box 5A;

    6. data quality assurance framework for socioeconomic data, pursuant to Article 5, paragraph 2(b), of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1701, in Text Box 5B.

3.

No additional information shall be required in the compilation of the annual report in relation to the following Tables of the national work plans:

  1. Table 1B, on planning of sampling for biological variables,

  2. Table 4B, on sampling frame description for biological data, and

  3. Table 4D, on landing locations.

Article 4 Deadline for the submission of annual reports

Member States shall submit, by 31 May of each year, the annual reports concerning the implementation of data collection work plans for the previous year.

Article 5 Addressees

ANNEX I

ANNEX II