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The IUU Regulation 1005/2008 came into effect on 1 January 2010. Issues arising and links to key documents are detailed below.

• Full roll-out of customs clearance procedures.  The full rollout of the Customs clearance procedures for seafood imports covered by the IUU legislation took place on 1 March 2010. The HMRC National Clearance Hub now requires confirmation that IUU checks were satisfactorily carried out on import before Customs clear the goods. This authorisation is provided by the relevant Port Health Authority or local authority. Prior to 1 March 2010, only airfreighted goods required this confirmation; from 1 March onwards, relevant consignments arriving by all modes of transport will require authorisation before being released. Customs Information Paper (10) 20 gives details on what evidence the National Clearance Hub will accept to allow Customs clearance. The same Paper also advises the codes to be used in Box 44 of the Customs Declaration (SAD) accompanying the consignment. See link to Customs Information Paper (10) 20 below under Guidance Documents. 
• Latest news on notified third countries and the situation with Russia - see below.
• UK Exports: New Multiple Vessel Schedule - allowing catches from different vessels to be batched together for export outside the EU, without having to complete a catch certificates for each vessel that contributed to the consignment. See below under Guidance Documents.
• Catch certificate clearance - Seafish has been taking isolated calls with questions about the catch certificate. There is no real patttern to the questions being asked but Seafish is monitoring this.
• Dedicated email address - If you have any specific questions about the IUU Regulation please email: Questo indirizzo e-mail è protetto dallo spam bot. Abilita Javascript per vederlo.  

New publications

Three new publications can be downloaded from: www.tinyurl.com/seafish-iuu

• IUU - Seafish Guidance Note for Importers.
• IUU - Seafish Guidance Note for 3rd country exporters.
• IUU - Seafish Guidance Note for UK exporters.

EU list of notified countries

The current list is dated 17 March 2010. At this date 84 third countries had notified the Commission of their Competent Authorities. However there are still 10 countries that export a significant volume of seafood (this includes wild capture, aquaculture, fresh water, ambient and live) to the UK who have not yet notified the Commission of their Competent Authority and have not received approval for exporting to the UK. Of particular note is Bangladesh (£34m). Of these 10 countries, four have notified the Commission that they do not have sea- going fishing vessels under their flag catching fish for direct or indirect export to the EC, therefore they do not need to notify their Competent Authorities to the Commission.

The Commission has stated that for countries that notified before 1 January 2010, the effective date of their notification is 1 January 2010. For countries that notified their Competent Authorities after 1 January 2010, the date in brackets next to the name of the country refers to the date the notification was accepted by the Commission. Only catches made from that date are authorised to be imported into the EC, when accompanied by a valid catch certificate. Russia was very late (19 February 2010) in submitting notification of their Competent Authorities to the European Commission, as were Belize (17 March), Cuba (24 Feb), Egypt (12 Feb), Netherland Antilles (12 Feb), Panama (3 Feb), Papua New Guinea (4 Feb) and Yemen (4 Feb). The Commission has clearly stated that notifications cannot be applied retrospectively so it is important that importers take careful notice of voyage dates to ensure they know the date of the catch for imports from these countries.

Bilateral agreements have been reached with the Faroe Islands, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Norway and Iceland.

For the full Seafish table of third countries not yet approved at 17 March 2010 and a list of the Competent Authorities for the 27 EU Member States see: www.tinyurl.com/seafish-iuu

For the full EU list of notified countries see: ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/external_relations/illegal_fishing/pdf/flag_state_notifications.pdf

Guidance documents and templates for the UK

Defra Information Note 2 www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/fisheries/documents/fisheries/iuu-infonote0912.pdf 

UK catch certificate www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/fisheries/documents/uk-catch-certificate.pdf

NEW Multiple Vessel Schedule www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/fisheries/policy/iuu/iuu-regulation.htm

Guidance note for completing a UK catch certificate www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/fisheries/documents/fisheries/uk-catch-cert-instructions091229.pdf

Multiple Certificate summary document www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/fisheries/documents/fisheries/multiple-certificate-summary091221.pdf

Some of these documents can also be downloaded from the Scottish Government website www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Fisheries/Sea-Fisheries/COMPLIANCE/IUUfishing

NEW HM Revenue and Customs Guidance Note on IUU Catch Certificates and APEO status Customs Information Paper (10) 20 

The EU Regulation - implementing rules and handbook

Commission Regulation 86/2010 was published in the Official Journal on 30 January 2010. This updates IUU Regulations 1005/2008 and 1010/2009. The amendment includes an updated list of seafood products that are not covered by the IUU regulations and contains documentation relating to the bilateral agreements between the Commission and Norway, the United States and New Zealand. See EU Regulation 86

EU Council Regulation 1005/2008 establishes a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing. See: EU Regulation 1005

EU Commission Regulation 1010/2009 which contains detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation 1005/2008. See: EU Commission Regulation 1010

EU handbook provides technical advice to administrations and operators and answers the most frequent questions. See:
ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/external_relations/illegal_fishing/pdf/handbook_en.pdf

For further information

DEDICATED SEAFISH EMAIL ADDRESS - Individual concerns and questions can be sent to: Questo indirizzo e-mail è protetto dallo spam bot. Abilita Javascript per vederlo.

EU IUU website: ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/external_relations/illegal_fishing_en.htm

Defra IUU website: www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/fisheries/policy/iuu/iuu-regulation.htm

Marine Scotland IUU website: www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Fisheries/Sea-Fisheries/COMPLIANCE/IUUfishing

Seafish website: www.tinyurl.com/seafish-iuu
 

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