ANNEX

The Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 is amended as follows:

(1)	point 3 heading is replaced by the following: ‘Part VI of Annex I.E to the CEM referred to in point 21 of Article 3, in Article 21(2) and in point (a) of Article 27(11)’;

(2)	point 18 is replaced by the following: ‘ Figure 5 of CEM referred to in Article 18(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/833: Polygons delineating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems Area Closures Legend: Areas closed to bottom fishing until 31 December 2026 NAFO Divisions EEZ boundary Depth contour’;

(3)

in point 19, the following rows 7a, 11a, 14a and 14b are inserted after rows 7, 11 and 14 respectively:

	Description	Coordinate No.	Latitude	Longitude
‘7a	Northern Flemish Cap	7a.1	48° 25′ 02.28″ N	45° 17′ 16.44″ W
		7a.2	48° 25′ 02.28″ N	44° 54′ 38.16″ W
		7a.3	48° 19′ 08.76″ N	44° 54′ 38.16″ W
		7a.4	48° 18′ 06.84″ N	44° 44′ 22.81″ W
		7a.5	48° 08′ 18.42″ N	44° 23′ 10.57″ W
		7a.6	48° 10′ 08.98″ N	44° 15′ 54.97″ W
		7a.7	48° 19′ 30.47″ N	44° 26′ 38.40″ W
		7a.8	48° 24′ 57.13″ N	44° 37′ 58.40″ W
		7a.9	48° 26′ 21.37″ N	44° 54′ 34.60″ W
		7a.10	48° 27′ 52.20″ N	45° 17′ 19.25″ W’
‘11a	Northwest Flemish Cap	11a.1	47° 27′ 36.29″ N	46° 21′ 23.69″ W
		11a.2	47° 30′ 01.44″ N	46° 21′ 23.76″ W
		11a.3	47° 30′ 01.44″ N	46° 27′ 33.12″ W
		11a.4	47° 37′ 38.86″ N	46° 16′ 31.12″ W
		11a.5	47° 34′ 39.61″ N	46° 12′ 03.92″ W
		11a.6	47° 32′ 28.90″ N	46° 16′ 26.58″ W
		11a.7	47° 32′ 10.00″ N	46° 14′ 29.87″ W
		11a.8	47° 28′ 27.80″ N	46° 16′ 05.74″ W’
‘14a	Eastern Flemish Cap	14a.1	47° 45′ 24.44″ N	44° 03′ 06.44″ W
		14a.2	47° 47′ 54.35″ N	44° 03′ 06.44″ W
		14a.3	47° 50′ 11.33″ N	44° 03′ 34.49″ W
		14a.4	47° 50′ 10.86″ N	43° 58′ 28.99″ W
		14a.5	47° 47′ 54.35″ N	43° 59′ 23.39″ W
		14a.6	47° 45′ 55.19″ N	43° 58′ 08.94″ W
		14a.7	47° 44′ 44.59″ N	44° 02′ 41.50″ W
14b	Eastern Flemish Cap	14b.1	47° 35′ 21.77″ N	43° 56′ 50.10″ W
		14b.2	47° 37′ 33.53″ N	43° 52′ 56.50″ W
		14b.3	47° 30′ 04.79″ N	43° 48′ 18.54″ W
		14b.4	47° 27′ 34.88″ N	43° 48′ 18.54″ W
		14b.5	47° 27′ 34.88″ N	43° 52′ 00.34″ W’

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in point 31, the table in section C on the format for electronic exchange of fisheries monitoring information (The North Atlantic Format) is replaced by the following:

‘C. Format for electronic exchange of fisheries monitoring information

(The North Atlantic Format)

