- beam trawl
means any towed trawl in which the mouth of the trawl is held open by a beam or similar device, irrespectively of whether they are supported or not when dragged along the seabed;
- cancellation
means annulling all or part of the suspended Union contribution to an operational programme under Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 or to a specific project covered by Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006.
- collective presentation
means a presentation consisting of two or more parts extracted from the same fish.
- commercially sensitive information
means information the release of which is likely to prejudice the commercial interests of an operator;
- computerised validation system
means a system capable of verifying that all data recorded in Member States databases is accurate, complete and submitted within the deadlines;
- electronic fishing logbook
means the record by computerised means of fishing operation details by the master of a fishing vessel transmitted to the Member State authorities;
- European Fisheries Control Agency
means the agency as defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005;
- fish aggregating device
means any equipment floating on the sea surface or anchored with the objective of attracting fish;
- Fisheries and aquaculture products
means any products which fall under Chapter 3, subheading 12122100 of Chapter 12 and under headings 1604 and 1605 of Chapter 16 of the Combined Nomenclature established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87.
- fishing operation
means all activities in connection with searching for fish, the shooting, towing and hauling of active gears, setting, soaking, removing or resetting of passive gears and the removal of any catch from the gear, keep nets, or from a transport cage to fattening and farming cages;
- fishing trip
means any voyage of a fishing vessel during which fishing activities are conducted that starts at the moment when the fishing vessel leaves a port and ends on arrival in port;
- holder of a fishing licence
means a natural or legal person to whom a fishing licence as referred to Article 6 of the Control Regulation has been issued;
- interruption
means disrupting the running of the payment’s deadline;
- Message
means the report in its format for transmission;
- passive gear
means any fishing gear the catch operation of which does not require an active movement of the gear, including:
- payment
means any financial contribution to be paid out by the Commission following a payment request submitted by a Member State during or at the end of the implementation of an operational programme under Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 or of a project covered by Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006;
- presentation
means the form into which the fish is processed while on board of the fishing vessel and prior to landing, as described in Annex I;
- product presentation
means a description of the processed state of the fisheries product or part thereof in accordance with the codes and descriptions in Annex I;
- Report
means the information recorded by electronic means;
- Request
means an electronic message containing a query for a set of reports.
- request for assistance
means a request addressed by one Member State to another Member State or by the Commission or the body designated by it to a Member State for:
- sighting
means any observation of a fishing vessel by any competent authority of a Member State;
- suspension
means suspension of the payments pursuant to specific payment requests as referred to in Article 103(1) of the Control Regulation;
- 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;
- Union fishing vessel
means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;
- Union inspectors
means inspectors as defined in Article 4(7) of the Control Regulation;
- Union waters
means waters defined in point (1) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- web service
means a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network.