# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/38 of 16 January 2020 establishing technical operational requirements for the recording, formatting and transmission of information pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets, Article 2: Definitions

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

1. For the purpose of this Regulation, the definitions set out in Article 3 of the SMEFF Regulation shall apply.
2. For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definition shall also apply:
(a) ‘Union fishing fleet database’ means the register, kept by the Commission, containing information on all Union fishing vessels in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218 and supplemented by additional vessel details required in the applications for fishing authorisations under the SMEFF Regulation.
(b) ‘Union fishing authorisations database’ means the database set up in accordance with Article 39 of the SMEFF Regulation in order to ensure the exchange of information referred to in Titles II and III of that Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/38/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-38/article-2
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