BETA

51 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2018/0193(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) Small scale fisheries play an important role in the Union, from a biological, economic and social perspective. Considering the possible impacts of small scale fisheries on stocks, it is important to, keeping in mind the proportionality principle, control that fishing activities and fishing efforts of smaller vessels are in compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy. For this purpose it is necessary to obtain position data of those vessels. Therefore, Member States should be able to track all fishing vessels, including fishing vessels which are less than 12 metres' length. For vessels 12 metres' length it is now possible to use mobile devices which are less expensive and easy to use.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 has been amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the Parliament and Council31 in order to align certain of its provisions to the landing obligation set in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. In order to allow the proper control of the landing obligation, it is necessary to equip, on the basis of a risk assessment, a certain percentage of large fishing vessels should be equipped with continuous recording electronic monitoring devices including Close Circuit Televisions (CCTV). CCTV data may be supplemented by data from other electronic monitoring devices. Data from these devices, including from CCTV, will provide Member State officials with means to control compliance with the landing obligation at sea. The CCTV footage should only concern the gears and the parts of the vessels where fishery products are brought on board, handled and stored. Footage from CCTVs should be recorded locally and should be made available exclusively to Member States officials or Union inspectors upon requests in particular in the context of inspections, investigations or audits. __________________ 31Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 amending Council Regulations (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2187/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 2347/2002 and (EC) No 1224/2009, and Regulations (EU) No 1379/2013 and (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the landing obligation, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 (OJ L 133, 29.5.2015, p. 1).

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) The ~~absence of~~more proportionate catch reporting obligations by masters of vessels less than 10 metres' length led to incomplete and unreliable data for such vessels as the data collection for those vessels was based on sampling plans. Therefore it is important to require reporting of catches for all fishing vessels without regard to their size. In this way the rules will also be simplified and compliance and controls will be improvtake local differences into account and needs to be maintained.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) For vessels of 12 metres' length or more, it is important that the information in the logbook is made more accurate and includes data on the catches by haul or by operation, as this will enhance the effectiveness of controls. In the case of vessels less than 12 metres' length, the obligations pertaining to the completion and submission of the logbook should be simplified and masters should only be required to submit the information contained in logbook ~~once, before~~, where possible before arrival at port or at the latest without undue delay after arrival at port.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) The provisions on the margin of tolerance in logbook estimates of quantities of fish retained on board should be amended to take into account the new rules pertaining to the reporting of catches below 50 kg in logbooks. In addition, the provisions on the margin of tolerance should be amended in order to address the specificity of catches which are landed unsortedkept close to current rules to ensure proportionality and to avoid administrative burden.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) In order to ensure compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, each Member State should be required to set up and regularly update an annual or multi-annual national or regional control programmes covering all rules of the common fisheries policy. Member States or responsible regions should ensure that official controls are performed in a risk- based manner. Yearly reports on national or regional inspections and controls should also be required.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) Recreational fisheries play an important role in the Union, both from a biological, economic and social perspective. ~~Considering the significant impacts of the recreational fishing on certain stock~~Where recreational fisheries has a significant impact on a stock that is subject to Union conservation measures, it is necessary to provide for specific tools allowing an effective control of recreational fisheries by the Member States~~. A~~ or regi~~stration or licensing system should allow a precise census of physical and legal persons participating in recreational fisheries and the collection of~~ons. It should be up to Member States and regions themselves to decide if and how a potential registration or licensing system should look like and how to best collect sufficient and reliable data on catches and practices. The collection of sufficient and reliable data on recreational fishing i, taking into account the proportionality principle, is in some cases necessary in order to evaluate the impact of such fishing practices on stocks and provide Member States, regions and the Commission with the information necessary for an effective management and control of marine biological resources.

