COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2945/95 of 20 December 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States' catches of fish
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 (1) of 12 October 1993, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2870/95 (2), establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy, and in particular Article 19e (5) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 19e (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, detailed rules should be laid down for recording fishing effort in a logbook so that the system for the management of fishing effort referred to in Council Regulation (EC) No 685/95 of 27 March 1995 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources (3) can be implemented;
Whereas, where an authorized fishing vessel crosses a fishery without carrying out fishing activities this information must be recorded in the logbook;
Whereas in the period before the introduction of a new logbook whereas action should be taken therefore, as a temporary measure, to supplement the provisions on the recording of the information concerned in the existing logbook for masters of vessels who are required to record fishing effort deployed in a fishery from 1 January 1996;
Whereas when the transmission by masters of radio communications concerning vessel movements to the competent authorities are made by radio they must be made via a radio station appearing on the list of radio stations approved by the Commission;
Whereas, in order to facilitate the transmission of communications by telex, fax, telephone or radio to the authorities responsible for monitoring, a list of such authorities and their telex, telephone and fax numbers should be drawn up;
Whereas the measures taken in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 (4) is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following Article 1 a is inserted after Article 1:
'Article 1 a
1. Masters of Community fishing vessels authorized to carry out fishing activities in the areas, hereinafter referred to as effort zones, defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 685/95 (*) shall record the information referred to in Article 19 e of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 (**) in their logbooks in accordance with the model shown in Annex I.
2. Where masters of Community fishing vessels cross an effort zone where they are authorized to fish without carrying out fishing activities they shall record the date and time of entry and exit to and from that effort zone in their logbook.
3. The record shall be made in accordance with the instructions set out in Annex IV a.
(*) OJ No L 71, 31. 3. 1995, p. 5.
(**) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1.`
2. The following Article 3 a is inserted after Article 3:
'Article 3 a
Where, pursuant to Article 19 c of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93, the master of a fishing vessel transmits a message concerning fishing effort by radio, transmission shall take place via one of the radio stations listed in Annex VIII a.
The names, addresses and telex, telephone and fax numbers of the competent authorities referred to in the second indent of Article 19c (1) are shown in Annex VIII b.`
3. Annex I to this Regulation is inserted as Annex IV a.
4. Annex II to this Regulation is added as Annex VI a.
5. Annex III to this Regulation is added as Annex VIII a.
6. Annex IV to this Regulation is added as Annex VIII b.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 1995.