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1. Bottom trawling vessels actively targeting the species listed in Article 57, shall only be allowed to carry out the specific fishing activities indicated in a valid fishing authorisation issued by the competent authorities and specifying the technical conditions under which such activities shall be carried out. Such vessels shall be equipped with a VMS.

2. The fishing authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, in addition to the data defined in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218, the following data:

(a) GFCM registration number;

(b) previous name (if any);

(c) previous flag (if any);

(d) previous details of deletion from other registers (if any).

3. Member States shall send to the Commission by 31 October of each year the list of vessels for which they issued the authorisation referred to in paragraph 1. The Commission shall communicate that list to the body designated by it and to the GFCM Secretariat not later than 30 November of each year.

4. Member States shall communicate to the Commission by 31 July of each year and the Commission shall transmit to the GFCM Secretariat not later than 31 August of each year, in an aggregated format, a report on fishing activities carried out by the vessels referred to in paragraph 1, including the following minimum information:

(a) number of fishing days;

(b) exploitation area; and (c) captures of European hake and deep-water rose shrimp.