3.12.85 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 312/5 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Amended proposal for a Council Regulation on the coordination and promotion of research in 
the fisheries sector (') 
COM(85) 590final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of 
the EEC Treaty, on 18 November 1985) 
(85/C 312/08) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 101/76 (2) 
provides that, with a view to the coordination of the 
structural policies of Member States in the fisheries 
sector, measures to coordinate their research and 
scientific and technical assistance policies in this area are 
to be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty; 
Whereas recent developments affecting the fisheries 
sector, in particular the extension of fishery zones to 200 
miles, and the establishment of a Community system for 
the conservation and management of fishery resources 
have intensified the need for effective coordination of 
biological, technological and economic research in the 
Community fisheries sector, in order to facilitate the 
adaptation of Community fleets to the new fishing 
conditions; 
Whereas the introduction of measures to allow for 
effective coordination of fisheries research within the 
Community requires that the provisions of Regulation 
(EEC) No 101/76 relating to fisheries research should be 
supplemented, in particular by arrangements for the 
systematic exchange of scientific, economic and financial 
information on fisheries research in the Community and 
the coordination of such research in areas likely to affect 
the adaptation of the Community's fishing industry; Whereas the Council Resolution of 25 July 1983 on 
framework programmes for Community research, 
development and demonstration activities and a first 
framework programme 1984 to 1987 (3) provides in 
particular for the implementation of research 
programmes for increased productivity, improved quality 
and the processing of fisheries products; 
Whereas the coordination and promotion of research 
implies that the Community should support and 
supplement work performed in Member States, the better 
to meet research requirements and the needs of the 
common fisheries policy; 
Whereas provision should be made to this end for the 
establishment of Community research and research 
coordination programmes in areas of special importance 
for the achievement of the objectives of the common 
fisheries policy; 
Whereas the Standing Committee for the Fishing 
Industry (SCFI) and the Scientific and Technical 
Committee for Fisheries (STCF) provide the best means 
of assisting and advising the Commission usefully in the 
performance of the tasks entrusted to it as regards the 
coordination and promotion of fisheries research; 
Whereas the work of those Committees and that of the 
Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST) 
must be coordinated; 
Whereas, in order for the findings of research in which 
the Community participates to be utilized, it must be 
ensured that they are made available to interested parties 
in the Community; 
O OJ No C 243, 22. 9. 1980, p. 12. 
O OJ No L 20, 28. 1. 1976, p. 19. C) OJ No C 208, 4. 8. 1983, p. 1. 
No C 312/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 3.12.85 
Whereas provision must be made for a Community 
financial contribution to Community research and 
research coordination programmes, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
(unchanged) 
1. With a view to the achievement of the objectives of 
the common fisheries policy, fisheries research 
undertaken in the Member States shall be coordinated 
and promoted at Community level in accordance with 
the provisions laid down in this Regulation. 
2. In applying this Regulation, account shall be taken 
of the general lines of scientific and technological policy 
laid down by the Community. 
TITLE I 
Information and consultation 
Article 2 
(unchanged) 
A procedure for information and consultation between 
the Member States and the Commission shall be 
established in accordance with the provisions of Articles 
3 and 4. 
Article 3 
(unchanged) 
1. The Member States shall provide the Commission 
each year with scientific, economic and financial infor­
mation concerning fisheries research work either planned 
or being carried out under their authority or with their 
financial assistance. 
They shall endeavour to provide the Commission with 
the same information concerning fisheries research work 
planned or being carried out by other agencies. 
2. The Commission shall keep a permanent inventory 
of the research work referred to in paragraph 1. 
3. After consultation of the Standing Committee for 
the Fishing Industry, the Commission shall determine the 
ways in which the information obtained, particularly that 
resulting from the permanent inventory provided for in 
paragraph 2, will be made available to interested parties. Article 4 
(amended) 
1. The Commission shall keep under permanent 
review the major trends and developments in fisheries 
research in the Community. To this end, it shall engage 
in consultations with the Member States within the 
Standing Committee for the Fishing Industry. 
2. The Commission shall ensure that the work of that 
Committee and that of the Scientific and Technical 
Committee for Fisheries (STCF) and the Scientific 
and Technical Research Committee (CREST) are 
coordinated. 
3. The Commission shall recommend to the Member 
States the research policy measures required as the 
common fisheries policy gradually develops and operates. 
TITLE II 
Community research and research coordination pro­
grammes 
Article 5 
(new) 
Acting on a proposal from the Commission, the Council 
shall adopt, in accordance with the procedure laid down 
in Article 43 of the Treaty: 
(a) Community research programmes in areas of special 
Community importance; 
(b) Community research coordination programmes to 
allow the resources employed to be organized 
rationally, the findings to be used effectively and 
work to proceed in line with the objectives of the 
common fisheries policy. 
Article 6 
(former Article 7, amended) 
1. The Commission shall ensure that the Community 
research programmes are carried out by concluding cost-
sharing research contracts with research centres and 
institutes. 
2. The Commission shall ensure that the Community 
research coordination programmes are carried out by 
organizing seminars, conferences, study trips, exchanges 
of research workers and working meetings of scientific 
experts as well as by collating, analysing and publishing 
the findings. 
3. For the implementation of paragraphs 1 and 2, the 
Commission shall enlist the aid of the Standing 
Committee for the Fishing Industry. It may avail itself of 
the assistance of high-level experts. 
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TITLE III 
General provisions 
Article 7 
(former Article 6 (3), amended) 
The Community shall contribute financially towards the 
execution of the Community research and research 
coordination programmes. The estimated financial 
requirements for this purpose shall be determined by the 
Council in accordance with the procedure referred to in 
Article 5. The appropriations necessary for each financial 
year shall be laid down annually in the general budget of 
the Communities. Article 8 
(amended) 
The findings of the Community research and research 
coordination programmes shall be disseminated in 
accordance with Regulation (EEC) No*2380/74 of the 
Council (*). 
Article 9 
(former Article 12, unchanged) 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
(*) OJ No L 255, 20. 9. 1974, p. 1.