Category	Data Element	Field code	Type	Contents	Definitions
System	Start Record	SR			Indicates start of the record
Details	End Record	ER			Indicates end of the record
	Return Status	RS	Char*3	Codes	ACK/NAK = Acknowledged/Not Acknowledged
	Return Error Number	RE	Num*3	001 – 999	Codes indicating errors as received at operation centre, see Annex II.D.D(2)
Message	Address destination	AD	Char*3	ISO-3166 Address	Address of the party receiving the message, “XNW” for NAFO
Details	From	FR	Char*3	ISO-3166 Address	Address of the transmitting party, (Contracting Party)
	Type of Message	TM	Char*3	Code	Code for the message type
	Sequence Number	SQ	Num*6	NNNNNN	Serial number of messages sent from a vessel to the final destination (XNW). It is unique for each vessel for a calendar year. At the beginning of the current year this value will be reset to 1 for each vessel and will increment at the sending of each message.
	Record Number	RN	Num*6	NNNNNN	Serial number of records sent from the FMC to XNW. It is unique for each FMC for a calendar year. At the beginning of the current year this value will be reset to 1 and will increment at the sending of each record.
	Record Date	RD	Num*8	YYYYMMDD	Year, month and day in UTC from the FMC
	Record Time	RT	Num*4	HHMM	Hours and minutes in UTC from the FMC
	Date	DA	Num*8	YYYYMMDD	Year, month and day in UTC of first transmission. In cases of RET messages first transmission is from the FMC, in all other cases first transmission is from the vessel.
	Time	TI	Num*4	HHMM	Hours and minutes in UTC of first transmission. In cases of RET messages first transmission is from the FMC, in all other cases first transmission is from the vessel.
	Cancelled report	CR	Num*6	NNNNNN	Record Number of the record to be cancelled
	Year of the report cancelled	YR	Num*4	NNNN	Year in UTC of the report to be cancelled
Vessel	Radio Call Sign	RC	Char*7	IRCS Code	International Radio Call Sign of the vessel
Registration	Vessel name	NA	Char*30		Name of the vessel
Details	Ext. registration	XR	Char*14		Side Number of the vessel
	Flag State	FS	Char*3	ISO-3166	State of registration
	Contracting Party internal ref. number	IR	Char3 Num9	ISO-3166 + max. 9N	Unique vessel number attributed by the flag State in accordance with registration
	Port Name	PO	Char*20		Port of registration of the vessel/homeport
	Vessel Owner	VO	Char*60		Name and address of the vessel owner
	Vessel Charterer	VC	Char*60		Name and address of the vessel charterer
Vessel IMO Number	IMO Number	IM	Num*7	NNNNNNN	IMO ship identification number
Vessel Character Details	Vessel Tonnage Unit	VT	Char2 Num4	“OC”/“LC” Tonnage	According to: “OC” OSLO 1947 Convention/“LC” LONDON ICTM-69
	Vessel Power Unit	VP	Char2 Num5	0-99999	Total main engine power in “KW”
	Vessel Length	VL	Char2 Num3	“OA” Length in metres	Unit “OA” length overall. Total length of the vessel in metres, rounded to the nearest whole metre
	Vessel Type	TP	Char*3	Code	As listed in Annex II.I
	Fishing Gear	GE	Char*3	FAO Code	International Standard Statistical Classification of the Fishing Gear as Annex II.J
Authorisation details	Start Date	SD	Num*8	YYYYMMDD	Licence detail; date on which the authorisation starts
	End Date	ED	Num*8	YYYYMMDD	Licence detail; date on which the authorization ends
	Targeted species and Area	TA	Char3 Char10	Stock specifications, FAO Species code and NAFO defined area code or “ANY”	Species and area allowed for directed fishery. Regulated species of Annex I.A or I.B must refer to the stock specification. For unregulated species use Sub Area or division or “ANY”. Allow for several pairs of fields, e.g.//TA/GHL 3LMNO COD 3M RED 3LN RED 3M HER ANY//
Activity Details	Latitude	LA	Char*5	NDDMM (WGS-84)	e.g.//LA/N6235 = 62°35′ North
	Longitude	LO	Char*6	E/WDDDMM (WGS-84)	e.g.//LO/W02134 = 21°34′ West
	Latitude (decimal)	LT	Char*7	+/-DD.ddd	Value negative if latitude is in the southern hemisphere (1) (WGS84)
	Longitude (decimal)	LG	Char*8	+/-DDD.ddd	Value negative if longitude is in the western hemisphere (1) (WGS84)
	Trip Number	TN	Num*3	001-999	Number of the fishing trip in current year
	Catch Species Quantity	CA	Char3 Num7	FAO species code 0-9999999	Daily catch by species and by Division, retained on board, in kilograms live weight
	Quantity onboard Species Quantity	OB	Char3 Num7	FAO species code 0-9999999	Total quantity by species on board the vessel at the moment of sending the hail message concerned in kilograms live weight
	Discard Species Quantity	RJ	Char3 Num7	FAO species code 0-9999999	Catch discarded by species and by Division in kilograms live weight
	Undersize Species Quantity	US	Char3 Num7	FAO species code 0-9999999	Undersize catch by species and by Division in kilograms live weight
	Transferred species Species Quantity	KG	Char3 Num7	FAO species code 0-9999999	Information concerning the quantities transferred between vessels by species in kilograms live weight rounded to the nearest 100 kg whilst operating in the R.A.
	Relevant Area	RA	Char*6	ICES/NAFO Codes	Code for the relevant fishing area
	Directed Species	DS	Char*3	FAO species codes	Code for the species for which the vessel directed as per Article 5.2. Allow for several species, separated by a space, e.g.//DS/species species species//
	Observer on board	OO	Char*1	Y or N	Presence of a compliance observer on board
	Transhipped From	TF	Char*7	IRCS Code	International Radio Call Sign of the donor vessel
	Transhipped To	TT	Char*7	IRCS Code	International Radio Call Sign of the receiving vessel
	Master Name	MA	Char*30		Name of the vessels master
	Coastal State	CS	Char*3	ISO-3166 3 Alpha Code	Coastal State of Port of Landing
	Predicted Date	PD	Num*8	YYYYMMDD	Estimated date UTC when the master intends to be in port
	Predicted Time	PT	Num*4	HHMM	Estimated time UTC when the master intends to be in port
	Port Name	PO	Char*20		Name of the actual port of landing
	Speed	SP	Num*3	Knots*10	e.g.//SP/105 = 10,5 knots
	Course	CO	Num*3	360° degree scale	e.g.//CO/270 = 270
	Chartering Flag Catches	CH	Char*3	ISO-3166	Flag of Chartering Contracting Party
	Area of Entry	AE	Char*6	ICES/NAFO Codes	NAFO Division entering into
	Days fished	DF	Num*3	1-365	Number of days the vessel spent in the fishing zone during the trip.
	Potential non-compliance with CEM	AF	Char*1	Y or N	For onboard observer to report their observations
	Mesh Size	ME	Num*3	0-999	Average mesh size in millimetres
	Logbook	LB	Char*1	Y or N	For onboard observer to confirm the entries in the vessels logbook
	Hails	HA	Char*1	Y or N	For onboard observer to confirm the hails sent from the vessel
	Observer Name	ON	Char*30	Text	Name of the onboard observer
	Free Text	MS	Char*255	Text	Activity detail; for further comments by observer

