{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-17/annex",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/17",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/17 of 5 January 2018 amending Implementing Decision 2014/156/EU establishing a specific control and inspection programme for fisheries exploiting stocks of bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, swordfish in the Mediterranean and for fisheries exploiting stocks of sardine and anchovy in the Northern Adriatic Sea (notified under document C(2017) 8687)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-17",
  "path": "annex",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "‘ANNEX I\nPROCEDURES FOR RISK ASSESSMENT\nEach fishing vessel, group of fishing vessels, fishing gear category, operator, and/or fishing related activity, for the stocks and area(s) referred to in Article 1, shall be subject to control and inspections according to the level of priority attributed. The level of priority shall be attributed depending on the results of the risk assessment carried out by each Member State concerned, or by any other Member State for the sole purposes of application of Article 5(3), on the basis of the following procedure:\nNote: To be assessed by Member States. The risk assessment shall consider, on the basis of past experience and using all available information, how likely a non-compliance is to happen and, if it were to happen, the potential consequence.\nRisk description[depending on the risk/fishery/area and data available]\nIndicator[depending on the risk/fishery/area and data available]\nStep in the fishery/marketing chain (When and where does the risk appear)\nPoints to be considered [depending on the risk/fishery/area and data available]\nOccurrence in the fishery\nPotential consequence(s)\nLevel of risk\n[Note: risks identified by Member States should be in line with objectives defined in Article 3]\nLevels of catches/landings distributed by fishing vessels, stocks, and gears,\nAvailability of quota to fishing vessels, distributed by fishing vessels, stocks and gears,\nUse of standardized boxes,\nLevel and fluctuation of market price for the landed fisheries products (first sale),\nNumber of inspections previously carried out and number of detected infringements for the fishing vessel and/or other operator concerned,\nObligation to land as from 1 January 2015 in accordance with Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council No 1380/2013 of 11 December 2013,\nBackground, and/or potential danger, of fraud linked to port/location/area, and metier, including Sport and Recreational vessels\nFishing or fishing related activities during spatio-temporal closures,\nAny other relevant information or intelligence.\nFrequent/\nMedium/\nSeldom cases/or\nNot significant\nSerious/\nSignificant/\nAcceptable/or Marginal\nvery low/low/medium/high/or very high\nANNEX II\nTARGET BENCHMARKS\n1.\nLevel of inspections at sea (including aerial surveillance, where applicable)\nOn a yearly basis, the following target benchmarks and objectives shall be reached for the inspections at sea of fishing vessels engaged in the fisheries exploiting stocks referred to in Article 1:\nexpressed in a % of fishing trips in the area by high/very high risk fishing vessels/per year\nBenchmarks per year\nFishery\nLevel of estimated risk for fishing vessels in accordance with Article 5(2)\nhigh\nvery high\nFishery No 1 bluefin tuna\nInspection at sea of at least 2,5 % of fishing trips by ‘high risk’ level fishing vessels targeting the stock in question\nInspection at sea of at least 5 % of fishing trips by ‘very high risk’ level fishing vessels targeting the stock in question\nFishery No 2 swordfish\nInspection at sea of at least 2,5 % of fishing trips by ‘high risk’ level fishing vessels targeting the stock in question\nInspection at sea of at least 5 % of fishing trips by ‘very high risk’ level fishing vessels targeting the stock in question\nAny risk level\nFishery No 4 sardine and anchovy\nInspection at sea of at least 20 % of fishing vessels targeting the stocks in question during the respective fishing season\nFishery No 5 European hake and deep-water rose shrimp\nInspection at sea of at least 30 % of fishing vessels targeting the stocks in question during the respective fishing season\nObjectives\nFishery\nAny risk level\nFishery No 1 bluefin tuna\nWithout prejudice to the benchmarks set above, for transfers operations the objective shall be to inspect a maximum\nFishery No 3 albacore\nFor inspections at sea, priority shall be given to compliance with technical measures and closure periods\nFishery No 1 bluefin tuna\nFishery No 2 swordfish\nFishery No 5 European hake and deep-water rose shrimp\nWithout prejudice to the benchmarks set above, for inspections at sea, priority shall be given to compliance with technical measures and spatio-closure periods, including fisheries restricted areas\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 and objectives 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 fisheries exploiting stocks referred to in Article 1:\nexpressed in a % of quantities landed by high/very high risk fishing vessels/per year\nBenchmarks per year\nFishery\nLevel of risk for fishing vessels and/or other operators (first buyer)\nhigh\nvery high\nFishery No 1 bluefin tuna\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\nFishery No 2 swordfish\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\nFishery No 4 sardine and anchovy\nInspection in port of at least 10 % of overall landed quantities by ‘high risk’ level fishing vessels\nInspection in port of at least 15 % overall landed quantities by ‘very high risk’ level fishing vessels\nAny risk level\nFishery No 5 European hake and deep-water rose shrimp\nInspection in port of at least 20 % of overall landed quantities by fishing vessels targeting the stocks in question\nObjectives\nFishery\nAny risk level\nFishery No 3 albacore\nFor inspections ashore, priority shall be given to compliance with technical measures and closure periods\nFishery No 1 bluefin tuna\nFishery No 2 swordfish\nFishery No 4 sardine and anchovy\nWithout prejudice to the benchmark set above, priority shall be given to compliance with technical measures and closure periods\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.\n3.\nLevel of inspections in traps and farm installations\nOn a yearly basis, the following target benchmarks shall be reached for the inspections on traps and farming installations related to bluefin tuna in the areas referred to in Article 1.\nexpressed in a % of quantities involved in caging operations high/very high risk traps and farming installations/per year\nBenchmarks per year\nLevel of risk for traps and/or other operators (farm operator or first buyer)\nAny risk level\nFishery No 1 bluefin tuna\nInspection of 100 % of caging and transfer operations at traps and farm installations, including release of fish.\n’",
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      "text": "Note: To be assessed by Member States. The risk assessment shall consider, on the basis of past experience and using all available information, how likely a non-compliance is to happen and, if it were to happen, the potential consequence."
    },
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      "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": "expressed in a % of quantities landed by high/very high risk fishing vessels/per year"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "expressed in a % of quantities involved in caging operations high/very high risk traps and farming installations/per year"
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