{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-433/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-433/annex-III.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/433",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 433/2012 of 23 May 2012 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a scheme of control and enforcement applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the North-East Atlantic fisheries",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-433",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "REPORTING OF CATCHES, TRANSHIPMENTS AND POSITIONS\n1)‘CATCH ON ENTRY’ report\nData Element\nField Code\nMandatory /Optional\nRemarks\nStart record\nSR\nM\nSystem detail; indicates start of record\nAddress\nAD\nM\nMessage detail; destination, ‘XNE’ for NEAFC\nSequence Number\nSQ\nM\nMessage detail; serial number in current year\nType of Message\nTM\nM\nMessage detail; message type, ‘COE’ as Catch on Entry report\nRadio call sign\nRC\nM\nVessel registration detail; international radio call sign of the vessel\nTrip Number\nTN\nO\nActivity detail; fishing trip serial number in current year\nVessel Name\nNA\nO\nVessel registration detail; name of the vessel\nUnited Kingdom fleet register number (UKFR)\nIR\nO\nVessel registration detail. ...\nExternal Registration Number\nXR\nO\nVessel registration detail; the side number of the vessel or IMO number in the absence of a side number.\nLatitude\nLA\nM\nActivity detail; position at time of transmission\nLongitude\nLO\nM\nActivity detail; position at time of transmission\nQuantity on board\nOB\nActivity detail; quantity by species on board, in pairs as needed.\nspecies\nM\nFAO species code\nlive weight\nM\nLive weight in kilograms, rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms.\nDate\nDA\nM\nMessage detail; date of transmission\nTime\nTI\nM\nMessage detail; time of transmission\nEnd of record\nER\nM\nSystem detail; indicates end of the record\n2)‘CATCH’ report\nOptional if a vessel is subject to satellite tracking in accordance with Article 11of Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010.\nMeaning the first ‘Catch Report’ in the current fishing trip in the Regulatory Area.\nData Element\nField Code\nMandatory / Optional\nRemarks\nStart record\nSR\nM\nSystem detail; indicates start of record\nAddress\nAD\nM\nMessage detail; destination, ‘XNE’ for NEAFC\nSequence Number\nSQ\nM\nMessage detail; message serial number in current year\nType of Message\nTM\nM\nMessage detail; message type, ‘CAT’ as Catch report\nRadio call sign\nRC\nM\nVessel registration detail; international radio call sign of the vessel\nTrip Number\nTN\nO\nActivity detail; fishing trip serial number in current year\nVessel Name\nNA\nO\nVessel registration detail; name of the vessel\nUnited Kingdom fleet register number (UKFR)\nIR\nO\nVessel registration detail. ...\nExternal Registration Number\nXR\nO\nVessel registration detail; the side number of the vessel or IMO number in the absence of a side number\nLatitude\nLA\nM\nActivity detail; position at time of transmission\nLongitude\nLO\nM\nActivity detail; position at time of transmission\nWeekly Catches\nCA\nActivity detail; cumulative catch by species retained on board, either since commencement of fishing in R.A. or last ‘Catch’ report, in pairs as needed.\nspecies\nM\nFAO species code\nlive weight\nM\nLive weight in kilograms, rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms\nDays Fished\nDF\nM\nActivity detail; number of fishing days in the Regulatory Area since commencement of fishing or last ‘Catch’ report\nDate\nDA\nM\nMessage detail; date of transmission\nTime\nTI\nM\nMessage detail; time of transmission\nEnd of record\nER\nM\nSystem detail; indicates end of the record\n3)‘CATCH ON EXIT’ report\nOptional if a vessel is subject to satellite tracking in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010\nMeaning the first communication of catches taken in the R.A. in the current fishing trip\nData Element\nField Code\nMandatory /Optional\nRemarks\nStart record\nSR\nM\nSystem detail; indicates start of record\nAddress\nAD\nM\nMessage detail; destination, ‘XNE’ for NEAFC\nSequence Number\nSQ\nM\nMessage detail; message serial number in current year\nType of Message\nTM\nM\nMessage detail; ‘COX’ as Catch on Exit report\nRadio call sign\nRC\nM\nVessel registration detail; international radio call sign of the vessel\nTrip Number\nTN\nO\nActivity detail; fishing trip serial number in current year\nVessel Name\nNA\nO\nVessel registration detail; name of the vessel\nUnited Kingdom fleet register number (UKFR)\nIR\nO\nVessel registration detail. ...\nExternal Registration Number\nXR\nO\nVessel registration detail; the side number of the vessel or IMO number in the absence of a side number\nLatitude\nLA\nM\nActivity detail; position at time of transmission\nLongitude\nLO\nM\nActivity detail; position at time of transmission\nWeekly Catch\nCA\nActivity detail; Cumulative catch retained on board by species, either since commencement of fishing in the R.A. or last ‘Catch’ report, in pairs as needed.