Council Regulation (EC) No 2027/95 of 15 June 1995 establishing a system for the management of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2027/95 of 15 June 1995 establishing a system for the management of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 685/95 of 27 March 1995 on the management of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources (2) establishes the criteria and procedures for the introduction of a system for the management of fishing effort in ICES divisions Vb, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X and CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 of the said Regulation, the Member States have submitted to the Commission lists of named vessels for each fishery, an assessment of the necessary fishing effort for each fishery and, where appropriate, details of the proposed arrangements for regulating fishing effort;
Whereas, on the basis of the information submitted by the Member States and in accordance with the criteria laid down in the abovementioned Regulation, the maximum fishing effort for each Member State and for each fishery as defined in Article 3 (1) of the said Regulation must be fixed to prevent any increase in the current total fishing effort in the areas in question;
Whereas the flag Member States are responsible for the management of fishing effort and whereas, for the purposes of the control of fishing effort, Member States should take account of the effect of exchanges of quota on fishing effort;
Whereas provision should be made for the Commission to lay down, at the request of a Member State, the application procedures provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 685/95;
Whereas provision should be made for the Commission's to review the maximum fishing effort of a Member State at its request in accordance with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 685/95;
Whereas the effectiveness of the measures for the management of fishing effort in each fishery is dependent on the measures for inspection and control as defined in the relevant provisions of the common fisheries policy and in particular those laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (3),