ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II Contents of national control programmes National control programmes shall, inter alia , specify: 1. MEANS OF CONTROL — Human means Estimation of the numbers of shore-based and seagoing inspectors and the periods and zones where these are to be deployed. — Technical means Estimation of the numbers of patrol vessels and aircraft and the periods and zones where these are to be deployed. — Financial means Estimation of the budgetary allocation for deployment of human resources, patrol vessels and aircrafts. 2. DESIGNATION OF PORTS List the designated ports into which any landings of cod in excess of two tonnes must take place. 3. EFFORT CONTROL The system in place for allocation, monitoring and control of fishing effort, including: — system in use to verify the track records of vessels allocated extra days, — system in use to verify compliance with the by-catch restrictions placed upon vessels benefiting from extra days allocations or derogations, — legislation and/or recommendation issued to industry on how to register their intended management period and gear category, — legislation and/or recommendation issued to industry on how to register their intentions to use more than one gear category during a management period, — a description of how effort data is managed and the structure of the database, — system in use for the transfer of days, — system in use for the allocation of extra days, — system in use for the non-attribution of transit days, — system in use to ensure that the equivalent capacity is withdrawn to allow vessels with no track record to fish in an area. 4. EFFORT REGIME Associated conditions including: — description of the hailing system in use, — description of alternative control measures, — system in place to ensure compliance with the pre-notification conditions, — description of the system to authorise landings, — method of calculation of the margin of tolerance in the estimation of quantities. 5. INSPECTION PROTOCOLS Protocols for inspections at landing, first sale, after first sale transport and inspections at sea. 6. GUIDELINES Explanatory guidelines for inspectors, producers’ organisations and fishermen. 7. COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS Protocols for communication with the competent authorities designated by other Member States as being responsible for the specific control and inspection programme for cod. 8. EXCHANGES OF INSPECTORS Protocols for exchange of inspectors including specification of powers and authority of inspectors operating in each other’s exclusive economic zone 9. SPECIFIC INSPECTION BENCHMARKS Each Member State will set specific benchmarks. Such benchmarks should be communicated to all Member States concerned and revised periodically after analysing the results achieved. Inspection benchmark shall evolve progressively until the target benchmarks defined below are achieved. Target benchmarks. Not later than one month from the date of entry into force of this Decision, Member States shall implement their inspection schedules taking account of the targets set out below. Member States shall specify and describe which sampling strategy will be applied. The Commission shall have access on request to the sampling plan used by the Member State. (a) Level of inspection in ports As a general rule, the accuracy to be achieved should be at least equivalent to what would be obtained by a simple random sampling method, where inspections shall cover 20 % of all cod landings by weight in a Member State. (b) Level of inspection of marketing Inspection of 5 % of the quantities of cod offered for sale at auction. (c) Level of inspection at sea Flexible benchmark: to be set after a detailed analysis of the fishing activity in each area. Benchmarks at sea shall refer the number of patrol days at sea in the cod management areas, possibly with a separate benchmark for days patrolling specific areas. (d) Level of aerial surveillance Flexible benchmark: to be set after a detailed analysis of the fishing activity conducted in each area and taking the available resources at the Member State’s disposal into consideration.