Communication to the NEAFC Secretary
Article 1
Open ↗Article 16 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 433/2012 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 16 Communication to the NEAFC Secretary 1. The data exchange formats and data communication systems referred to in Article 12(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010 to be used for transmission of reports and information to the NEAFC Secretary shall continue to comply with the rules set out in Annex X to this Regulation until the date referred to in paragraph 3; the corresponding codes to be used in communication with the NEAFC Secretary are as set out in Annex XI. 2. Member States shall complete, by 1 November 2020, all necessary technical preparations enabling the utilisation of the following data exchange formats and data communication systems for transmission of reports and information to the NEAFC Secretary: (a) To exchange fishing logbook data, prior notification data, transhipment declaration data, and landing declaration data, the format shall be the Fishing Activity Domain XML Schema Definition based on the UN/FLUX P1000-3 standard. The data exchange shall comply with the FLUX Fishing Activities Implementation Document adopted by NEAFC. (b) To report vessel monitoring system data, the format shall be the Vessel Position Domain XML Schema Definition based on the UN/FLUX P1000-7 standard. The data exchange shall comply with the FLUX Vessel Position Implementation Document adopted by NEAFC. 3. Member States shall use the data exchange formats and data communication systems referred to in paragraph 2 from the date to be communicated by the Commission following the decision by NEAFC to this effect. The data exchanges shall comply with the FLUX Implementation Documents adopted by NEAFC. 4. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 and 3, Member States may use the data exchange format referred to in paragraph 2 (b) to report vessel monitoring system data as of the entry into force of this Regulation. Member States shall inform the Commission of the date as of which the new data exchange format will be used.’