Commission Regulation (EC) No 839/2002 of 21 May 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2090/98 concerning the fishing vessel register of the Community

Commission Regulation (EC) No 839/2002
of 21 May 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 2090/98 concerning the fishing vessel register of the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1181/98(2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) For the purposes of the common fisheries policy, an up-to-date reference database should be maintained on the characteristics of vessels in the Community fishing fleet, constituting the Community fishing vessel register provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2090/98(3).
(2) The Member States must monitor the quality of the data transmitted to the Commission for input to this database.
(3) The information on fishing licences issued in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 3690/93 of 20 December 1993 establishing a Community system laying down rules for the minimum information to be contained in fishing licences(4) should be integrated into the database.
(4) The database must contain the information required under bilateral fisheries agreements between the Community and third countries.
(5) Additional information must also be inserted into the database so as to comply with the Community's international obligations with respect to exchanges of data with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in accordance with Council Decision 96/428/EC of 25 June 1996 on acceptance by the Community of the Agreement to promote compliance with international conservation and management measures by fishing vessels on the high seas(5).
(6) Regulation (EC) No 2090/98 should therefore be amended.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,