Council Regulation (EC) No. 1984/2003 introducing a system for the statistical monitoring of trade in bluefin tuna, swordfish and bigeye tuna within the Community.

This Regulation lays down general rules and conditions for the application by the Community of: (a) the statistical document programmes for bluefin tuna, swordfish and bigeye tuna adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas; (b) the statistical document programme for bigeye tuna adopted by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission. The provisions hereby established shall apply to bluefin tuna, swordfish and bigeye tuna (a) caught by a Community vessel or producer, (b) imported into the Community, or (c) exported or re-exported from the Community to a third country. Chapter 2 regulates statistical monitoring; Chapter 3 deals with transmission of data.