{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1303/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1303/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2007/1303",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1303/2007 of 5 November 2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1303",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EXCHANGE FORMAT\nEnvelope data elements\nData elements\nField code\nDescription and content\nStart/end of record\nStart of record\nSR\nTag indicating start of the logbook, sales note declaration or return message\nSub-elements\nAddress\nAD\nDestination: ISO alpha-3 country code\nFrom\nFR\nCountry transmitting the data (ISO alpha-3 country code)\nType of message\nTM\nLetter code of the type of message (LOG, SAL, RET or COR)\nReturn status\nRS\nIndicates the status of the received message/report, either ACK (acknowledged) or NAK (not acknowledged)\nReturn error code\nRE\nNumerical codes indicating errors on messages/reports received\n(101 — message unreadable, 102 — data value or size out of range, 104 — mandatory data missing, 106 — unauthorised data source, 150 — sequence error, 151 — date/time in the future, 250 — attempt to renotify a vessel, 251 — vessel is not notified, 302 — transhipment prior to Catch on Entry, 303 — Catch on Exit prior to Catch on Entry, 304 — no position received, 350 — position without Catch on Entry)\nRecord number\nRN\nSerial number of retransmission of the message by the FMC (annual count)\nRecord date\nRD\nDate of retransmission of the message/report (YYYYMMDD)\nRecord time\nRT\nTime of retransmission of the message/report (HHMM in UTC)\nLogbook data elements\nData elements\nField code\nDescription and content\nStart/end logbook element\nStart of logbook declaration\nLOG\nTag indicating start of the logbook declaration (contains RC, XR, IR, NA, VO, MA or TN attribute and DEP, CAT, ENT, EXI, CRO, TRZ, TRA, LAN or RTP element)\nMain elements\nDeparture declaration\nDEP\nTag indicating the departure from a harbour at the start of a fishing trip (contains DA, TI and PO attributes)\nReturn to port declaration\nRTP\nTag indicating the return to the harbour at the end of the fishing trip (contains DA, TI and PO attributes)\nCatch declaration\nCAT\nTag indicating start of a catch declaration (contains DA, TI, FO and DU attributes and POS, GEA or SPE sub-elements)\nTranshipment declaration\nTRA\nTag indicating start of a transhipment declaration (contains DA, TI, TT, TF, TC and FC attributes and SPE sub-elements)\nLanding declaration\nLAN\nTag indicating start of a landing declaration (contains DA, TI and PO attributes and POS and SPE sub-elements)\nEffort declaration: Entry in zone\nENT\nTag indicating start of an declaration on entry into the effort zone (contains DA, TI attributes and POS, SPE sub-elements)\nEffort declaration: Exit out of zone\nEXI\nTag indicating start of a declaration on exit of the effort zone (contains DA, TI attributes and POS, SPE sub-elements)\nEffort declaration: Crossing of a zone\nCRO\nTag indicating start of a declaration on crossing the effort zone (contains ENT and EXI elements)\nEffort declaration: Trans-zonal fishing\nTRZ\nTag indicating start of a declaration on trans-zonal fishing within the effort zone (contains ENT and EXI elements)\nSub-elements\nSpecies sub-declaration\nSPE\nTag containing fish species details (contains SN, WT or WL or WS, NF attributes and PRO sub-elements)\nProcessing sub-declaration\nPRO\nTag containing fish processing details (contains PR, CF and TY attributes or DIS (discards))\nPosition sub-declaration\nPOS\nTag containing detailed information on the location of the fishing vessel (contains ZO attribute and for fishing effort: LA and LO attributes)\nGear sub-declaration\nGEA\nTag containing detailed information on the gear used during a fishing operation (contains GE, ME, GD and GL as required by the effort declaration). For DSS contains NH, IT, FO and FD\nAttributes\nTrip number\nTN\nNumber of fishing trip in current year (001-999)\nDate\nDA\nDate of transmission (YYYYMMDD)\nTime\nTI\nTime of transmission (HHMM in UTC)\nVessel’s main identification\nRC\nInternational radio call sign\nVessel’s external identification\nXR\nSide (hull) registration number of the vessel\nVessel’s identification (CFR)\nIR\nCommunity Fleet Register number\nName of vessel\nNA\nName of the vessel\nName of vessel owner\nVO\nName of the vessel owner\nName of the master\nMA\nName of the master\nPort name\nPO\nPort code (2 letter country code (ISO alpha-3 country code) + 3 letter port code). I.e. for Edinburgh — GBEDI, Kiel — DEKEL or Vigo — ESVGO)\nFishing operations\nFO\nNumber of fishing operations (hauls) per 24-hour period\nFishing time\nDU\nDuration of fishing activity in minutes\nPosition: latitude\nLA\nLatitude expressed in degrees and minutes (N/S DDMM)\nPosition: longitude\nLO\nLongitude expressed in degrees and minutes (E/W DDMM)\nFishing zone\nZO\nThe smallest statistical area (sub-area, division, subdivision, etc.) covered by the FAO Major fishing area [and ICES] classification (i.e. 27.3.24 [or III24] for the ICES subdivision 24 in the Baltic sea, 21.1F[or 1F] for NAFO division 21.1F, etc.)