Article 4 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions set out in F1Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply. The following definitions shall also apply:

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   ‘fishing activity’ means searching for fish, shooting, setting, towing, hauling of a fishing gear, taking catch on board, transhipping, retaining on board, processing on board, transferring, caging, fattening and landing of fish and fisheries products;

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   F2‘Fisheries Rules’ means relevant F3assimilated direct legislation;

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   ‘control’ means monitoring and surveillance;

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   ‘inspection’ means any check which is carried out by officials regarding compliance with F4Fisheries Rules and which is noted in an inspection report;

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   ‘surveillance’ means the observation of fishing activities on the basis of sightings by inspection vessels or official aircrafts and technical detection and identification methods;

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   ‘official’ means a person authorised by a F5fisheries administration to carry out an inspection;

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   ‘control observer’ means a person authorised by a F7fisheries administration to observe the implementation of F8Fisheries Rules;

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   ‘fishing licence’ means an official document conferring on its holder the right, as determined by national rules, to use a certain fishing capacity for the commercial exploitation of living aquatic resources. It contains minimum requirements concerning the identification, technical characteristics and fitting out of a F9... fishing vessel;

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    ‘fishing authorisation’ means a fishing authorisation issued in respect of a F10... fishing vessel in addition to its fishing licence, entitling it to carry out specific fishing activities during a specified period, in a given area or for a given fishery under specific conditions;

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    ‘automatic identification system’ means an autonomous and continuous vessel identification and monitoring system which provides means for ships to electronically exchange with other nearby ships and authorities ashore ship data including identification, position, course and speed;

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    ‘vessel detection system’ means a satellite based remote sensing technology which can identify vessels and detect their positions at sea;

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    F12‘fishing restricted area’ means any marine area defined in F13assimilated direct legislation where fishing activities are either limited or banned;

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    ‘fisheries monitoring centre’ means an operational centre established by a F14fisheries administration and equipped with computer hardware and software enabling automatic data reception, processing and electronic data transmission;

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    ‘transhipment’ means the unloading of all or any fisheries or aquaculture products on board a vessel to another vessel;

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    ‘risk’ means the likelihood of an event that may occur and would constitute a violation of F15Fisheries Rules;

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    ‘risk management’ means the systematic identification of risks and the implementation of all measures necessary for limiting the occurrence of these risks. This includes activities such as collecting data and information, analysing and assessing risks, preparing and taking action, and regular monitoring and review of the process and its outcomes, based on international F16... and national sources and strategies;

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    ‘operator’ means the natural or legal person who operates or holds any undertaking carrying out any of the activities related to any stage of production, processing, marketing, distribution and retail chains of fisheries and aquaculture products;

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    ‘lot’ means a quantity of fisheries and aquaculture products of a given species of the same presentation and coming from the same relevant geographical area and the same fishing vessel, or group of fishing vessels, or the same aquaculture production unit;

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    ‘processing’ means the process by which the presentation was prepared. It includes filleting, packing, canning, freezing, smoking, salting, cooking, pickling, drying or preparing fish for market in any other manner;

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    ‘landing’ means the initial unloading of any quantity of fisheries products from on board a fishing vessel to land;

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    ‘retail’ means the handling and/or processing of products of living aquatic resources and their storage at the point of sale or delivery to the final consumer, and includes distribution;

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    F17‘multiannual plans’ means recovery plans and plans providing for specific management measures for particular fish stocks for several years;

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    ‘coastal State’ means the State in the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction or in the ports of which an activity takes place;

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    ‘enforcement’ means any actions taken to ensure compliance with F18Fisheries Rules;

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    ‘certified engine power’ means the maximum continuous engine power which can be obtained at the output flange of an engine according to the F19entry for the vessel in question recorded in the register maintained under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;

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    ‘recreational fisheries’ means non-commercial fishing activities exploiting marine living aquatic resources for recreation, tourism or sport;

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    ‘relocation’ means fishing operations where the catch or part thereof is transferred or moved from shared fishing gear to a vessel or from a fishing vessel’s hold or its fishing gear to a keep net, container or cage outside the vessel in which the live catch is kept until landing;

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    ‘relevant geographical area’ means a sea area that is considered as a unit for the purposes of geographical classification in fisheries expressed by reference to a FAO sub-area, division or sub-division, or where applicable an ICES statistical rectangle, fishing effort zone, economic zone or area bounded by geographical coordinates;

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    ‘fishing vessel’ means any vessel equipped for commercial exploitation of living aquatic resources;

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    ‘fishing opportunity’ means a quantified legal entitlement to fish, expressed in terms of catches and/or fishing effort.