\nspecies\nM\nFAO species code\nlive weight\nM\nLive weight in kilograms, rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms\nDays Fished\nDF\nM\nActivity detail; number of fishing days in the Regulatory Area either since commencement of fishing or last ‘Catch’ report\nDate\nDA\nM\nMessage detail; date of transmission\nTime\nTI\nM\nMessage detail; time of transmission\nEnd of record\nER\nM\nSystem detail; indicates end of the record\n4)‘TRANSHIPMENT’ report\nWhichever one is appropriate\nOptional for reports sent by the receiving vessel after the transhipment.\nData Element\nField Code\nMandatory /Optional\nRemarks\nStart record\nSR\nM\nSystem detail; indicates start of record\nAddress\nAD\nM\nMessage detail; destination, ‘XNE’ for NEAFC\nSequence Number\nSQ\nM\nMessage detail; message serial number in current year\nType of Message\nTM\nM\nMessage detail; message type, ‘TRA’ as Transhipment report\nRadio call sign\nRC\nM\nVessel registration detail; international radio call sign of the vessel\nTrip Number\nTN\nO\nActivity detail; fishing trip serial number in current year\nVessel Name\nNA\nO\nVessel registration detail; name of the vessel\nUnited Kingdom fleet register number (UKFR)\nIR\nO\nVessel registration detail. ...\nExternal Registration Number\nXR\nO\nVessel registration detail; the side number of the vessel or IMO number in the absence of a side number\nQuantity on-loaded or off-loaded\nKG\nQuantity by species on-loaded or off-loaded in the R.A., in pairs as needed.\nspecies\nM\nFAO species code\nlive weight\nM\nLive weight in kilograms, rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms,\nTranshipped To\nTT\nM\nVessel registration detail; International radio call sign of the receiving vessel\nTranshipped From\nTF\nM\nVessel registration detail; International radio call sign of the donor vessel\nLatitude\nLA\nM\nActivity detail; estimated latitude where the master intends to do the transhipment.\nLongitude\nLO\nM\nActivity detail; estimated longitude where the master intends to do the transhipment.\nPredicted Date\nPD\nM\nActivity detail; estimated date UTC when the master intends to do the transhipment (YYYYMMDD)\nPredicted Time\nPT\nM\nActivity detail; estimated time UTC when the master intends to do the transhipment (HHMM)\nDate\nDA\nM\nMessage detail; date of transmission\nTime\nTI\nM\nMessage detail; time of transmission\nEnd of record\nER\nM\nSystem detail; indicates end of the record\n5)‘POSITION’ report/message\nOptional in case of a VMS message\nType of message shall be ‘ENT’ for the first VMS message from the Regulatory Area as detected by the FMC of the Contracting Party.\nType of message shall be ‘EXI’ for the first VMS message from outside the Regulatory Area as detected by the FMC of the Contracting Party, and the values for latitude and Longitude are, in this type of message, optional.\nType of message shall be ‘MAN’ for reports communicated by vessels with a defective satellite tracking device in addition to Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 404/2011\nMandatory for manual messages\nMandatory for VMS messages\nMandatory; to be used only in transmissions between the NEAFC Secretary and the FMCs\nData Element\nField Code\nMandatory /Optional\nRemarks\nStart record\nSR\nM\nSystem detail; indicates start of record\nAddress\nAD\nM\nMessage detail; destination; ‘XNE’ for NEAFC\nSequence Number\nSQ\nM\nMessage detail; message serial number in current year\nType of Message\nTM\nM\nMessage detail; message type, ‘POS’ as Position report/message to be communicated by VMS or other means by vessels with a defective satellite tracking device\nRadio call sign\nRC\nM\nVessel registration detail; international radio call sign of the vessel\nTrip Number\nTN\nO\nActivity detail; fishing trip serial number in current year\nVessel Name\nNA\nO\nVessel registration detail; name of the vessel\nUnited Kingdom fleet register number (UKFR)\nIR\nO\nVessel registration detail. ...\nExternal Registration Number\nXR\nO\nVessel registration detail; the side number of the vessel or IMO number in the absence of a side number\nLatitude\nLA\nM\nActivity detail; position at time of transmission\nLongitude\nLO\nM\nActivity detail; position at time of transmission\nLatitude (decimal)\nLT\nM\nActivity detail; position at time of transmission\nLongitude (decimal)\nLG\nM\nActivity detail; position at time of transmission\nSpeed\nSP\nM\nActivity detail; speed of the vessel\nCourse\nCO\nM\nActivity detail; heading of the vessel\nFlag State\nFS\nM\nActivity detail; flag-state of the vessel\nDate\nDA\nM\nMessage detail; date of transmission\nTime\nTI\nM\nMessage detail; time of transmission\nEnd of record\nER\nM\nSystem detail; indicates end of the record\n6)‘PORT of landing’ report\nOptional if a vessel is subject to satellite tracking.