
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1799/2006 of 6 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 on the Community fishing fleet register 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy, and in particular Article 15(3) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 on the Community fishing fleet register fixes, inter alia, the dates of fleet census, the codes for fishing gear and the codes for public aid.

(2) It is necessary to fix the dates of the census for the new Member States that will accede to the European Union so they can comply with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 26/2004.

(3) In order to better identify those vessels that carry out artisanal or small-scale fishing activities, it is necessary to introduce a more precise distinction among fishing gears.

(4) In order to monitor the application of Article 25(3) and (4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund it is necessary to introduce new codes for communicating the replacement of engines with public aid.

(5) Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 6 December 2006.
For the Commission
Joe BORG
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 is amended as follows:

1.. Table 2 is replaced by the following:
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Table 2Date of census fixed by countryBEL, DNK, FRA, GBR, PRT 1.1.1989
NLD 1.9.1989
DEU, ESP 1.1.1990
IRL 1.10.1990
ITA 1.1.1991
GRC 1.7.1991
SWE, FIN 1.1.1995
CYP, EST, LTU, LVA, MLT, POL, SVN 1.5.2004
Member States acceding after 1 May 2004 Accession date'
2.. Table 3 is replaced by the following:
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Table 3Code for fishing gearGear category Gear Code Static (S) or towed (T) or mobile gear (M) Pelagic (P) or demersal (D)
Surrounding nets Purse seines PS M P
Lampara nets LA M P
Seines Beach seines SB T D/P
Danish seines SDN T D/P
Scottish seines SSC T D/P
Pair seines SPR T D/P
Trawls Beam trawl TBB T D
Bottom otter trawl OTB T D
Bottom pair trawls PTB T D
Midwater otter trawls OTM T D/P
Pelagic pair trawls PTM T D/P
Otter twin trawls OTT T D/P
Dredges Boat dredges DRB T D
Hand dredges used on board a vessel DRH T D
Mechanised dredges including suction dredges HMD T D
Lift nets Boat-operated lift nets LNB M P
Shore-operated stationary lift nets LNS M P
Gill nets and entangling nets Set (anchored) gill nets GNS S D
Driftnet GND S D/P
Encircling gill nets GNC S D/P
Trammel nets GTR S D/P
Combined trammel and gill nets GTN S D/P
Traps Pots (traps) FPO S D
Hooks and lines Hand lines and pole lines (hand operated) LHP S D/P
Hand lines and pole lines (mechanised) LHM S D/P
Set longlines LLS S D
Longlines (drifting) LLD S P
Troll lines LTL M P
Gear unknown  NK  
No gear  NO  

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3.. Table 7 is replaced by the following:
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Table 7Codes for public aidAid not part-financed by the Community AE
Aid part-financed by the Community AC
No public aid PA
Aid for the replacement of engine conditional to power reduction (individual option) EI
Aid for the replacement of engine conditional to power reduction (group option) EG'
