Fishing licence
- Use UK fishing vessel only with valid fishing licence Any Person
Retained EU Law
2009
United Kingdom
Regulation (EC) 1224/2009 (EU Fisheries Control Regulation — assimilated)
At a glance
Enforced by
What's here
14 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Any Person 10
- Operator 3
Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
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- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
Operators also bound by 730 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 2012 138 duties
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance) 2018 121 duties
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 2012 112 duties
- Space Industry Regulations 2021 2021 75 duties
- Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) 2016 66 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Completion and submission of the transhipment declaration
- Complete and submit transhipment declaration for fish transhipped or received Any Person
Completion and submission of the landing declaration
- Complete and submit a landing declaration within 48 hours of landing Any Person
Electronic completion and transmission of landing declaration data
- Send landing declaration data electronically within 24 hours of landing Any Person
Monitoring of engine power
- Do not fish with an engine exceeding licensed power Any Person
Designated ports
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Fisheries administrations must designate ports for landings above multi-annual plan thresholds Crown / Minister / Government department
Retrieval of lost gear
- Equip vessel to retrieve lost gear, attempt retrieval, and report failures Any Person
Principles for the control of marketing
- Prove the geographical origin of fish products when minimum size is fixed Operator
Common marketing standards
- Ensure fisheries products meet common marketing standards and keep proof Operator
Weighing of fishery products
- Weigh fishery products on approved systems at landing Any Person
Completion and submission of sales notes
- Submit a sales note within 48 hours of first sale Any Person
Completion and submission of the transport document
- Complete and submit transport document for landed fishery products Any Person
Duties of the operator
- Allow safe access for inspectors and do not obstruct them Operator
Enhanced follow-up with regard to certain serious infringements
- Cease fishing and proceed to port when ordered by MMO Any Person
Deduction of quotas
Amended 4 timesDeduction of fishing effort
Amended 1 timeEmergency measures
Amended 1 timeProtection of personal data
Amended 2 timesConfidentiality of professional and commercial secrecy
Amended 3 timesAdministrative cooperation
Amended 1 timeReporting obligations
Amended 1 timeRegulations
Amended 1 timeAmendments to Regulation (EC) No 768/2005
Amended 1 timeBrowse 108 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Subject matter
Scope
Application of the Union control system to certain segments of the fleet of Mayotte as an outermost region
Relationship with international and national provisions
Definitions
General principles
Fishing authorisation
Marking of the fishing gear
Vessel monitoring system
Automatic identification system
Vessel detection system
Transmission of data for surveillance operations
New technologies
Completion and submission of the fishing logbook
Electronic completion and transmission of fishing logbook data
Fishing vessels not subject to fishing logbook requirements
Prior notification
Prior notification of landing in another Member State
Authorisation to access to port
Transhipment operations
Electronic completion and transmission of transhipment declaration data
Vessels not subject to landing declaration requirements
Monitoring of fishing effort
Notification of fishing gear
Fishing effort report
Exemptions
Exhaustion of fishing effort
Fishing vessels excluded from the application of a fishing effort regime
Detailed rules
Recording of catches and fishing effort
Data on the exhaustion of fishing opportunities
Closure of fisheries by Member States
Closure of fisheries by the Commission
Corrective measures
Fishing capacity
Certification of engine power
Verification of engine power
Transhipment in port
Separate stowage of demersal catches subject to multiannual plans
Real time use of quotas
Fishing gear
Catch composition
Separate stowage of catches below the minimum conservation reference sizes
De minimis rule
Landing of catches below the minimum conservation reference sizes
Control of fishing restricted areas
General provisions
Trigger catch in two hauls
Real-time closure by Member States
Real-time closure by the Commission
On-board processing
Catch handling and discharge restrictions on pelagic vessels
Restrictions on the use of automatic grading equipment
Recreational fisheries
Traceability
First sale of fisheries products
Weighing of fisheries products after transport from the place of landing
Electronic completion and transmission of sales notes data
Content of the sales notes
Exemptions from sales notes requirements
Take-over declaration
Electronic completion and transmission of take over declaration data
Monitoring of producer organisations
Monitoring of price and intervention arrangements
Sightings at sea and detection ...
Action to be taken upon information on sightings and detection
Control observers
Control observers for the monitoring of the landing obligation
Conduct of inspections
Inspection report
Admissibility of inspection and surveillance reports
Electronic database
Union inspectors
Inspections of fishing vessels outside the waters of the inspecting Member State
Requests for authorisation
Procedure in the event of an infringement
Infringements detected outside the waters of the inspecting Member State
Proceedings
Transfer of proceedings
Infringement detected by Union inspectors
Corrective measures in the absence of proceedings by the Member State of landing or transhipment
Measures to ensure compliance
Sanctions for serious infringements
Immediate enforcement measures
Point system for serious infringements
National register of infringements
Common control programmes
Specific control and inspection programmes
General principles
Competences of Commission officials
Verifications
Autonomous inspections
Audits
Verification, autonomous inspection and audit reports
Follow-up of verification, autonomous inspection and audit reports
Suspension and cancellation of Community financial assistance
Closure of fisheries for failure to comply with the common fisheries policy objectives
Deduction of quotas for failure to comply with the rules of the common fisheries policy
General principles for the analysis of data
Access to data
Exchange of data
Official websites
The publicly accessible part of the website
The secure part of the website
Amendments to other Regulations
Repeals
References
Entry into force
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Marine Management Organisation
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