Changes from plenary report to adopted text

Added‘Article 65 Confidentiality and data protection

Added1. Data collected and exchanged in the framework of this Regulation shall be treated in accordance with the applicable rules on data protection and on confidentiality pursuant to Articles 112 and 113 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, unless provided otherwise in this Article.

Added2. Personal data collected under this Regulation shall be processed for the purposes of implementation and enforcement of the management, conservation and control measures laid down by this Regulation, including any enquiries pertaining to complaints and infringements and judicial or administrative procedures relating to thereto.

Added3. Personal data processed under this Regulation shall not be stored for a period longer than 10 years, except if those personal data are necessary to enable the follow-up of an infringement, an inspection, or judicial or administrative procedures. In those cases, the personal data may be stored for a maximum of 20 years. If the information is retained for a longer period, the personal data shall be anonymised.’;

Added(9) in Article 66, paragraph 1 is amended as follows:

Added(a) points (b) and (c) are replaced by the following:

Added‘(b) deadlines for reporting information as laid down in Article 7(2), point (a), Article 9(1), Article 16(1) and (2), Article 24(4), Article 26(1), Article 29(1), Article 32(2) and (3), Article 35(5) and (6), Article 36, Article 41(3), Article 44(2), Article 52(2), Article 57(5), point (b), and Article 58(6);

Added(c) time periods for fishing seasons as provided in Article 17(1), (2), (3) and (4);’;

Added(b) points (e) and (f) are replaced by the following:

Added‘(e) the percentages and reference parameters laid down in Article 13, Article 15(3) and (4), Article 20(1), Article 21(2), Article 38(1), Article 44(2), Article 46(1), point (a), Article 50 and Article 51(8);

Added(f) the information to be submitted to the Commission referred to in Article 7(2), point (a), Article 11(1) Article 16(1), Article 24(1), Article 25(3), Article 29(1), Article 30(5), Article 32(1), Article 34(2) and Article 40(1);’;

Added(c) the following point is added:

Added‘(o) the information in the daily catch reports referred to in Article 32(1), the information on prior notification of landings referred to in Article 34(2), the information to be included in a prior transfer notification referred to in Article 40(1).’.

AddedArticle 8

AddedEntry into force

AddedThis Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

AddedThis Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

AddedDone at …,

AddedFor the European Parliament For the Council

AddedThe President The President

AddedANNEX I

AddedThe Annexes to Regulation (EU) 2018/975 are amended as follows:

Added(1) Annex IV is replaced by the following:

Added‘ANNEX IV Guidelines for the preparation and submission of notifications of encounters with potential vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs)

Added1. General Information

Added(a) contact details

Added(b) flag

Added(c) vessel name

Added(d) dates of fishing effort and notification

Added(e) time of tow start (UTC)

Added(f) time of tow end (UTC)

Added(g) fishing gear used

Added2. Location Information

Added(a) bottom trawl or mid-water trawl

Added(b) start and end position of trawl (to nearest 1/100th degree decimal )

Added3. VME Information

Added(a) summary information:

Added(i) number of VME indicator taxa encountered

Added(ii) total weight of VME indicator taxa encountered

Added(b) detailed information:

Added(i) weight of each VME indicator taxon in tow (including any under threshold)’;

Added(2) Annex X is amended as follows:

Added(a) in Section A.1, point (g) is replaced by the following:

Added‘(g) UVI (Unique Vessel Identifier) / Lloyd’s / IMO number’;

Added(b) in Section B.2, points (c) and (d) are replaced by the following:

Added‘(c) Tow start position (Lat./Long., nearest 1/100th degree for bottom fishing and 1/10th for pelagic trawl – decimal)

Added(d) Tow end position (Lat./Long., nearest 1/100th degree for bottom fishing and 1/10th for pelagic trawl – decimal)’;

Added(c) in Section B.2, points (n), (o), (p) and (q) are replaced by the following:

Added‘(n) If any marine mammals, seabirds, reptiles or other species of concern were caught, report as per requirements described in Section G

Added(o) If any benthic material, including VME Indicator Taxa, was caught, record as per the requirements described in Section H

Added(p) Estimated catch of all species (FAO species code) discarded, split by species, in live weight (to the nearest kg), including all benthic taxa

Added(q) Record any bycatch mitigation measures employed, as per below:

Added(i) Tori lines – if so, record details as described in Section L

Added(ii) Bird baffler(s) – if so, record details as described in Section N

Added(iii) Offal management – if so, record as per below:

Added(i) No discharge during shooting and hauling

Added(ii) Only liquid discharge

Added(iii) Waste batching ≥ 2 hours/others/none

Added(iv) Other – if so, record details

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