{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-10/annex-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-10/annex-I.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2017/10",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/10 of 5 January 2017 amending Implementing Decision 2013/328/EU and Implementing Decision 2012/807/EU establishing specific control and inspection programmes for certain demersal and pelagic fisheries in the Union waters of the North Sea and in the Union waters of ICES Division IIa",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-10",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "ANNEX II\nTARGET BENCHMARKS FOR DEMERSAL SPECIES\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 fisheries and stocks referred to in Article 2(1a)(b) and (c), 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 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\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\n2.\nLevel of inspections on land (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 on land (including document-based controls and inspections in ports or at first sale) of fishing vessels and other operators engaged in the fisheries and stocks referred to in Article 2(1a)(b) and (c), in the case that inspections on land 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\nInspection in port of at least 10 % of overall landed quantities by “high risk” level fishing vessels\nInspection in port of at least 15 % 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.\nTARGET BENCHMARKS FOR PELAGIC SPECIES\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, blue whiting, Norway pout, sprat, sand eel in the fisheries, referred to in Article 2(1a)(a), 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\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\nNorway pout, sprat and sand eel\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\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 on land (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 on land (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, blue whiting, Norway pout, sprat, sand eel in the fisheries, referred to in Article 2(1a)(a), in the case that inspections on land 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\nHerring, mackerel and horse mackerel\nInspection in port of at least 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\nNorway pout, sprat and sand eel\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\nBlue whiting\nInspection in port of at least 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 by high/very high risk fishing vessels/per year."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "For vessels landing less than 10 tonnes 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"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See footnote 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "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": "f7",
      "text": "See footnote 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "expressed in a % of quantities landed by high/very high risk fishing vessels/per year"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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