Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources and modifying Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 685/95 and (EC) No 2027/95

• Published date: 07 November 2003
• Official Gazette Publication: Journal officiel de l’Union européenne, L 289, 07 novembre 2003,Gazzetta ufficiale dell’Unione europea, L 289, 07 novembre 2003,Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea, L 289, 07 de noviembre de 2003

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►M1	REGULATION (EU) No 1380/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 December 2013	L 354	22	28.12.2013

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1954/2003

of 4 November 2003

on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources and modifying Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 685/95 and (EC) No 2027/95

CHAPTER I

SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1

Scope

This Regulation establishes the criteria and procedures for a system relating to the management of fishing effort in ICES areas V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X and CECAF divisions 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

(a) ICES and CECAF zones are as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 of 17 December 1991 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the Northeast Atlantic ( 1 );

(b) ‘fishing effort’ means the product of the capacity and the activity of a fishing vessel; for a group of vessels it means the sum of fishing effort exerted by each vessel of the group.

CHAPTER II

FISHING EFFORT MANAGEMENT REGIME

Title I

Provisions concerning certain fisheries

Article 3

Measures concerning the catching of demersal species and certain molluscs and crustaceans

1. Except for the area defined in Article 6(1), Member States shall:

(a) assess the levels of fishing effort exerted by vessels equal to or more than 15 metres in length overall, as an annual average of the period 1998 to 2002, in each of the ICES areas and CECAF divisions referred to in Article 1 for demersal fisheries, excluding demersal fisheries, those covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 of 16 December 2002 establishing specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep-sea stocks ( 2 ) and fisheries for scallops, edible crab and spider crab, as laid down in the Annex to this Regulation. For the calculation of fishing effort the fishing capacity of a vessel shall be measured as the installed power expressed in kilowatts (kW);

(b) allocate the level of fishing effort assessed conforming to subparagraph (a) in each ICES area or CECAF division, with regard to each of the fisheries mentioned in subparagraph (a).

2. The effort regime laid down in paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to the regimes laid down in the recovery plans which may be adopted by the Council.

3. When a recovery plan which involves management of fishing effort in all or part of the areas or divisions referred to in Article 1 is adopted by the Council, this plan shall at the same time make any necessary adjustment to this Regulation.

4. By 31 December 2006 the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council a report assessing the implementation of the effort regime laid down in paragraph 1. On the basis of this report the Council shall decide on any necessary adjustment to be made to the regime.

Article 4

Fishing vessels equal to or less than 15 metres

1. The fishing effort of fishing vessels equal to or less than 15 metres in length overall shall be assessed globally for each fishery and area or division referred to in Article 3(1) during the period 1998 to 2002.

2. The fishing effort of fishing vessels equal to or less than 10 metres in length overall shall be assessed globally for each fishery and area or division referred to in Article 6(1) during the period 1998 to 2002.

3. Member States shall ensure that the fishing effort of these vessels is limited to the level of fishing effort assessed conforming to paragraphs 1 and 2.

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Title II

Article 6

Conditions in the biologically sensitive area

1. A specific effort regime shall apply to the area enclosed by the coast of Ireland to the south of 53° 30' N and to the west of 07° 00' W and straight lines sequentially joining the following geographical coordinates:

— a point on the coast of Ireland at latitude 53° 30' N

— latitude 53° 30' N, longitude 12° 00' W

— latitude 53° 00' N, longitude 12° 00' W

— latitude 51° 00' N, longitude 11° 00' W

— latitude 49° 30' N, longitude 11° 00' W

— latitude 49° 30' N, longitude 07° 00' W

— a point on the coast of Ireland at longitude 07° 00' W.

2. In the area defined in paragraph 1, Member States shall assess the levels of fishing effort exerted by vessels equal to or more than 10 metres in length overall, as an annual average of the period 1998 to 2002, for demersal fisheries, excluding those covered by Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002, and fisheries for scallops, edible crab and spider crab, and allocate the level of fishing effort thus assessed for each of those fisheries.

3. By 31 December 2008 the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council a report assessing the effort regime laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 in conjunction with other management measures in the area concerned. On the basis of this report the Council shall decide on any necessary adjustment to be made.

Title III

General provisions

Article 7

Lists of vessels

1. The Member States shall establish a list of fishing vessels flying their flag and registered in the Community which are authorised to carry out their fishing activities in the fisheries defined in Articles 3 and 6.

2. Member States may subsequently replace vessels entered on their list provided that the total fishing effort of vessels in...