The present Regulation lays down some amendments and addenda to Regulation (EC) No. 2090/98. In accordance with new article 5(a), a vessel shall be identified in a unique way by means of its internal number, as defined in Annex I to Regulation 2090/98/EC. Such number shall be allocated definitively when the vessel is registered for the first time in a national register. The Commission shall record the information relative to fishing vessels and communicated by Member States in the database const