# The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 13: Council Regulation (EC) No 1984/2003 introducing a system for the statistical monitoring of trade in swordfish and bigeye tuna within the Community

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) 1984/2003 introducing a system for the statistical monitoring of trade in swordfish and bigeye tuna within the Community is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 1 for “Community” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(3) In Article 2—
(a) in point (a) for “Community” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;
(b) in point (b) for “Community” substitute “ United Kingdom ”; and
(c) in point (c) for “Community” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(4) In Article 3, in point (e) for “Community” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(5) In the heading for Section 1 of Chapter 2 for “on Member States” substitute “ in the United Kingdom ”.
(6) In Article 4—
(a) in paragraph 1 for “territory of the Community” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;
(b) in paragraph 3 for “the Member State in which the product is imported” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”; and
(c) in paragraph 4 for “The Member States shall ensure that their” substitute “ A fisheries administration must ensure that its ”.
(7) In the heading for Section 2 for “on Member States in respect of exports” substitute “ in respect of exports from the United Kingdom ”.
(8) In Article 5—
(a) in paragraph 1 for “Community” in both places it occurs, substitute “ United Kingdom ”;
(b) in paragraph 2 for point (b) substitute—
“(b) be validated by the competent authorities of a fisheries administration;”;
(c) in paragraph 3—
(i) for “The Member States shall” substitute “ A fisheries administration must ”, and
(ii) for “their” substitute “ its ”; and
(d) omit paragraph 4.
(9) In the heading for Section 3 for “on Member States in respect of re-exports” substitute “ in respect of re-exports from the United Kingdom ”.
(10) In Article 6—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) in point (a) for “Community” in both places it occurs, substitute “ United Kingdom ”, and
(ii) in point (b) for “territory of the Community” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;
(b) in paragraph 2 for point (b) substitute—
“(b) be validated by the competent authorities of a fisheries administration, in the circumstances where re-export is to take place from the United Kingdom, or the competent authorities of the third country from which the re-export has taken place;”;
(c) in paragraph 3—
(i) for “Member States which authenticate re-export certificates in accordance with paragraph 2(b)” substitute “ Where a fisheries administration has authenticated a re-export certificate in accordance with paragraph 2, it ”, and
(ii) for “The Member States shall” substitute “ A fisheries administration must ”;
(d) in paragraph 4 for “the Member State of importation or re-exportation” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”; and
(e) in paragraph 5—
(i) for “The Member States shall” substitute “ A fisheries administration must ”, and
(ii) for “their” substitute “ its ”.
(11) In the heading for Section 4 omit “for Member States”.
(12) In Article 7a—
(a) for paragraph 1 substitute—
“
1 In relation to large-scale pelagic longline vessels, when validating statistical documents, a fisheries administration must ensure that transhipments are consistent with the reported catch amount by each such vessel.”;
(b) in paragraph 2 for “The flag Member State of large-scale pelagic longline vessels shall” substitute “ A fisheries administration, in relation to large-scale pelagic longline vessels, must ”; and
(c) in paragraph 3—
(i) for “Member States shall” substitute “ A fisheries administration must ”, and
(ii) for “their area or territory” substitute “ the United Kingdom ”.
(13) Omit Chapter 3.
(14) Omit Articles 11, 12 and 14.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/753/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-fisheries-policy-and-aquaculture-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-13
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