CELEX: 51985PC0590(01)
Language: en
Date: 1985-11-14
Title: AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) ON THE COORDINATION AND PROMOTION OF RESEARCH IN THE FISHERIES SECTOR

3.12.85                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 312/5
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                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
              Amended proposal for a Council Regulation on the coordination and promotion of research in
                                                      the fisheries sector (')
                                                       COM(85)       590final
              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of
                                            the EEC Treaty, on 18 November 1985)
                                                          (85/C 312/08)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Whereas the Council Resolution of 25 July 1983 on
                                                                      framework programmes for Community research,
                                                                      development and demonstration activities and a first
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                      framework programme 1984 to 1987 (3) provides in
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
                                                                      particular    for  the    implementation    of    research
thereof,
                                                                      programmes for increased productivity, improved quality
                                                                      and the processing of fisheries products;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                     Whereas the coordination and promotion of research
liament,                                                              implies that the Community should support and
                                                                      supplement work performed in Member States, the better
                                                                      to meet research requirements and the needs of the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N o 101/76 (2)                       common fisheries policy;
provides that, with a view to the coordination of the
structural policies of Member States in the fisheries
sector, measures to coordinate their research and
scientific and technical assistance policies in this area are         Whereas provision should be made to this end for the
to be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid                   establishment of Community research and research
down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty;                                 coordination programmes in areas of special importance
                                                                      for the achievement of the objectives of the common
                                                                      fisheries policy;
Whereas recent developments affecting the fisheries
sector, in particular the extension of fishery zones to 200
miles, and the establishment of a Community system for                Whereas the Standing Committee for the Fishing
the conservation and management of fishery resources                  Industry (SCFI) and the Scientific and Technical
have intensified the need for effective coordination of               Committee for Fisheries (STCF) provide the best means
biological, technological and economic research in the                of assisting and advising the Commission usefully in the
Community fisheries sector, in order to facilitate the                performance of the tasks entrusted to it as regards the
adaptation of Community fleets to the new fishing                     coordination and promotion of fisheries research;
conditions;
Whereas the introduction of measures to allow for                     Whereas the work of those Committees and that of the
effective coordination of fisheries research within the               Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST)
Community requires that the provisions of Regulation                  must be coordinated;
(EEC) No 101/76 relating to fisheries research should be
supplemented, in particular by arrangements for the
systematic exchange of scientific, economic and financial             Whereas, in order for the findings of research in which
information on fisheries research in the Community and                the Community participates to be utilized, it must be
the coordination of such research in areas likely to affect           ensured that they are made available to interested parties
the adaptation of the Community's fishing industry;                   in the Community;
O OJ No C 243, 22. 9. 1980, p. 12.
O OJ No L 20, 28. 1. 1976, p. 19.                                     C) OJ No C 208, 4. 8. 1983, p. 1.
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Whereas provision must be made for a Community                                               Article 4
financial contribution to Community research and
                                                                                            (amended)
research coordination programmes,
                                                                   1.    The Commission shall keep under permanent
                                                                   review the major trends and developments in fisheries
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                       research in the Community. To this end, it shall engage
                                                                   in consultations with the Member States within the
                                                                   Standing Committee for the Fishing Industry.
                          Article 1
                                                                   2.    The Commission shall ensure that the work of that
                        (unchanged)                                Committee and that of the Scientific and Technical
                                                                   Committee for Fisheries (STCF) and the Scientific
1.    With a view to the achievement of the objectives of
                                                                   and Technical Research Committee (CREST) are
the common fisheries policy, fisheries              research
                                                                   coordinated.
undertaken in the Member States shall be coordinated
and promoted at Community level in accordance with
the provisions laid down in this Regulation.                       3.    The Commission shall recommend to the Member
                                                                   States the research policy measures required as the
                                                                   common fisheries policy gradually develops and operates.
2.    In applying this Regulation, account shall be taken
of the general lines of scientific and technological policy
laid down by the Community.                                                                  TITLE II
                                                                   Community research and research coordination pro-
                                                                                             grammes
                          TITLE I
                Information and consultation                                                 Article 5
                                                                                               (new)
                          Article 2                                Acting on a proposal from the Commission, the Council
                                                                   shall adopt, in accordance with the procedure laid down
                        (unchanged)                                in Article 43 of the Treaty:
A procedure for information and consultation between
the Member States and the Commission shall be                      (a) Community research programmes in areas of special
established in accordance with the provisions of Articles               Community importance;
3 and 4.
                                                                   (b) Community research coordination programmes to
                                                                        allow the resources employed to be organized
                                                                        rationally, the findings to be used effectively and
                          Article 3                                     work to proceed in line with the objectives of the
                        (unchanged)                                     common fisheries policy.
1.    The Member States shall provide the Commission
each year with scientific, economic and financial infor-                                     Article 6
mation concerning fisheries research work either planned                            (former Article 7, amended)
or being carried out under their authority or with their
financial assistance.                                               1.   The Commission shall ensure that the Community
                                                                   research programmes are carried out by concluding cost-
                                                                   sharing research contracts with research centres and
They shall endeavour to provide the Commission with                institutes.
the same information concerning fisheries research work
planned or being carried out by other agencies.
                                                                   2.    The Commission shall ensure that the Community
                                                                   research coordination programmes are carried out by
2.    The Commission shall keep a permanent inventory              organizing seminars, conferences, study trips, exchanges
of the research work referred to in paragraph 1.                   of research workers and working meetings of scientific
                                                                   experts as well as by collating, analysing and publishing
                                                                   the findings.
3.    After consultation of the Standing Committee for
the Fishing Industry, the Commission shall determine the           3.     For the implementation of paragraphs 1 and 2, the
ways in which the information obtained, particularly that          Commission shall enlist the aid of the Standing
resulting from the permanent inventory provided for in             Committee for the Fishing Industry. It may avail itself of
paragraph 2, will be made available to interested parties.         the assistance of high-level experts.
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                         TITLE III                                                            Article 8
                    General provisions                                                       (amended)
                                                                   The findings of the Community research and research
                                                                   coordination programmes shall be disseminated in
                         Article 7                                 accordance with Regulation (EEC) No*2380/74 of the
                                                                   Council (*).
              (former Article 6 (3), amended)
                                                                                              Article 9
The Community shall contribute financially towards the
execution of the Community research and research                                 (former Article 12, unchanged)
coordination programmes. The estimated financial
requirements for this purpose shall be determined by the           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Council in accordance with the procedure referred to in            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Article 5. The appropriations necessary for each financial         European Communities.
year shall be laid down annually in the general budget of         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
the Communities.                                                   directly applicable in all Member States.
                                                                  (*) OJ No L 255, 20. 9. 1974, p. 1.