# Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 (repealed) EU Regulation No 1342/2008 · adopted 18 December 2008 Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 (repealed) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1342/pdf/eur_20081342_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (5 August 2018) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1342/pdf/eur_20081342_2018-08-05_en.pdf; Revised version (1 January 2017) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1342/pdf/eur_20081342_2017-01-01_en.pdf; Revised version (28 June 2016) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1342/pdf/eur_20081342_2016-06-28_en.pdf; Revised version (1 January 2016) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1342/pdf/eur_20081342_2016-01-01_en.pdf; Revised version (1 January 2013) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1342/pdf/eur_20081342_2013-01-01_en.pdf; Revised version (1 January 2011) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1342/pdf/eur_20081342_2011-01-01_en.pdf; Correction slip (1 September 2010) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1342/pdf/eurcs_20081342_en_001.pdf ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Geographical definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Calculation of fishing effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Objective of the plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCHES ## 6 Minimum and precautionary biomass levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Procedure for setting TACs for cod stocks in the Kattegat the west of Scotland and the Irish Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Procedure for setting TACs for the cod stock in the North Sea, the Skagerrak and the eastern Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Setting of TACs in poor data conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IIa: MEMBER STATES' OBLIGATIONS ## 10 Fishing authorisations and capacity ceilings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: FISHING EFFORT LIMITATION ## 11 Fishing effort regime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Fishing effort allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Allocation of additional fishing effort for highly selective gear and cod-avoiding fishing trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Member States’ obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Regulation of fishing effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Exchange of maximum allowable fishing effort between Member States and reconstitution of effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Exchange of maximum allowable fishing effort across effort groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: MONITORING, INSPECTION AND SURVEILLANCE ## 18 Relationship with Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Logbook checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Weighing of cod first landed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Inspection benchmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Prohibition on transhipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 National control action programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Prior notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Designated ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Margin of tolerance in the estimation of quantities reported in the logbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Separate stowage of cod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Transport of cod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Specific monitoring programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: DECISION-MAKING AND FINAL PROVISIONS ## 30 Decision-making procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Amendments to Annex I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Detailed rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Assistance under the European Fisheries Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Gear groupings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Groupings of geographical areas: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: SPECIFIC INSPECTION BENCHMARKS ### Division: Objective ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Strategy ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Priorities ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Target benchmarks ## 4 Not later than one month from the date of entry into force of this Regulation, Member States shall implement their inspection schedules taking account of the targets set out below. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III CONTENTS OF NATIONAL CONTROL ACTION PROGRAMMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 1: Means of control ### Division: Human resources ## (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Technical resources ## (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Financial resources ## (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Electronic recording and reporting of information relating to fishing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Designation of ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Notification prior to landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Landings control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Inspection procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1342 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1342 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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