Regulation 13 Council Regulation (EC) No 1984/2003 introducing a system for the statistical monitoring of trade in swordfish and bigeye tuna within the CommunityI1

United Kingdom

(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—

“
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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.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 13 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1