# 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, Article 1: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘position message’ means the report on the position of a vessel automatically transmitted by the satellite-tracking device of the vessel to the Fisheries Monitoring Centre of a fisheries administration;
(b) ‘position report’ means the report made by the master of a vessel as provided for in Article 25 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011;
(c) “UKFR number” means the United Kingdom fleet register number of the vessel as referred to in Article 8 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218;
(d) “United Kingdom fishing vessel” means a fishing vessel which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. A reference to the ‘fleet’ of a fisheries administration is a reference to all United Kingdom fishing vessels which are—
(i) in the case of the Secretary of State and the Marine Management Organisation, registered to a port in England,
(ii) in the case of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, registered to a port in Northern Ireland,
(iii) in the case of the Scottish Ministers, registered to a port in Scotland, or
(iv) in the case of the Welsh Ministers registered to a port in Wales.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/433/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-433/article-1
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