Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy
Date: 1997-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic Sea, common fisheries policy, data transmission, fishing area, fishing controls

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 02.07.1997 
COM(97)  341  final 

97/0189 

(CNS) 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 

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

(presented  by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  119191] introducing  arrangements  for  the  management  of 

fishing  effort  in  the  Baltic  Sea  provides  for  the  introduction  on  1  January  1998  of 

arrangements  to  manage  fishing  effort  in  the  IBSFC  areas  (subdivisions  22-32)  falling 

under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of the Member States. 

Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 779/97 provides that the Council must take a 

decision  before  31  December  1997  on  a  proposal  submitted  by  the  Commission,  by 
30 June  1997 at the  latest,  for  amendments  to  Council  Regulation  (EEC) No 2847/932, 

especially  as regards  the  measures  needed  to  ensure  compliance  with  the  arrangements. 

The amendments make Title 11a of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 applicable in the Baltic 

Sea, in particular the recording of data on fishing  effort  in the logbook, the procedures for 

forwarding  the lists of named vessels to the Commission, the collection of data on fishing 

effort  by the Member States and the forwarding  of the assembled data on fishing  effort  to 

the Commission. 

The Commission accordingly proposes that Council should adopt this proposal as soon as 

possible and by 31 December  1997 at the latest. 

1 OJNoL  113, 30. 4.1997, p. 1. 
2  OJ No L 261; 20.10.1993, p. 1. 

PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION  (EC) No 

of 

1997 

amending Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the 

common fisheries policy 

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, 

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Commitee3, 

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a  control system applicable 
to  the  common  fisheries  policy4  introduces  a  number  of  measures  to  monitor  fishing 

activities, including fishing  effort; 

Whereas  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  779/97  introducing  arrangements  for  the 
management  of  fishing  effort  in the  Baltic  Sea5  provides  for  ex post  monitoring  by  the 

Member States of the fishing  effort  of Community vessels in the Baltic Sea; 

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3 
4  OJ  No  L  261, 20.10.1993,  p.  1.  Regulation  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  2870/95  (OJ  No  301. 
14.12.1995, p. 1.) and last amended by Regulation (EC) No 686/97 (OJ No L 102,  19.4.1997, p. 1.) 

5O J N oL  113, 3.4.1997, p. 1. 

Whereas  under  Article  6(2)  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  119191  compliance  with 

the 

arrangements  for  managing  fishing  effort  in  the  Baltic  Sea  must  be  ensured,  in  particular 

by applying  Title  11a of  Regulation  (EEC)  No 2847/93  as  regards  the  recording  of data  on 

llshing  effort  in  the  logbook,  the  procedures  for  forwarding  the  lists  of  named  vessels  to 

the  Commission,  the  collection  of  data  on  fishing  effort  by  the  Member  States  and  the 

forwarding  of the  assembled  data on fishing  effort  to the  Commission. 

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

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 

Article 1 

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

1.  The  following  paragraph  is inserted  after  the first  paragraph  of Article  19a: 

"la.  Articles  19e,  19f,  19g,  19h and  19i shall  apply to Community  vessels  authorized 

by  the  Member  States,  in  accordance  with  Article  2  of  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No 

779/97  introducing  arrangements  for  the  management  of  fishing  effort  in  the  Baltic 

Sea,  to  carry  out  fishing  activities  in  the  fishing  areas  listed  in  the  Annex  to  that 

Regulation. 

2.  The  last  sentence  of Article  19a(2) is replaced  by: 

"Vessels  over  the  relevant  length  which  are  not  authorized  by  Member  States  under 

Articles  2,  3(5)  and  9 of  Regulation  (EC) No  685/95  or  Article  2 of  Regulation  (EC) 

No  779/97  shall  not  carry  out  fishing  activities  in the  areas  referred  to  in  paragraphs 

1 and  la. 

3.  The  following  is added to Article  19f(l): 

"and  Article  2 of Regulation  (EC) No  779/97." 

4.  The following  indent is inserted after the first indent of Article 19i: 

"in  the  previous  month  for  each  fishing  area  referred  to  in  Article  19a(la),  for 

salmon, sea trout and freshwater fish, before the 15th of each month," 

Article 2 

This Regulation  shall enter into force  on the seventh day following  its publication  in the 

Official  Journal of the European Communities. 

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l 

This  Regulation  shall  be  binding  in  its  entirety  and  directly  applicable  in  all  Member 
States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

The President 

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