{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1944/annex",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/1944",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1944 of 28 October 2015 amending Implementing Decision 2012/807/EU establishing a specific control and inspection programme for pelagic fisheries in Western Waters of the North East Atlantic",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1944",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Annex II to Implementing Decision 2012/807/EU is replaced by the following:\nANNEX II\nTARGET BENCHMARKS\n1.\nLevel of inspections at sea (including aerial surveillance, where applicable)\nOn a yearly basis, the following target benchmarks shall be reached for the inspections at sea of fishing vessels engaged in the fishery of herring, mackerel, horse mackerel, anchovy and blue whiting in the area, in the case that inspections at sea are relevant in relation to the step in the fishery chain and are part of the risk management strategy:\nexpressed in a % of fishing trips in the area (when fishing with gears with mesh sizes for which the species is a target species) by high/very high risk fishing vessels/per year\nBenchmarks per year\nLevel of estimated risk for fishing vessels in accordance with Article 5(2)\nhigh\nvery high\nFishery No 1\nHerring, mackerel and horse mackerel\nInspection at sea of at least 5 % of fishing trips by “high risk” level fishing vessels targeting the fishery in question\nInspection at sea of at least 7,5 % of fishing trips by “very high risk” level fishing vessels targeting the fishery in question\nFishery No 2\nAnchovy\nInspection at sea of at least 2,5 % of fishing trips by “high risk” level fishing vessels targeting the fishery in question\nInspection at sea of at least 5 % of fishing trips by “very high risk” level fishing vessels targeting the fishery in question\nFishery No 3\nBlue whiting\nInspection at sea of at least 5 % of fishing trips by “high risk” level fishing vessels targeting the fishery in question\nInspection at sea of at least 7,5 % of fishing trips by “very high risk” level fishing vessels targeting the fishery in question\n2.\nLevel of inspections ashore (including document based controls and inspections in ports or at first sale)\nOn a yearly basis, the following target benchmarks shall be reached for the inspections ashore (including document based controls and inspections in ports or at first sale) of fishing vessels and other operators engaged in the fishery of herring, mackerel, horse mackerel, anchovy and blue whiting in the area, in the case that inspections ashore are relevant in relation to the step in the fishery/marketing chain and are part of the risk management strategy.\nexpressed in a % of quantities landed by high/very high risk fishing vessels/per year\nBenchmarks per year\nLevel of risk for fishing vessels and/or other operators (first buyer)\nhigh\nvery high\nFishery No 1\nHerring, mackerel and horse mackerel\nInspection in port of at least 7,5 % of overall landed quantities by “high risk” level fishing vessels\nInspection in port of at least 7,5 % of overall landed quantities by “very high risk” level fishing vessels\nFishery No 2\nAnchovy\nInspection in port of at least 2,5 % of overall landed quantities by “high risk” level fishing vessels\nInspection in port of at least 5 % of overall landed quantities by “very high risk” level fishing vessels\nFishery No 3\nBlue whiting\nInspection in port of at least 7,5 % of overall landed quantities by “high risk” level fishing vessels\nInspection in port of at least 7,5 % of overall landed quantities by “very high risk” level fishing vessels\nInspections made after landing or transhipment shall in particular be used as a complementary cross-checking mechanism to verify the reliability of the information recorded and reported on catches and landings.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For vessels spending less than 24 hours at sea per fishing trip, and according to the risk management strategy, the target benchmarks may be reduced by half."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "expressed in a % of fishing trips in the area (when fishing with gears with mesh sizes for which the species is a target species) by high/very high risk fishing vessels/per year"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "For vessels landing less than 10 tons per landing, and according to the risk management strategy, the target benchmarks may be reduced by half."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "expressed in a % of quantities landed by high/very high risk fishing vessels/per year"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}