\nData Element\nField Code\nMandatory /Optional\nRemarks\nStart record\nSR\nM\nSystem detail; indicates start of record\nAddress\nAD\nM\nMessage detail; destination ‘XNE’ for NEAFC\nSequence number\nSQ\nM\nMessage detail; serial number of the report from the vessel in the relevant year\nType of Message\nTM\nM\nMessage detail; message type, ‘POR’\nRadio call sign\nRC\nM\nVessel registration detail; international radio call sign of the vessel\nTrip Number\nTN\nO\nActivity detail; fishing trip serial number in current year\nVessel Name\nNA\nO\nVessel registration detail; name of the vessel\nUnited Kingdom fleet register number (UKFR)\nIR\nO\nVessel registration detail. ...\nExternal Registration Number\nXR\nO\nVessel registration detail; the side number of the vessel or IMO number in the absence of a side number\nLatitude\nLA\nM\nActivity detail; position at time of transmission\nLongitude\nLO\nM\nActivity detail; position at time of transmission\nCoastal state\nCS\nM\nActivity detail; coastal state of the Port of Landing\nName of Port\nPO\nM\nActivity detail; name of Port of landing\nPredicted Date\nPD\nM\nActivity detail; estimated date UTC when the master intends to be in port (YYYYMMDD)\nPredicted Time\nPT\nM\nActivity detail; estimated time UTC when the master intends to be in port (HHMM)\nQuantity to be landed\nKG\nM\nActivity detail; quantity by species to be landed in the Port, in pairs as needed.\nspecies\nFAO species code\nlive weight\nLive weight in kilograms, rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms\nQuantity on board\nOB\nM\nActivity detail; quantity by species on board, in pairs as needed\nspecies\nFAO species code\nlive weight\nLive weight in kilograms, rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms\nDate\nDA\nM\nMessage detail; UTC date of transmission\nTime\nTI\nM\nMessage detail; UTC time of transmission\nEnd of record\nER\nM\nSystem detail; indicates end of the record\n7)‘CANCEL’ report\nA Cancel report shall not be used to cancel another Cancel report\nData Element\nField Code\nMandatory/Optional\nRemarks\nStart record\nSR\nM\nSystem detail; indicates the start of record\nFrom\nFR\nM\nName of the transmitting Party\nAddress\nAD\nM\nMessage detail; destination, ‘XNE’ for NEAFC\nType of Message\nTM\nM\nMessage detail; message type, ‘CAN’ as Cancel report\nRadio call sign\nRC\nM\nVessel registration detail; international radio call sign of the vessel\nCancelled report\nCR\nM\nMessage detail; the record number of the report to be cancelled\nYear of the report cancelled\nYR\nM\nMessage detail; year of the report to be cancelled\nDate\nDA\nM\nMessage detail; date of transmission\nTime\nTI\nM\nMessage detail; time of transmission\nEnd of record\nER\nM\nSystem detail; indicates end of the record",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/753), regs. 1, 6(16)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 3 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/753), regs. 1, 6(16)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Optional if a vessel is subject to satellite tracking in accordance with Article 11of Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Meaning the first ‘Catch Report’ in the current fishing trip in the Regulatory Area."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Optional if a vessel is subject to satellite tracking in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Meaning the first communication of catches taken in the R.A. in the current fishing trip"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Whichever one is appropriate"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Optional for reports sent by the receiving vessel after the transhipment."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Optional in case of a VMS message"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Type of message shall be ‘ENT’ for the first VMS message from the Regulatory Area as detected by the FMC of the Contracting Party. Type of message shall be ‘EXI’ for the first VMS message from outside the Regulatory Area as detected by the FMC of the Contracting Party, and the values for latitude and Longitude are, in this type of message, optional. Type of message shall be ‘MAN’ for reports communicated by vessels with a defective satellite tracking device in addition to Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 404/2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Mandatory for manual messages"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Mandatory for VMS messages"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "Mandatory; to be used only in transmissions between the NEAFC Secretary and the FMCs"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "Optional if a vessel is subject to satellite tracking."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "A Cancel report shall not be used to cancel another Cancel report"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/433/annex/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:25.936519+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}