Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) N 189/92 adopting provisions for the application of certain control measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation
Date: 1996-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, exchange of information, fishing area, fishing controls, fishing regulations

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  13.12.1996 
COM(96) 684 final 

96/0309 (CNS) 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EC) 

amending Regulation  (EEQ  JV° 189/92 adopting provisions for  the application of certain 

control measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries  Organisation. 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

At  the  18th  Annual  General meeting of  NAFO  of  13-19 September  1996, the Fisheries 

Commission adopted and the European Community agreed to the introduction of new control 

measures applicable to Community fishing vessels operating in the NAFO Regulatory Area. 

Among  the  measures  agreed is  a proposal  requesting fishing vessels  entering the NAFO 

Regulatory Area  to report, via the current hail system, their target species. 

The adoption of this proposal and the subsequent implementation of an amended hail system 

will assist the inspection at sea,  generally strengthen the rules governing catch reporting in 

the  NAFO  Area  and  have  been  adopted  in  the  context of  the  special  control measures 

applicable to vessels participating in the shrimp  fishery. 

This amendment  to the current hail system will not create any financial obligations for  the 

Community nor significantly increase the financial and reporting obligations on  Community 

fishing  vessels operating in the NAFO Regulatory Area. 

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Draft Proposal Council Regulation (EC) N° 

of 

amending Regulation (EEC) N° 189/92 adopting provisions for  the application of certain 

control measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries  Organisation. 

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  Commission?1*, 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament*2*, 

Whereas  Council Regulation (EEC)  N° 189/92® adopting provisions for  the application of 

certain control measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation  (NAFO), 

requires Community fishing vessels to communicate  to the Commission and simultaneously 

to their competent national authorities,  certain information regarding their activities in the 

NAFO Regulatory Area; 

Whereas the NAFO Fisheries Commission adopted a recommendation on 13 September 1996 

to amend the hail system; 

Whereas, pursuant  to Article XI  of the NAFO Convention,  the recommendation has become 

binding upon the  Community as from 13 November 1996; 

0) 

(2) 

®  O.J.  121  of 30.01.1992, p.  4. 

Whereas, it is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EEC) N°  189/92, in order to oblige 

Community fishing vessels to comply with this new measure, 

HAS ADOPTED  THIS REGULATION : 

ARTICLE 1 •• 

To point  1.1 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) N° 189/92 the following  indent shall be added: 

"-target species". 

ARTICLE 2 

This Regulation  shall enter into force  on the severith 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, 

X 

For the Council 

The President 

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