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Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply in addition to the definitions laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006, Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 , Article 2, points (1) to (13), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council :

(1) ‘GFCM Agreement area’ means the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, as described in the GFCM Agreement;

(2) ‘buffer area’ means a zone surrounding a fisheries restricted area in order to avoid accidental access to it, enhancing the protection of the surrounded area;

(3) ‘fishing day’ means any continuous period of 24 hours, or part thereof, during which a vessel is present in the GFCM Agreement area and absent from port;

(4) ‘Data Collection Reference Framework (DCRF) manual’ means the manual prepared by the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and endorsed by the GFCM related to the implementation of the DCRF;

(5) ‘Common Fleet Register (CFR) number’ means the common fleet register (CFR) number as defined in Article 2, point (l), of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218 ;

(6) ‘live weight’ means the weight of fresh catches weighed immediately after the end of fishing operations or, in the case of daily fishing trips, before their landing at the designated landing point at the latest;

(7) ‘red coral bank’ means an area of variable size where red coral (Corallium rubrum) colonies are relatively abundant;

(8) ‘red coral colony’ means the biological unit exploited in red coral (Corallium rubrum) fisheries and represents a genetic unit formed by hundreds/thousands of red coral polyps, which can have a tree-like shape with several branches.