Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 is hereby amended as follows: 1. in Article 3(1), the date of 31 December 1998 shall be replaced by 31 May 2000; 2. in Article 6(1), the date of 31 December 1998 shall be replaced by 31 May 2000. Article 2 1. Member States shall produce and make available to the Commission, before 1 February 2000, all possible scientific information on the impact on the resources subject to the fisheries carried out under the conditions set out in Article 3(1) and Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1626/94. This information should include fleet characteristics, technical details of the gear used and population dynamics of the biota likely to be affected by the fisheries. 2. On the basis of all relevant scientific information, the Commission shall present to the Council, before 16 April 2000, a proposal establishing whether the fisheries referred to in paragraph 1 may be continued and the technical conditions that should govern them. The Council, acting by qualified majority, shall decide on this proposal by 31 May 2000 at the latest. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 24 June 1999. For the Council The President J. TRITTIN (1) OJ L 171, 6.7.1994, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 782/98 (OJ L 113, 15.4.1998, p. 6).
Article 2 
1. Member States shall produce and make available to the Commission, before 1 February 2000, all possible scientific information on the impact on the resources subject to the fisheries carried out under the conditions set out in Article 3(1) and Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1626/94. This information should include fleet characteristics, technical details of the gear used and population dynamics of the biota likely to be affected by the fisheries. 2. On the basis of all relevant scientific information, the Commission shall present to the Council, before 16 April 2000, a proposal establishing whether the fisheries referred to in paragraph 1 may be continued and the technical conditions that should govern them. The Council, acting by qualified majority, shall decide on this proposal by 31 May 2000 at the latest. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 24 June 1999. For the Council The President J. TRITTIN (1) OJ L 171, 6.7.1994, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 782/98 (OJ L 113, 15.4.1998, p. 6).
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 24 June 1999. For the Council The President J. TRITTIN (1) OJ L 171, 6.7.1994, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 782/98 (OJ L 113, 15.4.1998, p. 6).