Activites

• 1995/12/30 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 1995/3070
  • OJ L 329 30.12.1995, p. 0011
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• 1995/12/21 Council Meeting
• 1995/12/21 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1995/12/21 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 1995/12/15 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0642/1995 summary

    The European Parliament approved this proposal for a regulation under Rule 143 of its Rules of Procedure (without debate). -OBJECTIVE : establishment of a pilot project on satellite tracking of Community vessels aimed at enhancing the monitoring of fishing activities of fishermen operating in the NAFO Regulatory Area. -COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Regulation (EC) No 3070/95/EC on the establishment of a pilot project on satellite tracking in the NAFO Regulatory Area. -SUBSTANCE : With the objective of improving control and enforcement in the NAFO Regulatory Area and in the framework of the Agreement on Fisheries with Canada concluded on 20 April 1995, Member States must ensure that satellite tracking devices are installed on at least 35% of their fishing vessels operating in this area from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 1997. They shall designate a competent national authority responsible for receiving the information transmitted by the vessels and capable of computerizing such information. The Member States are also committed to cooperate in order to ensure that at least 35% of their vessels are equipped with satellite-tracking devices. They will inform the Commission of any such agreements reached. The main aims of the pilot project are: . the automatic transmission, on an hourly basis, of data relating to the position of Community vessels operating in the area concerned, with a position error which must be less than 500 metres, . the communication of such information to the competent authority of the flag Member State, appointed by each Member State, and to the Commission at its request. The Commission will be kept informed of the number of vessels concerned, their technical description, and the technical characteristics of the equipment and installations. The Community will cover the costs of the pilot project scheme under Council Decision 95/527/EC on a Community financial contribution towards expenditure incurred by the Member States implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy. On the basis of the information collected, the Commission will prepare a report which it will submit to NAFO in time for its consideration at the NAFO Annual Meeting of September 1997. -ENTRY INTO FORCE : 1 January 1996. �

• 1995/12/13 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 1995/12/06 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1995)0620 summary

    With the objective of improving control and enforcement in the NAFO Regulatory Area and in the framework of the Agreement on Fisheries with Canada, the Community will have to instal satellite-tracking devices on at least 35% of the Community fishing vessels operating in this area in accordance with a number of criteria set out in the Annex. The main purpose of these satellite-tracking devices is the automatic transmission, on an hourly basis, of data relating to the position of Community vessels operating in this area, with a position error which must be less than 500 metres and to communicate this information to the competent authority of the flag Member State and to the Commission. Each Member State must cover the costs involved in installing this system. The Commission must submit a report to NAFO in time for its consideration at the NAFO Annual Meeting of September 1997. The regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1996. �

• 1995/11/22 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 1995/06/14 Initial legislative proposal published
  • COM(1995)0266 summary

    OBJECTIVE: to establish a new ceiling for catches of Greenland halibut applicable to Community vessels operation in NAFO water, following the conclusion of an EC-Canada fisheries agreement, signed on 20 April 1995. SUBSTANCE: The Community and Canada signed a fisheries agreement with a view to ending the conflict over catches of Greenland halibut in the NAFO Regulatory Area. At the conclusion of this agreement, the fishing effort for Community vessels for Greenland halibut in this area (NAFO zones 3LMNO) would increase to 5 013 tonnes from 16 April 1995. Furthermore, the Community should notify the NAFO Secretariat of its plans for fishing Greenland halibut in 1995 and install a satellite-tracking device on some of the vessels concerned. As a result, this amended proposal modified, for the second time, Regulation (EC) No 3366/94 in order to take account of the new ceilings for catches established following the signature of the agreement. It also called upon the Member States to inform the Commission of their plans for fishing Greenland halibut and to equip at least 35% of their vessels operating in that fishing area with satellite-tracking devices. �

Documents

• Initial legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0266
• Legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0620
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0642/1995
• : Regulation 1995/3070
• : OJ L 329 30.12.1995, p. 0011

History

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