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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-296/schedule-ANNEX/appendix-Appendices/appendix-4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/296",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 24 February 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (2011/296/EU)",
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  "path": "schedule/ANNEX/appendix/Appendices/appendix/4",
  "kind": "appendix",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "COMMUNICATION OF VMS MESSAGES TO SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE",
  "text": "Table II —\nFormat of VMS data\nData Element\nCode\nComments\nStart record\nSR\nSystem detail — indicates start of record\nAddressee\nAD\nMessage detail — addressee. Alpha-3 ISO country code\nFrom\nFR\nMessage detail — sender. Alpha-3 ISO country code\nFlag State\nFS\nType of message\nTM\nMessage detail — message type ‘POS’\nRadio call sign\nRC\nVessel detail — international radio call sign of vessel\nContracting Party internal reference number\nIR\nVessel detail — unique Contracting Party number (flag State ISO-3 code followed by number)\nExternal registration number\nXR\nVessel detail — number marked on side of vessel\nLatitude\nLA\nVessel position detail — position in degrees and minutes N/S DD.ddd (WGS-84)\nLongitude\nLO\nVessel position detail — position in degrees and minutes E/W DDD.ddd (WGS-84)\nCourse\nCO\nVessel course 360° scale\nSpeed\nSP\nVessel speed in tenths of knots\nDate\nDA\nVessel position detail — date of record of UTC position (YYYYMMDD)\nTime\nTI\nVessel position detail — time of record of UTC position (HHMM)\nEnd record\nER\nSystem detail — indicates end of record\nCharacter set: ISO 8859.1\nEach data transmission is structured as follows:\na double slash (//) and field code indicate the start of the message,\na single slash (/) separates the field code and the data.\nOptional data elements must be inserted between the start and end of the record.\nFormat for communication of catches and fishing vessel reports\n‘Catch on entry to the EEZ’ report\n‘Catch on transhipment’ report\n‘Catch on exit from the EEZ’ report",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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