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

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
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43  thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries was  approved by the Council by Regulation (EEC) No 3179/78 (2) and entered into force on 1 January  1979;
Whereas, with the objective of improving control and enforcement in the NAFO Regulatory Area, the  Community has agreed, in the framework of NAFO and the Agreement on Fisheries with Canada, to  install satellite-tracking devices on at least 35 % of the Community fishing vessels while they are  engaged in fishing activities in the said NAFO Regulatory Area;
Whereas, on 15 September 1995, the NAFO Fisheries Commission adopted a proposal to introduce a  system of satellite tracking as part of the NAFO pilot project;
Whereas, pursuant to Article XI of the NAFO Convention, the proposal will, in the absence of  objections, become a measure binding upon the NAFO Contracting Parties as from 15 November 1995;
Whereas the system of satellite tracking is acceptable to the Community;
Whereas provision should be made for adopting detailed rules for the implementation of the system,