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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-405/schedule-ANNEX/appendix-Appendices to this Annex/appendix-4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/405",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 9 June 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and the provisional application of the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force (2011/405/EU)",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Format of VMS message position",
  "text": "COMMUNICATION OF VMS MESSAGES TO CAPE VERDE\nPOSITION REPORT\nData Element\nCode\nMandatory or Optional?\nContent\nStart record\nSR\nO\nSystem detail – indicates start of record\nAddressee\nAD\nO\nMessage detail – addressee. Alpha-3 ISO country code\nFrom\nFR\nO\nMessage detail – sender. Alpha-3 ISO country code\nFlag State\nFS\nF\nType of message\nTM\nO\nMessage detail – message type ‘POS’\nRadio call sign\nRC\nO\nVessel detail – international radio call sign of vessel\nContracting Party internal reference number\nIR\nF\nVessel detail – unique Contracting Party number (flag State ISO3 code followed by number)\nExternal registration number\nXR\nO\nVessel detail – number marked on side of vessel\nLatitude\nLA\nO\nVessel position detail – position in degrees and minutes N/S DDMM (WGS84)\nLongitude\nLO\nO\nVessel position detail – position in degrees and minutes E/W DDMM (WGS84)\nCourse\nCO\nO\nVessel course 360° scale\nSpeed\nSP\nO\nVessel speed in tenths of knots\nDate\nDA\nO\nVessel position detail – date of record of UTC position (YYYYMMDD)\nTime\nTI\nO\nVessel position detail – time of record of UTC position (HHMM)\nEnd record\nER\nO\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.",
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