CELEX: 51982PC0664
Language: en
Date: 1982-10-22
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON CATCH DECLARATIONS BY VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF A MEMBER STATE OF THE COMMUNITY OPERATING IN THE FISHING ZONES OF CERTAIN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH WHICH THE COMMUNITY HAS CONCLUDED FISHERIES AGREEMENTS

No C 294/18                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             10. 11.82
              Proposal for a Council Regulation on catch declarations by vessels flying the flag of a
              Member State of the Community operating in the fishing zones of certain developing
                       countries with which the Community has concluded fisheries agreements
                          (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 22 October 1982)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                   detailed rules provided for in this Regulation of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                  results of their fishing operations in the fishing zones
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  of developing countries with which the Commission
European Economic Community, and in particular                has concluded or applies a fisheries agreement.
Article 43 thereof,                                          The obligations arising directly from these fishery
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,            agreements shall not be affected by the provisions of
                                                              this Regulation.
Having regard to the opinion of the European
Parliament,                                                                            Article 2
Whereas the Community has concluded with a                    1.    Catch declarations shall be made out on the
number of developing countries fisheries agreements           form set out in Annex I.
based on the principle of financial compensation for
                                                             The declarations shall cover one calendar month and
fishing rights conceded;
                                                              shall reach the Commission before the 10th day of
Whereas these agreements, which involve a                    the following month.
considerable financial commitment on the part of the          2.    Nevertheless, if the rhythm of fishing operations
Community, cannot be properly managed unless the              so requires, each catch declaration may cover a
Commission is informed of the exact results of fishing       period different from that referred to in paragraph 1
operations by vessels flying the flag of a Member            provided this period does not exceed 30 days. In this
State of the Community in waters under the                    case the catch declarations shall reach the
jurisdiction of the countries with which agreements           Commission at the latest on the fifth day after the
have been signed;                                             end of the fishing trip.
Whereas the catches must be notified in such a way            3.    Vessels which are not based in a port in the
as to keep the Commission promptly informed of the            region in which they fish and all freezer vessels
activities of vessels to ensure that the permanent            exceeding 200 grt shall, in addition, transmit to
monitoring of the agreements is as effective as               the Commission the information provided for in
possible having due regard to the rhythm of                  Annex II.
operations, which may prevent the making of written
reports at the required intervals;                                                     Article 3
Whereas implementing rules for this Regulation                In the case of vessels for which the obligations of this
should be adopted by a rapid procedure permitting             Regulation have not been met, the Commission may
proper management of the agreements; whereas,                 decide not to transmit fishing licence applications for
consequently, use should be made of the management            the waters of one of the non-member countries
committee procedure for fisheries agreements and              referred to in Article 1 for a period of up to one year
conventions introduced by Council Regulation (EEC)            and, in cases of repetition of the infringement, to
No . . . ./82 of         1982 laying down procedures          exclude the vessel for at least one year.
for the application of fisheries agreements between
the Community and non-member countries and of
international conventions for the conservation and                                     Article 4
management of living marine resources to which the           Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation
Community is a Contracting Party,                            shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
                                                             laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                              ...782.
HAD ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                                           Article 5
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
                        Article 1                             1983.
Masters of vessels flying the flag of a Member State         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
shall inform the Commission in accordance with the            directly applicable in all Member States.
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                                                          ANNEX I
                                COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              Directorate-General for Fisheries
                                                 CATCH DECLARATION
                                             (EEC —        Fisheries Agreement)
                                                                                                    Month:
                                                                                                     Year : _
Name of vessel:                          Method of fishing:                          Engine power:
Nationality:                             Port of landing:                            Gross registered tonnage:
Equipment:                               Consignor:                                  Licence No:
             Fishing zone                                           Species fished (kg)
                               Number
 Date                         of fishing                                                                         Remarks
       Longitude     Latitude   hours                                                    Other         Totals
   1.
   2.
   3.
   4.
   5.
   6.
   7.
   8.
   9.
  10.
  11.
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  13.
 14.
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 17.
 18.
  19.
 20.
 21.
 22.
 23.
 24.
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 31.
                              Totals:
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                                                               ANNEX     II
              I. Information to be transmitted:
                 1. Date, hour and position each time the vessel enters or leaves the fishing zone of one of the
                    countries referred to in Article 1.
                 2. Quantities by species of fishery product on board the vessel at the times referred to in
                    point 1.
                 3. During the periods of activity in each of the fishing zones of the non-member countries
                    referred to in Article 1: on the first, 11th and 21st day of the month, the quantities in
                    kilograms of each species caught since the previous transmission.
                 4. With each message the name and call sign of the vessel and the name of its skipper as well as
                    the date and time of the message.
             II. List of species or groups of species and the codes to be used:
                                                              Code to be used
                                Sole                                                           SOL
                                Hake                                                          HKC
                                Pandoras                                                       PAX
                                Mackerel                                                      MAS
                                Horse-mackerel                                               HMC
                                Sardine/Pilchard                                                PIL
                                Sardinella                                                      SIX
                                Tuna                                                           YFT
                                Octopus                                                       OCT
                                Cuttlefish                                                     CTL
                                Prawns                                                        DCP
                                Other demersal species                                        GRO
                                Other pelagic species                                          PEL
                                Other cephalopods                                              CEP
                                Other crustaceans                                              CRA
                                Bivalves                                                       GAS
                                Sponges                                                        SPO
            III. The information is to be transmitted to the Commission of the European Communities,
                 Brussels, Belgium {telex 241 89 FISEU-B).