# Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on the establishment of a Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the common fisheries policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 (recast), Article 1: Subject matter and scope

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

1. This Regulation establishes rules on the collection, management and use of biological, environmental, technical and socioeconomic data in the fisheries sector as provided for in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 with a view to contributing to the achievement of the fisheries objectives.
2. The data referred to in paragraph 1 shall only be collected if no obligation to collect them exists under applicable law other than this Regulation.
3. For data necessary for fisheries management which are collected under other applicable law, this Regulation only defines rules for the use and transmission of those data.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1004/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1004/article-1
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