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Annex I

United Kingdom

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The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1639/2001 is amended as follows:

  1. 1..

    In Chapter I, Section B, the following point is added:

    1. 5..

      ‘With regard to the data collection of stocks subject to a recovery plan pursuant to a Council Regulation, sampling requirements for the extended programme shall become mandatory under the minimum programme for the year following the Regulation’s adoption and during the applicable period of the recovery plan. The same shall apply to surveys where the main objective stock is subject to a recovery plan.’

  2. 2..

    In Chapter III, Section F is replaced by the following:

    1. F..

      ‘ Collection of data concerning the catches per unit of effort and/or effective effort of specific commercial fleets

      The following series are required:

      1. 1..

        At the minimum programme level, data shall only contain data series for catches and effort for:

        • fleets which have been used at any time from 1995 onwards in stock assessments, either analytical and/or production models,

        • stocks where there is no stock assessment and where CPUE data series were the only way to estimate trends in the stocks abundance at any time from 1995 onwards,

        • fisheries for which there are regional fisheries organisation (hereinafter referred to as RFO) obligations.

        Stock definitions shall correspond with the ones defined by RFOs, and the sampling strategies shall include, as a minimum, the corresponding strata.

        Member States shall provide a thorough description of the way in which the abundance index for each stock has been calculated.

      2. 2..

        At the extended programme level, data series for catches and effort for:

        • fleets which have not yet been used in stock assessments but where stock assessments are expected to be conducted in the future e.g. in the Mediterranean area and for deep-sea resources,

        • fleets where data collection started in recent years and until these data series are used in stock assessments (such data series may be transferred to the minimum programmes only if they are used in the stock assessment procedures),

        • fleets for which CPUE data series are collected but the data are presently only used for biological purposes (length and age composition, maturity data).

        Stock definitions should follow the ones defined by RFOs, and the sampling strategies shall include, as a minimum, the respective strata.

        Member States shall provide a thorough description of the way in which the abundance index for each stock has been calculated.’

  3. 3..

    In Chapter III, Section H is amended as follows:

    1. (a)

      paragraph 1 is amended as follows:

      1. (i)

        points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following:

        1. (a)

          ‘Parameters:

          Biological sampling must be performed in order to evaluate the composition in length and, where appropriate, in age of the landings for all the stocks specified as mandatory in Appendix XV.

        2. (b)

          Disaggregation and precision levels:

          1. (i)

            for stocks under recovery plans Member States shall apply a sampling strategy, achieving a precision level 2 for the length and, where appropriate, age composition of landings;

          2. (ii)

            for other stocks Member States shall apply a sampling strategy, achieving a precision level 1 for the length and, where appropriate, age composition of landings.

          However, if this approach cannot be achieved, Member States may apply an alternative methodology for which the required disaggregation levels are specified in Appendix XV.’

      2. (ii)

        in point (d), first indent, subparagraph 3 is replaced by the following:

        1. 3..

          ‘for the stocks in the Mediterranean area, the landings by weight of a Mediterranean Member State for a species corresponding to less than 10 % of the total EU landings of that species, taken in the Mediterranean area, or to less than 200 tonnes, are exempted. This derogation shall not apply for blue fin tuna.’

      3. (iii)

        in point (d), second indent, subparagraph 3 is replaced by the following:

        1. 3..

          ‘for the stocks in the Mediterranean area, the landings by weight of a Mediterranean Member State for a species corresponding to less than 10 % of the total EU landings of that species, taken in the Mediterranean area, or to less than 200 tonnes, are exempted. This derogation shall not apply to blue fin tuna.’

      4. (iv)

        point (e) is replaced by the following:

        1. (e)

          ‘Discards:

          Discards shall be the subject of an annual estimation of the distribution of the lengths by type of fishing technique when:

          • discard data is used in stock assessment working groups,

          • discards represent either more than 10 % of the total catches by weight, or more than 20 % of the catches in numbers for the stocks for which yearly discard data must be collected, as specified in Appendix XII.

          The sampling intensities are those as defined in Appendix XV for commercial landings.

          When discards take place for length ranges which are not represented in the landings, age-reading shall take place in accordance with the rules set out in in Appendix XV.

          However, if Member States cannot reach this level of precision or only at excessive cost, they may obtain a derogation from the Commission provided that this request is fully documented.’

    2. (b)

      paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

      1. 2..

        ‘Extended programme:

        1. (a)

          Complementary parameters:

          Biological sampling shall be performed in order to evaluate the composition in length and, where appropriate, in age of the landings for all the stocks specified as optional in Appendix XV.

        2. (b)

          Disaggregation and precision levels:

          Member States shall apply a sampling strategy, achieving a precision level 1 for the length and, where appropriate, age composition of landings.

          However, if this approach cannot be achieved, Member States may apply an alternative methodology for which the required disaggregation levels are specified in Appendix XV.

        3. (c)

          Discards:

          The sampling programme for the estimation of the annual composition in lengths of the discards for optional stocks specified in Appendix XV.’