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Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31

(31) A number of specific conservation measures applicable to recreational fisheries has already been established under the common fisheries policy. ~~The r~~Registration or licensing and catch registration systems shfor stocks and species that are subject to Union conservation measures could allow the effective control of those specific conservation measures, wherever deemed appropriate by Member States or regions.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39

(39) In the case of fishery products sold directly from fishing vessels to the consumers, rules pertaining to traceability, registered buyers, and sales notes do not apply to quantities below certain thresholds. Those thresholds should be harmonized and should be lowered in order to ~~minimize~~keep the placing on the market of fishery products at a reasonable level which cannot be traced and therefore cannot be controlled.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

(40) In order to achieve the objectives of the common fisheries policy, the reliability and comprehensive collection of data on catches is of the utmost importance. In particular recording of catches at the time of landing should be carried out in the most reliable way possible. For that purpose, it is necessary to strengthen the procedures concerning the weighing of fishery products upon landing, keeping in mind the principle of proportionality.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41

(41) The weighing of catches from large fishing vessels should be performed on systems approved by the competent authorities and by operators registered by Member States or regions to carry out that task. All products should be weighed per species upon landing as this will guarantee a more accurate reporting of the catches. Furthermore, weighing records should be recorded electronically and kept for three years.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52

(52) National or regional entities in charge of fisheries control activities as well as any relevant judicial bodies should have access to the national register of infringements. A fully transparent exchange of information contained in national registers between Member States will also improve effectiveness and ensure a level playing field for control activities.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64 – indent 6

– content of the vessel position data and the content and format, rules concerning completion and digital recording and transmission of logbooks, prior notifications, transhipment declarations, and landing declarations for large fishing vessels;

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall operate vessel monitoring systems for effective monitoring of position and movement of ~~the~~ fishing vessels above 12 meters' of length flying their flag wherever those vessels may be, and of fishing vessels in the Member States’ waters through the collection and analysis of vessel position data. Each flag Member State shall ensure the continuous and systematic monitoring and control of the accuracy of the vessel position data.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 2

2. Union fishing vessels above 12 metres' of length shall have installed on board a fully functioning device which allows that vessel to be automatically located and identified by a vessel monitoring system through transmitting vessel position data at regular intervals.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

The vessel monitoring systems for vessels above 12 metres' of length shall also allow the fisheries monitoring centre referred to in Article 9a of the flag Member State to poll the fishing vessel at all times. The transmission of vessel position data and the polling shall either pass through a satellite connection, or may use a land- based mobile network when in reach of such network.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 7

7. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 119a establishing detailed rules on monitoring of large scale fishing activities and fishing effort by the fishing monitoring centres, in particular as regards the responsibilities of the masters concerning the vessel monitoring devices.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 8

8. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, lay down detailed rules for boats above 12 metres' of length on

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 9 a – paragraph 2

2. Each flag Member State shall appoint the, national or regional, competent authorities responsible for the fisheries monitoring centre and shall take the appropriate measures to ensure that its fisheries monitoring centre has the proper staffing resources and is equipped with computer hardware and software enabling automatic data processing and electronic data transmission. Member States shall provide for back-up and recovery procedures in case of system failure. Member States may operate a joint fisheries monitoring centre.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 1

1. The master of each Union catching vessel above 10 metres' of length shall keep an electronic fishing logbook for the purpose of recording fishing activities.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) an estimation of the date and time when the gear was lost;

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point c

(c) an estimation of the position where the gear was lost;

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 15 – paragraph 2

2. Masters of Union catching vessels of less than 12 metres’ length overall shall submit by electronic means the information referred to in Article 14, to the competent authority of their flag Member State after the last fishing operation has been completed and ~~before entering~~, where possible, before entering port or without undue delay after entering into port.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 15 – paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Until two years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation, Member States and regions may allow the information referred to in Article 14 to be submitted in paper format

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 16

~~(14) Article 16 is~~ deleted.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point c

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 17 – paragraph 6 – point b

~~(b) the extension of the prior notification obligation set out in paragraph 1 to fishing vessels of less than 12 metres’ length overall for specific fisheries;~~deleted

