A4-0210/95

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (COM(95)0256 - C4-0272/95 - 95/0146(CNS))

The proposal was approved with the following amendments:

(Amendment 1)

Recital 3a (new)

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Whereas Article 7(5) of that Regulation provides that communications and declarations referred to in Article 7(3) and (4) shall be made simultaneously to the flag State and the coastal States concerned;

(Amendment 2)

Recital 4a (new)

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Whereas all fishermen operating in the North-East Atlantic and the Baltic Sea should be subject to the same monitoring system;

(Amendment 3)

Recital 4b (new)

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Whereas Sweden and Finland should be fully integrated in the common fisheries policy;

(Amendment 4)

Recital 4c (new)

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Whereas the requirements of the monitoring system must not place an increased administrative burden on the masters of fishing vessels;

(Amendment 5)

Recital 4d (new)

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Whereas it is necessary to allow sufficient time for the introduction of automatic monitoring systems;

(Amendment 6)

Recital 4e (new)

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Whereas, for monitoring and control reasons, the coastal states need access to real time data concerning fishing vessels present in their waters;

(Amendment 7)

Recital 5

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Whereas in this context it is necessary to give access to the integrated computerized system for the monitoring of data to the Member State responsible for monitoring and to the Commission;

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Whereas in this context it is necessary to give access to the integrated computerized system for the monitoring of real-time data on communications and declarations referred to in Article 7(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 685/95 of 27 March 1995 to the Member States responsible for monitoring and to the Commission;

(Amendment 8)

ARTICLE 1(-1) (new)

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-1. In the following articles the figure 10 is replaced by 15:

- Article 6(4);

- Article 8(1) and (2).

(Amendment 22)

ARTICLE 1(1)

Article 19a (Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93)

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The provisions of this Title shall apply to Community fishing vessels exercising fishing activities in the fishing areas defined in Regulation (EC) No 685/95 and to Community fishing vessels exercising fishing activities directed at demersal species, in the area situated south of latitude 56°30' north, east of longitude 12° west and north of latitude 50°32' north, hereinafter known as the 'Irish Box¨.

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The provisions of this Title shall apply to Community fishing vessels over 15 metres exercising fishing activities in the fishing areas defined in Regulation (EC) No 685/95 and to Community fishing vessels exercising fishing activities directed at demersal species, in the area situated south of latitude 56°30' north, east of longitude 12° west and north of latitude 50°32' north, hereinafter known as the 'Irish Box¨.

(Amendment 19)

ARTICLE 1(1)

Article 19b(1) (Regulation (EEC) 2847/93)

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1. Masters of Community vessels shall communicate the following information in the form of an 'effort report¨:

- the identity of their vessel;

- each entry into, and exit from, a port located inside the area;

- each entry into an area and the date of commencement of fishing operations in the fishing area concerned;

- each exit from an area and the date of completion of the fishing operations;

- from 1 January 1998 at the latest, catches retained on board on entry into, and exit from, each area.

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1. Vessels of over 15 metres between the perpendiculars shall be equipped with a satellite-based system recognised under Community legislation. This system will keep track of the location and the movements of all monitored vessels and will allow for the automatic transmission of the required logbook-data.

(Amendment 21)

ARTICLE 1(1)

Article 19b(1a) (new) (Regulation (EEC) 2847/93)

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1a. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 above, where Community fishing vessels undertake fishing activity in the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of their flag state, or the Member State in which the vessels are registered, the information required under this Article shall be communicated to the competent authorities of the flag State by a method authorized by that State.

(Amendment 20)

ARTICLE 1(1)

Article 19c(1) (Regulation (EEC) 2847/93)

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1. Masters of Community fishing vessels shall communicate the information referred to in Article 19b by telex or by radio via a radio station approved under Community rules for the reception of such reports, at the same time to the competent authorities of both:

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1. The information referred to in Article 19b shall be transmitted to the computerised system of:

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- the flag Member State, and

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- the flag Member State, and

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- the Member State responsible for monitoring where the vessel is likely to exercise its fishing activities in waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of that Member State.

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- the Member State responsible for monitoring where the vessel is likely to exercise its fishing activities in waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of that Member State.

(Amendment 11)

ARTICLE 1(2)

Article 20a(2) (Regulation (EEC) 2847/93)

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2. However, fishing vessels also fishing in fishing areas other than those referred to in paragraph 1 during the same trip may carry gear corresponding to their activities in the areas concerned provided that gear kept on board and not authorised for use in the fishing area concerned and in the Irish Box referred to in Article 19a is stowed so that it may not be readily used, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 20(1)

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(Amendment 12)

ARTICLE 1(2)

Article 20a(3) (Regulation (EEC) 2847/93)

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3. Provisions relating to the identification of static fishing gear shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36.

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3. Provisions relating to the identification of static fishing gear shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36 no later than 31 December 1996.

(Amendment 13)

ARTICLE 1(3)

Article 21a, first paragraph (Regulation (EEC) 2847/93)

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Each Member State shall determine the date on which the vessels flying its flag or registered in its territory shall be deemed to have reached the maximum fishing effort level in a fishing area as laid down in Regulation (EC) No .../95.

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Without prejudice to Article 3(2)(i) of Regulation (EC) 685/95, each Member State shall determine the date on which the vessels flying its flag or registered in its territory shall be deemed to have reached the maximum fishing effort level in a fishing area as laid down in Regulation (EC) No .../95.

(Amendment 14)

ARTICLE 1(3a) (new)

Article 31(3a) (new) (Regulation (EEC) 2847/93)

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3a. The following paragraph is inserted after Article 31(3):

"3a. The Council shall decide, before 1 July 1996, on a set of comparable penalties to be imposed by the flag States and the coastal States for comparable offences throughout the Community.¨

Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (COM(95)0256 - C4-0272/95 - 95/0146(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(95)0256 - 95/0146(CNS) ((OJ C 188, 22.7.1995, p. 8.)),

- having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 43 of the EC Treaty (C4-0272/95),

- having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A4-0210/95),

1. Approves the Commission proposal subject to Parliament's amendments;

2. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

3. Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the Commission proposal;

4. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and the Commission.