CELEX: 51991PC0214
Language: en
Date: 1991-06-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ADOPTING PROVISIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN CONTROL MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES ORGANIZATION

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                       COM(91)214 final
                                                       Brussels, 7  June 1991
                                        Proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
              adopting provisions for the application of certain control Measures
                    adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
                                (presented by the Commission)
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 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
In the   interests   of  improving  the  control of  fishing  activities  in   its
Regulatory  Area   the  Northwest  Atlantic  Fisheries  Organisation  (NAFO)   has
adopted a proposal for the introduction of a control measure making          it a
requirement for fishing vessels of Contracting Parties to communicate to their
competent authorities their entry into and exit from the NAFO Regulatory Area
as well as any movements between divisions.
The competent authorities of Contracting Parties are required to transmit the
information, which they receive from their fishing vessels, to the Executive
Secretary of NAFO and other Contracting Parties with an inspection presence in
the Regulatory Area.    This control measure is commonly referred to as a "hail
system".
The purpose of this proposed regulation is to apply the "hail system" in the
Community and to make certain other necessary related provisions.
 ---pagebreak---                                        PROPOSAL
                                         for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION (ESC) No
                                           Of
     adopting provisions for the application of certain control measures
           adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having  regard   to   Council  Regulation     (EEC) No   170/83    of  25 January 1983
establishing   a  Community   system    for   the  conservation    and  management  of
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fishery resources( ), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Convention on Future Multilateral Co-operation in the            Northwest
Atlantic  Fisheries, hereinafter      referred    to as the NAFO      Convention,  was
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approved by the Council by Regulation (EEC) No 3179/78( ) and entered into
force on 1 January 1979;
Whereas the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization          (NAFO) established by
the NAFO Convention adopted a Scheme of Joint International Inspection which
was adopted by the Council in Regulation (EEC) No 1956/88< 3 );
Whereas   the   NAFO    Fisheries   Commission      adopted  a    proposal    for  the
establishment of a control measure, requiring fishing vessels to communicate
certain information regarding their activities in the NAFO Regulatory Area;
whereas the proposal has been accepted by the Community;
(1) OJ No L 24, 27.01.1983, p.      1
(2) OJ No L 378, 30.12.1978, p.     1
(3) OJ No L 175, 06.07.1988, p.     1
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 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                   Article 1
Vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the Community to which the NAFO
Scheme of Joint    International Inspection applies shall transmit to the
Commission of the European Communities, in accordance with the rules laid
down in the Annex, the information set out therein.
                                   Article 2
Within 24 hours of   receipt of the reports, whenever possible, the Commission
shall transmit the information contained therein to the Member States whose
flag the vessels concerned are flying and to the competent authorities of
other contracting parties of NAFO which have an inspection presence in the
Regulatory Area. The Commission shall also forward the information to the
Executive Secretary of NAFO.
                                   Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
                                                   For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                                                ANNEX
1.  The communications described below shall be entitled "NAFO REPORT". The information to be
    transmitted, which shall be presented in the form specified, is as follows:
1.1 Each entry of the vessel into the Regulatory Area. This report shall be made at least six hours
    in advance of the vessel's entry and shall contain the following particulars in the following
    order:
         Name of vessel,
         Call sign,
         External identification letters and numbers,
         The date, the time and geographical position,
         Indication of the message code: "ENTRY",
         The NAFO division into which the vessel is about to enter,
         The name of the master.
1.2 Each movement from one NAFO division to another NAFO division. These reports shall be made prior
    to the vessel's entry into a NAFO division and shall contain the following particulars in the
    following order:
         Name of vessel,
         Call sign,
         External identification letters and numbers,
         The date, the time and geographical position,
         Indication of the message code: "MOVE",
         The NAFO division into which the vessel is about to enter,
         The name of the master.
1.3 Each exit from the Regulatory Area . These reports shall be made prior to the vessel's exit from
    the Regulatory Area and shall contain the following particulars in the following order:
         Name of vessel,
         Call sign.
         External identification letters and numbers,
         The date, the time and geographical position,
         Indication of the message code: "EXIT",
    •    The NAFO division from which the vessel is about to leave,
    •    The name of the master.
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 ---pagebreak--- 2.  Without prejudice to the provisions set down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 laying down
    detailed rules for recording information on Member States catches of fisM 1 *, after each radio
    transmission of the information described in 1 above the following details are to be immediately
    entered in the logbook:
          Date and time of the transmission.
          In the case of radio transmissions, the name of the radio station through which the
          transmission was made.
3.1 The information specified under point 1 shall be transmitted to the Commission of the European
    Communities in Brussels (telex 24189 FISEU-B).
3.2 If it is impossible for reasons of force majeure for the message to be transmitted by the vessel,
    it may be transmitted on the vessel's behalf by another vessel.
11)  O J L 2 7 6 , 10.10.1983, p. 1
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