MoC34/72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 2.2.94
OpinionontheproposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC)onadjustmentstothefisheries
arrangementsprovidedforintheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal
(94/C34/20)
On19November1993theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
underArticles43and198oftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
ontheabovementioned proposal.
TheEconomicandSocialCommitteedecidedtoappointMrSilvaasRapporteur-General
foritsOpinion.
Atits310thPlenarySession(meetingof24November1993),theEconomicandSocial
CommitteeadoptedthefollowingOpinionbyalargemajorityvote,withoneabstention.
1.Introduction
1.1.UnderthetermsoftheActofAccessionofSpain
andPortugal(AA)(*),theCounciloftheEuropean
UnionactingonaCommissionproposal,istoapprove
theadjustmentsprovidedforinArticles162and350of
theAAby31December1993.Theseadjustmentsare
totakeeffecton1January1996.
1.2.OnthebasisofthesamearticlesoftheAA,the
CommissionsubmittedaReport(2)totheCouncilon
developments inthefisheriessectorinthesetwoMem­
berStatesandonpossibleadjustmentstothetransition
periodforthefisheriessector.TheESCadoptedan
Opinion(3)onthisReportatitsPlenarySessionheld
on22September1993.principleofrelativestability.Theymustonnoaccount
involveanincreaseinthefishingeffort.
2.4.TheCommitteenotesthattheCommissionpro­
posalisinlinewiththeseprinciples.
2.5.Onthesubjectoffishinglicencesand/orauthor­
izationsreferredtointhisRegulation,theESCpoints
totheneedfortheCommunityindexoffishingvessels
tobeaccurateanduptodate.Onfishingauthoriz­
ations,theCommitteecallsforthecreationofcon­
ditionsforeffectivecooperationbetweenMember
States.Thefishingauthorizations providedforinthe
presentRegulationandgrantedbytheMemberState
whoseflagthevesselisflyingaretoapplytofishing
activitieswithinthejurisdictionofotherMember
States.Therefore,closecooperationbetweenthevari­
ousadministrations involvedisessentialifthecurrent
legislationistobecorrectlyapplied.
3.Specificcomments
3.1.Article32.Generalcomments
2.1.TheCommitteewelcomesthepresentproposal
foraCouncilRegulation .
2.2.TheCommitteeispleasedtonotethat,onthe
subjectofaccesstowatersandresources,theCom­
missionproposalisdesignedtoensurethefullinte­
grationofthespecialarrangementsforSpainandPortu­
galintothecommonarrangements laiddownby
CouncilRegulationNo3760/92andsupplemented by
afurtherCouncilRegulation (4)introducingcontrol
arrangements .
2.3.TheESChasalreadypointedoutthattheadjust­
mentsprovidedforintheAAforfishingactivitiesby
(a)SpainandPortugalinCommunitywaters,(b)these
twocountriesineachother'swaters,and(c)other
CommunitycountriesinSpanishandPortuguesewaters
mustcomplywiththeacquiscommunautaire andtheWithregardtothesubstanceoftheAA,namelythe
conditionsofaccesstofishingzonesandresourcesand
possiblerestrictionsonexploitationbyfixingfishing
opportunities ,theproposedCouncilRegulationrefers
toCouncilmeasurestobeadoptedby31December
1995.
3.2.Article4
TheproposalreferstotheRegulationonfishing
licences,whichisyettobeapproved.
3.3.Asitisunabletotakeapositiononthese
importantdecisions,theCommitteereiteratesthecom­(1)OJNoL302,15.11.1985.
(2)SEC(92)2340final.
(3)OJNoC304,10.11.1993,p.5.
(4)Regulation (EEC)No2847/93,OJNoL261.

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mentsmadeinpreviousOpinions,particularlythoseinapplicationoftheActofAccessionofSpainandPortu­
theOpiniononthe1992CommissionReportonthegalinthefisheriessector.
DoneatBrussels,24November1993.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
SusanneTIEMANN
OpinionontheproposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC)establishingaCommunitysystem
offishinglicences(!)
(94/C34/21
On3November1993theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
underArticles43and198oftheEECTreaty,ontheabovementioned proposal.
TheEconomicandSocialCommitteedecidedtoappointMrMcGarryasRapporteur-General
foritsOpinion.
Atits310thPlenarySession(meetingof24November1993),theEconomicandSocial
CommitteeadoptedthefollowingOpinionbyalargemajority,withthreevotesagainstand
twentyabstentions .
1.Introduction suchspecificschemesarethoseinvolving:theIrish
Box,theShetlandBoxandbeam-trawlers oflessthan
300bhpfishinginsidethe12-milezone.
1.2.1.Inaddition,eachmaritimeMemberStatehas
maintainedanationalregisteroflicences,thedetailsof
whichmaydifferfromjurisdictiontojurisdiction.
2.Presentmonitoringandcontrolsystem1.1.TheobjectiveoftheproposaloftheCommission
istomakeacontributiontothepreservationofCom­
munityfishstocksandtothetransparencyofthefishing
sectorbytheintroductionof'fishinglicencesandper­
mits'.
1.1.1.Itspurposeis,pursuanttothenewbasicRegu­
lationonthecommonfisheriespolicy,tointroducea
generalCommunitysystemoffishinglicencesonthe
basisofwhicheachMemberStatewillestablishand
issue,from1995,itslicencesforitsownvesselsfortheir
activitiesbothinsideandoutsideCommunitywaters,
withoutprejudicetothespecialarrangementsthatexist
inthematter.
ThisfollowsfromArticle5ofthebasicRegulation (2).
1.2.Uptonowanumberofveryspecificfishing
vessellicensingschemesdesignedforparticularcircum­
stances,approvedbytheCouncilandadministered by
theCommission ,havebeeninoperation.Examplesof2.1.Themainelementsofthepresentmonitoring
andcontrolsystemare:
—areserved12-milecoastalzone,withqualified
accessintheouter6-milebandforotherMember
States;
—asystemofannualtotalallowablecatches,divided
intonationalquotas,forthemaintraditionalfishe­
ries;
-—theuseoflogbookstorecordlandings;(')OJNoC310,16.11.1993,p.13.
(2)CouncilRegulationNo3760/92,20.12.1992.