PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ADOPTING PROVISIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN CONTROL MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES ORGANIZATION
Date: 1991-06-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, exchange of information, fishing area, fishing controls, fishing vessel

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM(91)214 final 

Brussels, 7  June 1991 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

adopting provisions for the application of certain control Measures 
adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization 

(presented  by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

In  the  interests  of  improving  the  control  of  fishing  activities  in  its 

Regulatory  Area  the  Northwest  Atlantic  Fisheries  Organisation  (NAFO)  has 

adopted  a  proposal  for  the  introduction  of  a  control  measure  making  it  a 

requirement  for fishing vessels of Contracting Parties to communicate to their 

competent  authorities their entry  into and exit  from the NAFO Regulatory Area 

as well as any movements between divisions. 

The  competent  authorities  of Contracting  Parties  are  required  to transmit  the 

information,  which  they  receive  from  their  fishing  vessels, to  the  Executive 

Secretary of NAFO and other Contracting Parties with an inspection presence in 

the Regulatory Area.  This control measure  is commonly  referred  to as a  "hail 

system". 

The purpose  of  this proposed  regulation  is to apply  the  "hail  system"  in the 

Community  and to make certain other necessary related provisions. 

PROPOSAL 
for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (ESC) No 
Of 
adopting provisions for the application of certain control measures 
adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization 

THE COUNCIL 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), and in particular Article 11 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal  from the Commission, 

Whereas  the  Convention  on Future Multilateral  Co-operation  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  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 the proposal has been accepted by the  Community; 

(1) OJ No L  24, 27.01.1983, p.  1 
(2) OJ No L 378, 30.12.1978, p.  1 
(3) OJ No L 175, 06.07.1988, p.  1 

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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,  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 Member States whose 

flag the vessels  concerned  are  flying  and to  the  competent  authorities of 

other contracting parties of NAFO which have an inspection presence  in the 

Regulatory  Area. The Commission  shall  also  forward  the  information  to the 

Executive Secretary of NAFO. 

Article 3 

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. 

For the Council 

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1. 

1.1 

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: 

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. 

1.2 

Each movement from one NAFO division to another  NAFO division. 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 

Each exit from the  Regulatory Area  .  These reports shall be made prior to the  vessel's exit from 
the Regulatory  Area 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: "EXIT", 

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The  NAFO division from which the vessel is about to leave, 

The name of the  master. 

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3.1 

3.2 

Without  prejudice to the  provisions set down  in Commission Regulation  (EEC)  No 2807/83  laying  down 
detailed  rules for  recording  information on  Member  States catches of fisM1*,  after  each radio 
transmission of the  information  described  in  1 above the following  details 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. 

The  information specified under  point  1 shall be transmitted to the  Commission of the  European 
Communities in Brussels  (telex  24189  FISEU-B). 

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  by another vessel. 

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