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in point 35, the Standardised Observer Report Template is replaced by the following:

‘Standardised Observer Report Template

1.1. Annex II.M Standardised Observer Trip Report information

Part 1. A

Fishing Vessel – Fishing Trip and Observer Information

Fishing Vessel information
Vessel Name
Vessel Radio Call Sign
Flag State
Vessel IMO number
Total Frozen Hold Capacity (m3)
Fish Meal Hold Capacity (m3)
Other Hold Capacity (m3)

Trip information
Fishing Master’s Name
Directed Species
Date of Entry into NRA (ENT)
Date of Exit from NRA (EXI)
NAFO Division/s visited
Other Area/s visited
Transhipment
Port of Landing

Observer information
Observer’s Name
Observation Date Started
Observation Date Ended
Date of Report

Comments

Part 1.B

Fishing Gear Information

Trawl Gear

Gear Number

Gear Type

Gear Make

Mesh Size (mm)

Attachments

Grate Spacing

Straps (Describe)

Comments

Wings

Body

Lengthening Piece

Codend

Measured by observer/inspector/master

Date measured

High

Low

Average

High

Low

Average

High

Low

Average

High

Low

Average

Longline
Gear Number	Gear Type	Total Length	Hooks			Hook size	Buoys	Anchors	Main line material	Bait line material	Comments
Gear Number	Gear Type	Total Length	Number	Average spacing (m)	Hook type	Hook size	Marked yes/no	Number	Main line material	Bait line material	Comments
1
2
3
…

Part 2.

