Council Regulation (EC) No 1343/2007 of 13 November 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 establishing a Community framework for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy
Date: 2007-11-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: common fisheries policy, data collection, fishery management, fishing industry, fishing statistics

L 300/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.11.2007

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1343/2007

of 13 November 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 establishing a Community framework for the collection
and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 (2) establishes
the first Community Programme and the first
that
programming period are to cover
the period from
2002 to 2006.

Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 is to be replaced by a
new Regulation in order to implement new approaches
to fisheries management. Such approaches include the
transition from fish stock-based management to a fleet-
and area-based management as well as the ecosystem
approach. Pending the adoption of that new Regulation,
it is necessary to establish a second programming period
covering the years 2007 and 2008 in order to ensure
consistent and synchronised programming at Community
and national level.

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 5(1) shall be replaced by the following:

evaluations,

‘1.
In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
9(2), the Commission shall define,
in conformity with the
framework defined in Annex I, a minimum Community
programme covering the information absolutely needed for
extended Community
scientific
programme that shall include, in addition to the information
contained in the minimum programme, information likely to
improve substantially the scientific evaluations. The first
Community programme shall cover
the years 2002 to
2006 inclusive and the second Community programme
shall cover the years 2007 and 2008.’;

and

an

2. Article 6(1) shall be replaced by the following:

Each Member State

‘1.
shall draw up a national
programme of collection and management of data. The
first programming period shall cover the years 2002 to
2006 inclusive. The second programming period shall
cover the years 2007 and 2008. The programme shall
describe both the collection of the detailed data and the
processing needed to produce aggregated data in accordance
with the principles set out in Article 3. It shall specify the
links between it and the Community programmes drawn up
under Article 5.’.

Article 2

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

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

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

Done at Brussels, 13 November 2007.

For the Council
The President

F. TEIXEIRA DOS SANTOS

(1) Opinion of the European Parliament of 11 October 2007 (not yet

published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 1.