Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

‘fishing vessel’ means any vessel as defined in the Article 4 paragraph 1(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

‘Union fishing vessel’ means: a fishing vessel as defined in the Article 4 paragraph 1(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

‘Union fishing fleet’ means all Union fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;

‘aquaculture vessel’ means a vessel equipped exclusively for harvesting, transport, handling and/or landing of aquaculture products;

‘event’ means any entry to or exit from the fleet of a vessel or change in one of its characteristics as listed in Annex I;

‘transmission’ means a digital transfer of one or more events between the Member States and the Commission;

‘Transportation layer’ means the electronic network for fisheries data exchanges as made available by the Commission to all Member States and the body designated by it to exchange data in a standardised way;

‘census date’ means the date on which the first event has been communicated by a Member State to the Commission, as laid down in Annex II;

‘snapshot’ means the list of events recorded for vessels in the fishing fleet register of a Member State in a defined period of time;

‘legal owner’ means any natural or legal person that appears on the vessel's registration documents as having the legal title of ownership of the vessel;

‘operator’ means a natural or legal person as defined in Article 4(19) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 ( 7 ) ;

‘common fleet register (CFR) number’ means the unique identification number of the vessel in the Union fishing fleet, irrespective of any national fishing fleet numbers;

‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person as defined in Article 2(a) of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001;

‘national fishing fleet register’ means the register which each Member State keeps of all the fishing vessels flying its flag;

‘Union fishing fleet register’ means the register, kept by the Commission, containing information on all Union fishing vessels.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/218 of 6 February 2017 on the Union fishing fleet register ANNEX I ANNEX II