Catch and effort information by fishing operation

Tow/Set

Gear Number

Start of Gear Setting (2)

End of Gear Setting (3)

NAFO

Division

Latitude (decimal)

Longitude (decimal)

Depth (m)

Time (UTC) (HHMM)

Date (YYYYMMDD)

NAFO

Division

Latitude (decimal)

Longitude (decimal)

Depth (m)

Time (UTC) (HHMM)

Date (YYYYMMDD)

…

Gear Retrieval Start (4)

Gear Retrieval End (5)

Duration (6)

Species (FAO 3-alpha Species Code (7))

Directed Species (yes or no)

Product Form

Observers Estimates

NAFO

Division

Latitude (decimal)

Longitude (decimal)

Depth (m)

Time (UTC) (HHMM)

Date (YYYYMMDD)

NAFO

Division

Latitude (decimal)

Longitude (decimal)

Depth (m)

Time (UTC) (HHMM)

Date (YYYYMMDD)

Observer Conversion Factor Used

Retained (kg live weight)

Discarded (kg live weight)

Undersized (kg live weight)

Observed Fishing Operation (Y/N)

Part 3.

Trip Observations

Observations	Y/N	Details
Any instance of obstruction, intimidation, interference with or otherwise prevention of the observer from performing his/her duties.
Summary of potential non-compliance with the CEM (please include references)
Functioning of the satellite tracking device (report all interruptions, interference and malfunctions)
Transshipments (report all)
At-Sea Inspections (report dates, times and any other observation)
Any other observation

Part 4.

Effort and Catch Summary (8)

4A. Effort Summary

Effort Summary Table
NAFO Division	Gear Type	Directed Species (*1)	Date		Number of Tow/sets	Depth (m)		Hours fished (*2)	Fishing Days (*3)
NAFO Division	Gear Type	Directed Species (*1)	Start	Finish	Number of Tow/sets	Minimum	Maximum	Hours fished (*2)	Fishing Days (*3)

Comments
1	On Fishing activity by Division
2	On Data Communication
3	On Mesh sizes
4	Other issues

4B. Catch Summary

Trip Catch Summary (catch by Division and Species)
		Observer Estimates			Recorded in the Fishing Logbook
Species (FAO 3-alpha Species Code	Division	Retained (kg live weight)	Discarded (kg live weight)	Total (kg live weight)	Retained (kg live weight)	Discarded (kg live weight)	Total (kg live weight)




Total

Comments
1	On composition of catch and sizes
2	On discrepancies with the fishing logbook entries
3	On discards
4	Other issues

4C. Average unit weight verifications

Date	Number of units sampled	Species	Product Form	Average product weight per unit (kg)	Labelled unit weight in label (kg)

4D. Verification of labelling

Date	Number of units verified	Number of units with potential non-compliant labelling	Description of the potential non-compliance labelling

Part 5.

Data for Each Greenland Shark Caught per Fishing Operation (9)

Tow/Set Number	Total Number of Greenland sharks in Tow/Set	Shark Number	Estimated Weight (kg live weight)	Total Length (cm, from tip of snout to tip of tail fin)	Total Length Measured (M) or Estimated (E)?	Fork Length (cm)	Fork Length Measured (M) or Estimated (E)?	Sex and Maturity (10)	Catch Disposition (11)	Photo Y/N	Comments, in English to the extent possible

Part 6.

Length Frequency Form (12)


Year
Month
Day
Gear number
Tow/Set Number
Species 3 alpha code
Catch weight (kg live weight)
Sample Type (discard, retained, mix)

Sample Weight in kg live weight
Min Size
Max Size
Sex
Total Number of Samples (n=)
Meas. Convention (TL, SL, FL, etc.)
Measure Type
Unit (mm or cm)
Comments

Size between	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number
9,5 -9,99
10,0 -10,49
10,5 -10,99
11,0 -11,49
11,5 -11,99
12,0 -12,49
12,5 -12,99
…
…
…
97,0 -97,49
97,5 -97,99
98,0 -98,49
98,5 -98,99
99,0 -99,49
99,5 -99,99
100,0 -100,49
…’

(6)

in point 36:

(a)	the heading is replaced by the following: ‘Report in Annex II.G to the CEM transmitted daily by the observer as referred to in point (b) of Article 27(11);’;

(b)

the table on the format of the Observer Report is replaced by the following:

