Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) Modifying Regulation (EEC) N° 3928/92 establishing a NAFO Pilot Observer Scheme applicable to Community vessels operating in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation
Date: 1994-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, catch quota, fishing area, fishing controls, fishing vessel, sea fishing

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

C0HC94) 203 final 
Brussels, 09.06.1994 

94/  0142(CNS) 

Proposal 

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COUNCIL  REGULATION  ( E( 

Modifying  Regulation  (EEC)  N°  3928/92  establishing  a  NAFO  Pilot  Observer  Scheme 

applicable to Community vessels operating in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic 

Fisheries Organisation. 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

As a contracting party to the NAFO Convention, the European Community participates in the 

Scheme of Joint International  Inspection  and Surveillance  since its inception  in  1988. 

At  its  14th  Annual  Meeting  held  in  Dartmouth,  Canada,  on  14-18  September  1992,  the 

Fisheries Commission of NAFO adopted an 18 month pilot observer scheme which will expire 

on 30 June  1994.  However,  at the Special  Session of  the Fisheries Commission in Brussels 

on  14-18 February,  the contracting parties agreed  to extend  the pilot observer scheme for a 

further six months,  that is,  until 31  December  1994.  The extension of the observer  scheme 

will,  in  addition  to  supplementing  existing  enforcement  measures,  allow  the  Fisheries 

Commission  to  make  a definitive  evaluation  of  the  scheme  in  terms  of  its  contribution  to 

conservation  of  resources and its overall  cost  effectiveness. 

The  extension  of  the  scheme  does  not  imply  any  change  with  respect  to  the  tasks  of  the 

observer  nor  the  number  which  is  to  be  deployed  in  the  NAFO  Regulatory  Area  by  the 

European  Union.  In addition,  those Member States which  nominate observers will  remain 

eligible for a Community financial contribution to defray the costs associated with the scheme. 

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PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) N< 

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Modifying  Regulation  (EEC)  N°  3928/92  establishing  a  NAFO  Pilot  Observer  Scheme 

applicable to Community vessels operating in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic 

Fisheries Organisation. 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard  to the Treaty establishing the European  Community, in particular Article 43 

thereof, 

Having regard  to the proposal  from  the Commission,  l 

Having regard the opinion of the European  Parliament,2 

Whereas Regulation (EEC) N° 3928/92 implements the NAFO pilot observer scheme adopted 

by  the  Fisheries  Commission  of  the  Northwest  Atlantic  Fisheries  Organisation  on  18 

September  1992 * 

Whereas the NAFO Fisheries Commission adopted on 17 February  1994 a proposal to extend 

the said  scheme to 31 December  1994; 

Whereas pursuant to Article VI of the NAFO Convention  the proposal  will, in the absence 

1  o . J. 

2  o . J. 

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O . J.  N°  L  397,  of  3 1 . 1 2 . 1 9 9 2,  P.  7l 

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of objections, become a measure binding upon Contracting parties with effect  from  18 April 

1994; 

Whereas the modified  scheme is acceptable to the Community; 

Whereas it is necessary to modify  Council  Regulation  (EEC) N° 3928/92; 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

ARTICLE 1 

Regulation  (EEC) N° 3928/92 is modified  as follows: 

1.  In Article 4,  '30 June  1994'  is replaced  by  '31 December  1994'. 

2. 

In point  l.(i)  of the Annex,  '30 June  1994'  is replaced  by  '31 December  1994'. 

ARTICLE 2 

This Regulation  shall enter into force on the seventh 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 all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

1994 

FOR THE COUNCIL, 

The President, 

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