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"BCOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 189/92
of 27 January 1992
adopting provisions for the application of certain control measures adopted by the Northwest
Atlantic Fisheries Organization
(OJ L 21, 30.1.1992, p. 4)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
"M1 Council Regulation (EC) No 3068/95 of 21 December 1995 L 329 3 30.12.1995
"M2 Council Regulation (EC) No 1048/97 of 9 June 1997 L 154 1 12.6.1997
Corrected by:
"C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 41, 18.2.1992, p. 23 (189/92)1992R0189 — EN — 19.06.1997 — 002.001 — 1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 189/92
of 27 January 1992
adopting provisions for the application of certain control measures
adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25 January
1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and
management of fishery resources (1), as amended by the 1985 Act of
Accession and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Whereas the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the
Northwest Atlantic fisheries, hereinafter referred to as the NAFO
Convention, was approved by the Council by Regulation (EEC) No
3179/78 (
2) and entered into force on 1 January 1979;
Whereas the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
established by the NAFO Convention adopted a Scheme of Joint
International Inspection which was adopted by the Council in Regulation
(EEC) No 1956/88 (3);
Whereas the NAFO Fisheries Commission, at its 13th Annual Meeting
held in Dartmouth on 13 September 1991, adopted a proposal for the
establishment of a control measure, requiring fishing vessels to
communicate certain information regarding their activities in the NAFO
regulatory area; whereas that proposal is acceptable to the Community,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the Community to which the
NAFO scheme of joint international inspection applies shall transmit to
the Commission of the European Communities and simultaneously to
their competent national authorities, in accordance with the rules laid
down in the Annex, the information set out therein.
Article 2
Within 24 hours of receipt of the reports, whenever possible, the
Commission shall transmit the information contained therein to the
Executive Secretary of NAFO.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
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(1) OJ No L 24, 27. 1. 1983, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 378, 30. 12. 1978, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 175, 6. 7. 1988, p. 1.1992R0189 — EN — 19.06.1997 — 002.001 — 2
ANNEX
1. The communications described below shall be entitled ‘NAFO report’. The
information to be transmitted, which shall be presented in the form
specified, is as follows:
1.1. each entry of the vessel into the Regulatory Area. This report shall be
made at least six hours in advance of the vessel’ s entry and shall contain
the following particulars in the following order:
— name of vessel,
— call sign,
— external identification letters and numbers,
— the date, the time and geographical position,
— indication of the message code: ‘ENTRY’,— the NAFO division into which the vessel is about to enter,
— the name of the master,
— species (3 Alpha code) in kilograms (rounded to the nearest
100 kilograms). The total quantity of species for which the totalround weight by species is less than one tonne may be reported by the
3 Alpha code ‘MZZ’ (marine fish unspecified),
— target species;
1.2. each movement from one NAFO division to another NAFO division except
when moving between divisions 3L and 3N, and 3N and 3O under the
conditions provided for in 1.3, and each movement "
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delimited zone of 10 miles either side of the lines separating divisions 3Land 3N, and 3N and 3O 3when the conditions set out in 1.3 no longer
apply. These reports shall be made prior to the vessel’ s entry into a NAFO
division and shall contain the following particulars in the following order:
— name of vessel,
— call sign,
— external identification letters and numbers,
— the date, the time and geographical position,
— indication of the message code: ‘MOVE’,— the NAFO division into which the vessel is about to enter,
— the name of the master;
1.3. vessels conducting trans-zonal fishery between NAFO Divisions 3L and
3N or between divisions 3N and 3O which cross the line separating these
divisions more than once during a period of 24 consecutive hours, andprovided that they remain within the delimited zone (of 10 miles eitherside of the line between the divisions) shall report when first crossing the
line between the divisions and at intervals not exceeding 24 hours
thereafter (while remaining in the delimited zone), the followingparticulars in the following order:
— name of vessel,
— call sign,
— external identification letters and numbers,
— the date, the time and geographical position,
— indication of the message code: ‘ZONE’,— the name of the master;
1.4. each exit from the Regulatory Area. "
M1These reports shall be made at
least six hours in advance of the vessel’ s exit from the Regulatory Area andshall contain the following particulars in the following order 3:
— name of vessel,— call sign,
— external identification letters and numbers,!
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— the date, the time of geographical position,
— indication of the message code: ‘EXIT’,— the NAFO division from which the vessel is about to leave,
— the name of the master,
— species (3 Alpha code) in kilograms (rounded to the nearest
100 kilograms). The total quantity of species for which the total
round weight by species is less than one tonne may be reported by the3 Alpha code ‘MZZ’ (marine fish unspecified);
1.5 transshipment in the Regulatory Area. This report shall be made 24 hours
in advance and shall contain the following particulars in the following
order:
— name of vessel,
— call sign,
— extend identification letters and numbers,— the date, time and geographical position,— indication of the message code: ‘TRANS’,
— the total round weight by species (3 Alpha code) to be transshipped in
kilograms (rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms),
— the name of the master;
1.6 vessels equipped with devices which enable the automatic transmission of
their position are exempt from the hail requirements set out in 1.2 and 1.3.
2. Without prejudice to the provisions set down in Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2807/83 of 22 September 1983 laying down detailed rules for
recording information on Member States’ catches of fish (
1), after each
radio transmission of the information described in point 1 the followingdetails are to be immediately entered in the logbook:
— date and time of the transmission,— in the case of radio transmissions, the name of the radio station
through which the transmission was made.
3.1. The information specified under point 1 shall be transmitted to the
Commission of the European Communities in Brussels (telex 24189FISEU-B) and to the competent national authorities of the Member Statewhose flag the vessel is flying.
3.2. If it is impossible for reasons of force majeure for the message to be
transmitted by the vessel, it may be transmitted on the vessel’ s behalf byanother vessel.!
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