‘1.2. Observer Report

Data Element	Code	Mandatory/ Optional	Requirements for the field
Start record	SR	M	System detail; indicates start of record
Address	AD	M	Message detail; destination, “XNW” for NAFO
Sequence Number	SQ	M	Message detail; message serial number in current year
Type of Message	TM	M	Message detail; message type, “OBR” as Observer report
Radio call sign	RC	M	Vessel registration detail; international radio call sign of the vessel
Fishing Gear	GE	M (13)	Activity detail; FAO code for fishing gear
Directed Species	DS	M (13)	Activity detail; FAO species code for each directed species since the last OBR report
Mesh Size	ME	M (13)	Activity detail; average mesh size in millimetres
Relevant Area	RA	M	Activity detail; NAFO Division
Daily Catches species live weight	CA	M M	Activity detail; catch retained on board by species and by Division since last OBR report in kilograms rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms. Allow for several pairs of fields, consisting of species (FAO 3 alpha codes) + live weight in kilograms (until 9 digits), with each field separated by a space, e.g. //CA/speciesspaceweightspacespeciesspaceweightspacespeiesspaceweight//
Discarding species live weight	RJ	M (13)	Activity detail; Catch discarded by species and by Division since last OBR report, in kg rounded to the nearest 100 kg. Allow for several pairs of fields, consisting of species (FAO 3 alpha codes) + live weight in kilograms (until 9 digits), with each field separated by a space, e.g. //RJ/speciesspaceweightspacespeciesspaceweightspacespeciesspaceweight//
Undersize (18) species live weight	US	M (13)	Activity detail; Undersize catch by species and by Division since last OBR report, in kg rounded to the nearest 100 kg. Allow for several pairs of fields, consisting of species (FAO 3 alpha codes) + live weight in kilograms (until 9 digits), with each field separated by a space, e.g. //US/speciesspaceweightspacespeciesspaceweightspacespeciesspaceweight//
Logbook	LB	M	Activity detail; “Yes” or “No” (14)
Hails	HA	M	Activity detail; “Yes” or “No” (15)
Potential non-compliance	AF	M	Activity detail; “Yes” or “No” (16)
Observer Name	ON	M	Message detail; name of the observer signing the report
Date	DA	M	Message detail; date of transmission of this report
Free Text	MS	O (17)	Activity detail; for further comments by the observer
Time	TI	M	Message detail; time of transmission of this report
End of record	ER	M	System detail; indicates end of the record

(7)	point 46 is deleted.

(1) The plus sign (+) does not need to be transmitted; leading zeros can be omitted.’;

(2) Data at the time when gear first enters the water.

(3) Data at the time gear is fully set.

(4) Data at the time of the start of gear retrieval.

(5) Data at the time gear is fully retrieved and onboard vessel.

(6) Decimal hours. In the case of trawl fisheries, the time from the end of setting to the start of gear retrieval. In any other case, the time from the start of gear setting to the end of retrieval.

(7) Including VMEs indicators.

(8) Based on the information provided in Part 2.

(*1) As per CEM Article 5.2.

(*2) In the case of trawl fisheries, fishing time is the time from the end of setting to the start of gear retrieval. In any other case, fishing time is the time from the start of gear setting to the end of retrieval. Summed haul duration for all hauls in the listed division, by gear type and directed species

(*3) As per CEM Article 1.6.

(9) Data collection on Greenland sharks shall be carried out minimising the damage to the sampled individuals.

(10) JM: Juvenile male, AM: Adult male, M: Male maturity unknown, F: Female, U: sex and maturity unknown.

(11) Indicate at least one of the following catch disposition, as applicable: A: alive, D: dead, UI: uninjured, I: injured, M: moribund, U: unknown.

(12) To be filled in based on scientific data collection instructions.

(13) Only to be transmitted if relevant.

(14) “Yes” if the observer confirms the Logbook entries have been made in accordance with the CEMs.

(15) “Yes” if the observer confirms the reports required under Article 13.12, 13.13, and 28.6 have been transmitted in accordance with the CEMs.

(16) “Yes” if the observer detects any potential non-compliance with the CEMs.

(17) Mandatory if “LB” = “No”, or “HA” = “No”, or “AF” = “Yes”.

(18) Discarded undersized catch reported in the US field should also be included in the quantities expressed in the Discarding (RJ) field.’;

Fishing Logbook

Vessel Production Logbook

Potential non Compliance with the CEM (yes/no)

Potential non Compliance Details

Vessel Conversion Factor Used

Retained (kg live weight)

Discarded (kg live weight)

Retained (kg)

Potential non Compliance with the CEM (yes/no)

Potential non Compliance Details