Retained EU Law
2009
United Kingdom
Regulation (EC) 1224/2009 (EU Fisheries Control Regulation — assimilated)
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Deduction of fishing effort
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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 licence
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
Completion and submission of the transhipment declaration
Electronic completion and transmission of transhipment declaration data
Completion and submission of the landing declaration
Electronic completion and transmission of landing 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
Monitoring of engine power
Certification of engine power
Verification of engine power
Transhipment in port
Designated ports
Separate stowage of demersal catches subject to multiannual plans
Real time use of quotas
Fishing gear
Retrieval of lost 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
Principles for the control of marketing
Common marketing standards
Traceability
First sale of fisheries products
Weighing of fishery products
Weighing of fisheries products after transport from the place of landing
Completion and submission of sales notes
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
Completion and submission of the transport document
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
Duties of the operator
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
Enhanced follow-up with regard to certain serious infringements
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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