Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3070/95 on the establishment of a pilot project on satellite tracking in the NAFO Regulatory Area
Date: 1997-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, data processing, fishing controls, fishing vessel, satellite

10.  1.  98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  6/17

been  forfeited  or  which  are  not  statute(cid:220)barred  shall
have  effect  from  the  date  of  such  request,  except
where  more  favourable  provisions  of  the  legislation
of  any  Member  State  apply.’

Article  2

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  first  day  of
the  month  following  its  publication  in  the  Official  Journal
of  the  European  Communities.

(*)(cid:217)Number  of  the  Regulation  resulting  from  this  proposal.
(**)(cid:217)Date  of  entry  into  force  of  the  Regulation  resulting

from  this  proposal.

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

in 

its  entirety  and

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  (EC)  amending  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  3070/95  of
21  December  1995  on  the  establishment  of  a  pilot  project  on  satellite  tracking  in  the  NAFO
Regulatory  Area

(98/C  6/07)

(Text  with  EEA  relevance)

COM(97)  671  final  -  97/0346(CNS)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  8  December  1997)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

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

in  particular

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having  regard  to  the  opinion  of  the  European  Parliament,

Whereas, 
in  accordance  with  Article  1  of  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  3070/95  of
21  December  1995  on  the  establishment  of  a  pilot  project  on  satellite  tracking  in  the  NAFO
Regulatory  Area(cid:216)(˛),  Member  States  are  carrying  out  a  pilot  project  on  satellite  tracking  of
vessels  fishing  in  the  Regulatory  Area  from  1  January  1996  to  31  December  1997;

Whereas  on  19  September  1997  the  NAFO  Fisheries  Commission  adopted  a  proposal  to
prolong  the  pilot  project  on  satellite  tracking  to  31  December  1998;

Whereas,  in  accordance  with  Article  XI  of  the  NAFO  Convention  and  in  the  absence  of
objections,  the  proposal  will  become  a  measure  binding  on  the  NAFO  Contracting  Parties  as
from  25  November  1997;

Whereas  steps  should  be  taken  to  implement  the  proposal  at  Community  level;

Whereas  as  a  matter  of  urgency  and  common  concern  this  Regulation  should  apply  from
1  January  1998,

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION:

Regulation  (EC)  No  3070/95  is  hereby  amended  as  follows:

Article  1

In  Article  1  (1)  the  date  "31  December  1997’  is  replaced  by  "31  December  1998’.

Article  2

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  of  its  publication  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the
European  Communities.

It  shall  apply  from  1  January  1998.

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

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  329,  30.  12.  1995,  p.  11.