\nGear name\nGE\nLetter code according to FAO’s ‘International Standard Statistical Classification of the Fishing Gear’\nGear mesh size\nME\nSize of mesh (in millimetres)\nGear height\nGD\nGear height (in metres)\nGear length\nGL\nGear length (in metres)\nSpecies name\nSN\nName of the species caught (FAO alpha-3 code)\nWeight of fish\nWT\nWeight of live fish (in kilograms)\nNumber of fish\nNF\nNumber of fish caught (when quota is allocated in numbers of fish, i.e. salmon)\nConversion factor\nCF\nFactors for the conversion of fish and fish product landed weights to live weight equivalents\nWeight of fish landed\nWL\nProduct weight in the landing declaration\nPresentation of fish\nPR\nLetter code of the product presentation (way fish has been processed):\n(WHL — whole fish, GUT — gutted, GUH gutted and headed, GUG — gutted and gilled, GUL — gutted liver in, GTF — gutted, tailed and finned, GUS — gutted, headed, skinned, FIL — filleted, FIS — filleted and skinned, FSB — filleted with skin and bones, FSP — filleted skinned with pin bone on, HEA — headed, WNG — wings, WNG+SKI — wings and skinned, SKI — skinned, DIS — discarded)\nProcessing’s type of packaging\nTY\nThree-letter code (CRT = cartons, BOX = boxes, BGS = bags, BLC = blocks)\nTranshipment: receiving vessel\nTT\nInternational radio call sign of the receiving vessel\nTranshipment: (donor) vessel\nTF\nInternational radio call sign of the donor vessel\nTranshipment: flag State of receiving vessel\nTC\nFlag State of vessel receiving the transhipment (ISO alpha-3 country code)\nTranshipment: flag State of donor vessel\nFC\nFlag State of the donor vessel (ISO alpha-3 country code)\nDeep sea additional codes\nAverage number of hooks used on longlines\nNH\nAverage number of hooks per longline\nImmersion time\nIT\nThe total time gear was in the water (fishing) per 24-hour period\nFishing operations\nFO\nNumber of fishing operations (hauls for nets and towed gears or longline shoots) per 24-hour period\nFishing depths\nFD\nDistance between the sea floor and the surface of the sea\nSales notes data elements\nData elements\nField code\nDescription and content\nStart/end sales note element\nStart of sales note declaration\nSAL\nTag indicating start of sales note declaration (contains XR (RC, IR), NA, VO and MA attributes and SIF or TOV sub-elements)\nMain elements\nSales note info\nSIF\nTag containing details of a sale (contains DA, TI, SL, SC, NS, NB, CN and TD attributes and SIT sub-elements)\nTake over info\nTOV\nTag containing details of a take over declaration (contains DA, TI, SL, NS, NB, CN and TD attributes and SIT sub-elements)\nSub-elements\nSale item\nSIT\nTag containing details of an item within a sale (contains FP, FF, SF, DL, PO, QC, PD and ZO attributes and SPE, POS and PRO sub-elements)\nSpecies sub-declaration\nSPE\nTag containing fish species details (contains SN, WT or WL or WS and MZ attributes and PRO sub-elements)\nProcessing sub-declaration\nPRO\nTag containing fish processing details (contains PR, CF and TY attributes)\nAttributes\nDate\nDA\nDate of the sale (YYYYMMDD)\nTime\nTI\nTime of the sale (HHMM in UTC)\nSale location\nSL\nPort code or place name (if not in port) where the sale took place\nSale country\nSC\nCountry where the sale took place (ISO alpha-3 country code)\nVessel’s main identification\nRC\nInternational radio call sign\nVessel’s external identification\nXR\nSide (hull) number of registration of the vessel that landed the fish\nVessel’s identification (CFR)\nIR\nCommunity Fleet Register number\nName of vessel\nNA\nName of the vessel that landed the fish\nName of vessel owner or master\nVO\nName of the vessel owner or master\nName of seller\nNS\nName of auction centre, other body or person selling the fish\nName of buyer\nNB\nName of auction centre, other body or person buying the fish\nSales contract reference number\nCN\nSales contract reference number\nTransport document reference\nTD\nReference to the transport or T 2 M document (Art. 13 of R. (EEC) No 2847/93)\nDate of landing\nDL\nDate of landing (YYYYMMDD)\nPort name\nPO\nPort code (port of landing) (2 letter country code (ISO alpha-3 country code) + 3 letter port code). I.e. for Edinburgh — GBEDI, Kiel — DEKEL or Vigo — ESVGO)\nSpecies name\nSN\nName of the species caught (FAO alpha-3 code)\nGeographical area of origin\nZO\nAccording to the FAO major fishing area classification, i.e. 27.3.24 [or III24] for the ICES subdivision 24 in the Baltic sea, 21.1F [or 1F] for NAFO division 21.1F, etc.\nQuota country\nQC\nISO alpha-3 country code of the vessel which lands fish received by transhipment in case flag state of donor and recipient vessel is different\nWeight of fish sold\nWS\nWeight of fish sold (in kilograms)\nFish size category\nSF\nSize of fish (1-8; one size or kg, g, cm, mm or number of fish per kg as appropriate)\nFish freshness category\nFF\nFish freshness category (Extra, A, B, E)\nMinimum fish size\nMZ\nMinimum size of fish (in millimetres)\nConversion factor\nCF\nFactors for the conversion of fish and fish product landed weights to live weight equivalents\nPresentation of fish\nPR\nLetter code of the product presentation (way fish has been processed):\n(WHL — whole fish, GUT — gutted, GUH gutted and headed, GUG — gutted and gilled, GUL — gutted liver in, GTF — gutted, tailed and finned, GUS — gutted, headed, skinned, FIL — filleted, FIS — filleted and skinned, FSB — filleted with skin and bones, FSP — filleted skinned with pin bone on, HEA — headed, WNG — wings, WNG+SKI — wings and skinned, SKI — skinned)\nProcessing’s type of packaging\nTY\nThree-letter code (CRT = cartons, BOX = boxes, BGS = bags, BLC = blocks)\nFish price\nFP\nPrice per kg (currency of transaction/kg)\nProduct destination\nPD\nCodes for human consumption, carry-over, industrial purposes",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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