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 23 – paragraph 1

1. The master of a Union fishing vessel above 10 metres' of length, or its representative, shall complete an electronic landing declaration.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. The master of a Union fishing vessel above 12 metres' of length or their representative shall submit by electronic means the information referred to in Article 23 to the competent authority of their flag Member State within 24 hours after completion of the landing.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 25

~~(22) Article 25 is~~ deleted.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 39 – point b

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 43 – paragraph 7

~~(b) paragraph 7 is~~ deleted.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

For this purpose Member States ~~shall~~may:

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a

~~(a) put in place a registration or a licensing system monitoring the number of natural and legal persons involved in recreational fisheries; an~~deleted

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b

~~(b) collect data on catches from such fisheries through catch reporting or other data collection mechanisms based on a methodology which shall be notified to the Commission.~~deleted

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 55 – paragraph 2

2. As regards stocks, groups of stocks and species that are subject to Union conservation measures applicable to recreational fisheries, Member States ~~shall~~may

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) ensure that natural and legal persons involved in recreational fisheries for such stocks or species record and send catch declarations electronically to the competent authorities on a daily basis or after each fishing tripput in place systems to ensure that the catches of such stocks or species are recorded; and

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 55 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) put in place a registration or licensing system for vessels used in such recreational fisheries, in addition to the registration or licencing system for natural and legal persons referred to in paragraph 1.deleted

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 55 – paragraph 5

5. The Commission may, taking the proportionality and subsidiarity principles into account, by way of implementing acts, adopt detailed rules concerning:

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 55 – paragraph 5 – point a

(a) the registration or licensing systems for recreational fisheries for ~~specific~~ species or stocks, that are subject to Union conservation measures

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 55 – paragraph 5 – point b

(b) the collection of data and the recording and submission of the catch data of fish stocks that are subject to Union conservation measures,

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 55 – paragraph 5 – point c

~~(c) the tracking of vessels used for recreational fisheries, an~~deleted

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 55 – paragraph 5 – point d

~~(d) the control and marking of gears used for recreational fisheries.~~deleted

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 47

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 59 – paragraph 3

3. Consumers acquiring, from vessels less than 12 metres’ of length, up to an amount of 510kg of fishery product per day which are not thereafter placed on the market but used only for private consumption shall be exempted from this Article.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 48

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 59a – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that procedures are in place to enable that all fishery products caught by vessels above 12 metres’ of length are weighed upon landing on systems approved by the competent authorities and that weighing is carried out by operators registered for the weighing of fisheries products.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 49

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 60 – paragraph 1

1. Masters of vessels above 12 metres’ of length shall ensure that all quantities of fishery products are weighed per species on weighing systems and by operators registered pursuant to Article 59a immediately after landing, prior to the fishery products being held in storage, transported or placed on the market.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 49

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 60 – paragraph 1a (new)

1a. Masters of vessels below 12 metres’ of length shall ensure that all quantities of fishery products are weighed per species without undue delay after landing.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 49

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 60 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new)

(ca) The catches are done by a vessel of less than 12 metres’ of length.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 50

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 60a – paragraph 1

1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts for vessels above 12 metres’ of length in accordance with Article 119a in order to set general rules for the weighing. Those rules may concern:

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 50

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 60a – paragraph 2

2. The Commission is also empowered to adopt delegated acts for vessels above 12 metres’ of length in accordance with Article 119a in order to set special rules for the weighing of certain pelagic species. Those rules may concern:

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 54

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 65

A consumer acquiring, from vessels less than 12 metres’ of length, products not exceeding 510 kg of fishery product per consumer per day which is not thereafter placed on the market but used only for private consumption, shall be exempted from the provisions laid down in Articles 62 and 64.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 82

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 114

“For the purpose of this Regulation, ~~each~~ Member State or regions shall set up and keep up-to date an official website or websites for operators and the general public, containing as a minimum the information listed in Article 115.

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 82

Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009
Article 115

On their websites, Member States or regions shall publish without delay, or provide a direct link to, the following information:

2019/02/07
Committee: PECH