The following text is inserted into Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 1010/2009:
‘ Section 1
NORWAY
CATCH CERTIFICATION SCHEME
Norway shall require a catch certificate for landings and imports to Norway of catches made by fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Community.
In accordance with Article 12(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, the catch certificate provided for in Article 12 and Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 shall, as of 1 January 2010, be replaced — for fisheries products obtained from catches made by fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway — by a Norwegian catch certificate based on the Norwegian system of sales notes, which is an electronic traceability system under the control of the Norwegian authorities ensuring the same level of control by authorities as required under the Community catch certification scheme.
A specimen of a Norwegian catch certificate is given in the Appendix.
The Norwegian system of sales notes shall also be used to issue and validate a catch certificate for export consignments from Norway to the European Community of conventional fishery products including stock-fish, salted fish and salted and dried klippfish, using raw material from small fishing vessels and/or involving production comprising several steps in the production process, in accordance with entry 7. bis of the attached specimen.
Documents referred to in Article 14(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 may be established, validated and submitted by electronic means.
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE
Mutual assistance under Article 51 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 shall be developed to facilitate the exchange of information and administrative cooperation between respective competent authorities in Norway and the Member States of the European Community, based on detailed rules on mutual assistance laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1010/2009.
Appendix
Section 2
UNITED STATES
CATCH CERTIFICATION SCHEME
In accordance with Article 12(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, the catch certificate provided in Article 12 and Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 shall be replaced — for fisheries products obtained from catches made by fishing vessels flying the flag of the United States — by the US catch certificate, supported by electronic reporting and record keeping systems under the control of the US authorities ensuring the same level of control by authorities as required under the Community catch certification scheme.
A specimen of the US catch certificate, which shall replace the European Community Catch Certificate and Re-export Certificate as from 1 January 2010, is given in the Appendix.
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE
Mutual assistance under Article 51 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 shall be developed to facilitate the exchange of information and administrative cooperation between respective competent authorities in the United States and Member States of the European Community, based on detailed rules on mutual assistance laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1010/2009.
Appendix
Section 3
NEW ZEALAND
CATCH CERTIFICATION SCHEME
In accordance with Article 12(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, the catch certificate provided for in Article 12 and Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 shall be replaced — for fisheries products obtained from catches made by fishing vessels flying the flag of New Zealand — by the New Zealand catch certificate, which is an electronic traceability and certification system under the control of the New Zealand authorities ensuring the same level of control by authorities as required under the Community catch certification scheme.
A specimen of the New Zealand catch certificate, which shall replace the European Community Catch Certificate and Re-export Certificate for catches by fishing vessels registered in New Zealand and which are landed in New Zealand from 1 January 2010, is given in Appendix I.
Supporting explanatory notes on the New Zealand catch certificate are given in Appendix II.
Documents referred to in Article 14(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 may be communicated by electronic means.
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE
Mutual assistance under Article 51 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 shall be developed to facilitate the exchange of information and assistance between respective competent authorities in New Zealand and Member States of the European Community, based on detailed rules on mutual assistance laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1010/2009.
Appendix I
Specimen of the New Zealand catch certificate
Appendix II
Supporting explanatory notes on the New Zealand catch certificate
The “consignor” is the “exporter”
Any information included in an “unofficial information” box and information that follows the New Zealand government signatures is not validated by the New Zealand government.’
