# Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required, Division 23

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Member States shall communicate the data referred in point 22 to the Commission in spreadsheet format by sending it to the appropriate mailbox address which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission.
Table IV — Reporting format
Country
CFR
External marking
Area fished
Length of management period
Gear type/types notified
Days eligible using this gear
Days spent with this gear type
Transfers of days
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
Table V — Data format
Name of zone
Max. number of characters/digits
Definition and comments
(1) Country
3
Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered for fishing under Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.
Always the reporting country.
(2) CFR
12
(Community Fleet Register Number).
Unique identification number of a fishing vessel.
Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters additional zeros must be inserted on the left hand side.
(3) External marking
14
Under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87
(4) Area
1
Indicate if the vessel has been fishing in Area 2(a) or 2(b) of this Annex
(5) Length of management period
2
Indication from 1-12 of the length of each management period allocated to the vessel concerned. Separate management periods in which the same gear grouping or combination of gear groupings have been notified, in accordance with point 7 of this Annex, may be aggregated.
(6) Gear type/types notified
2
Indication from 4(a) through to 4(g) of the gear types notified in accordance with point 4 of this Annex.
(7) Days eligible using this gear
3
Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under this Annex for the choice of gears and length of management period notified.
(8) Days spent with this gear type
3
Number of days for which the vessel actually spent absent from port and present within the area according to this Annex.
(9) Transfers of days
3
For days transferred indicate ‘– number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/27/annex/IVb/division/4/division/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-27/annex-IVb/division-4/division-23
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