Dear National Correspondents, dear RCG chairs,

We are pleased to invite you to a National Correspondents’ meeting on Thursday 10 March 2022, with a special focus on data sharing, regional databases, and the ongoing MARE/2020/08 grants. The official invitation and draft agenda will be sent soon via the AGM system. Please let us know if you would like to bring any particular points on the agenda. The meeting will probably last until afternoon.

We are also pleased to announce that the decision on formats for the DCF work plans and annual reports was published on Thursday 13 January. Please find below the EUR-Lex links to all the revised decision: the guidelines text will also be available at the DCF website.

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/39 of 12 January 2022 laying down rules on the format and timetables for the submission of national work plans and annual reports on data collection in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, and repealing Implementing Decisions (EU) 2016/1701 and (EU) 2018/1283

OJ L 8, 13.1.2022, p. 142–186

With kind regards,
Monika Sterczewska on behalf of

DATA COLLECTION TEAM
European Commission
Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
C3-Scientific Advice and Data Collection