Commission Decision of 18 December 2009 designating the Community Fisheries Control Agency as the body to carry out certain tasks under Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 (notified under document C(2009) 10155)

19.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 338/104
COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 December 2009
designating the Community Fisheries Control Agency as the body to carry out certain tasks under Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008
(notified under document C(2009) 10155)
(2009/988/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (1), and in particular Articles 11(3), 20(4), 25(2), 48(4), 48(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 11(3), 20(4), 25(2), 48(4), 48(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 empower the Commission to designate a body for the purposes determined in those Articles.
(2) Pursuant to Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 of 26 April 2005 establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (2) the missions of the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) are, inter alia, to coordinate the operations to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in conformity with rules of the European Union.
(3) The CFCA should therefore be designated as the body referred to in Articles 11(3), 20(4), 25(2), 48(4), 48(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008,