Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (CEE) No 2847/93 as regards the deadline for a Council decision on a continuous position monitoring system using satellite communications for Community fishing vessels
Date: 1996-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community fisheries, common fisheries policy, fishing vessel, maritime surveillance, remote sensing

COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

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Brussels, 23.07.1996 
COM(%)  186 final 

96/0193  (CNS) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION ŒC) 

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 as regards the deadline 
for a Council decision  on a continuous position monitoring system 
using satellite communications for Communily fishing vessels 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The aim of this proposal for a Council Regulation is to amend Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 as 

regards  the  deadline  for  a  Council  decision  on  a  continuous  position  monitoring  system  using 

satellite  communications  for  Community  fishing  vessels. 

Under  Article  3(1)  of  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2847/93,  as  last  amended  by  Council 

Decision  95/528/EC,  the  Council  is  to  decide  before  1  July  1996,  on  a  proposal  from  the 

Commission,  if  and  to  what  extent  and  when  a  continuous  position  monitoring  system  using 

satellite communications  is to be introduced  for  Community fishing vessels. 

At  its  meeting  on  10  June  1996,  the  Council  examined  for  the  first  time  the  proposal  for  a 
Regulation1 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control  system  applicable to 

the common fisheries policy. It concluded that the proposal needed to be studied in depth and said 

it  would  take  a  decision  on  it  by  31  December  1996.  It  asked  the  Commission,  therefore,  to 

present  a  proposal  to  it  for  altering  the  date  contained  in  Article  3(1)  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No 

2847/93. This proposal  is a response to that  request. 

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PROPOSAL  FOR COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) No 

amending  Regulation  (EEC) No 2847/93 as regards  the  deadline 
for a Council  decision  on  a continuous  position  monitoring  system 
using satellite  communications  for  Community  fishing  vessels 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

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

thereof, 

Having  regard to the proposal from the Commission1, 

Having  regard to the opinion  of the European  Parliament2, 

Whereas,  under  Article  3(1)  of  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2847/933 establishing  a  control 

system  applicable  to  the  common  fisheries  policy,  as  last  amended  by  Council  Decision 
95/528/EC4, the Council is to decide by  1  July  1996 if and to what extent and when a continuous 

position  monitoring  system  using  satellite  communications  is to  be  introduced  for  Community 

fishing vessels; 

Whereas, at its meeting on  10 June  1996, the Council  said it would  like to continue  studying in 
depth, up to 31 December  1996 at the latest, the proposal for a Regulation5 amending  Regulation 

(EEC) No 2847/93 establishing  a control system applicable to the common fisheries  policy with 

regard to the installation  of  such a system; 

! 

Whereas,  in view of the period  available  for  studying  the proposal, the  date  set  in Article  3(1) 

of  Regulation  (EEC) No 2847/93  should  be  amended, 

OJ No  L 261, 20.10.1993, p.  1. 
OJ No  L 301,  14.12.1995, p. 35. 
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HAS  ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93  is hereby amended as follows: 

In Article  3(1), the date "1 July  1996" is replaced by "1 January  1997". 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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. 

Done at 

For the Council 

The President 

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