Activites

• 1997/04/30 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 1997/779
  • OJ L 113 30.04.1997, p. 0001
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• 1997/04/24 Council Meeting
• 1997/04/24 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1997/04/24 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 1997/04/10 Debate in Parliament
  • T4-0184/1997 summary

    By adopting the report by Mr Heinz KINDERMANN (PSE, D), the European Parliament approved the proposal for a regulation with the following amendments: -the Member States may include other vessels in the lists of named vessels even if fishing rights did not previously exist, the aim being not to restrict fishing effort excessively; -as regards the definition of fisheries in the Baltic Sea, Parliament greatly simplifies the annex by authorizing the use of all types of gear to catch the target species (rather than specifying, as the Commission proposes, one type of gear for a given species).�

• 1997/03/19 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0094/1997
• 1997/01/17 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1996/10/11 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1996)0489 summary

    OBJECTIVE: the proposed regulation introduces a system for monitoring and managing fishing effort in the Baltic Sea, having regard to the enlargement of the Community to include Sweden and Finland and the gradual integration of these two countries into the common fisheries policy. SUBSTANCE: Under the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, the transitional arrangements governing access applies until the implementation of the Community fishing permit system (and not later than 31 December 2002). The introduction of this system, which is set out in Regulation (EC) No 1627/94, entails the definition of Community measures laying down the conditions for access to waters and fisheries. This is the purpose of the proposal. More specifically, the Commission initially provides for the termination of the transitional arrangements governing access to the waters of the Baltic Sea by establishing arrangements for fishing effort in the areas of the Baltic Sea falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of the Member States. These arrangements provide for the a posteriori monitoring by the Member States of the fishing effort deployed by Community vessels in the fisheries concerned, mainly through -the defining of fisheries in the Baltic Sea, -the preparation by the Member States of lists of named vessels flying their respective flags and authorized to enter the fisheries, -the issue of special fishing permits by the Member States to vessels flying their flag authorized to fish in those fisheries, -the amendment of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the CFP, in particular as regards the recording of data on fishing effort in the logbook, the procedures for sending the lists of named vessels to the Commission, the collection of data on fishing effort by the Member States and the forwarding of the assembled data on fishing effort to the Commission.�

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1996)0489
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0094/1997
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0184/1997
• : Regulation 1997/779
• : OJ L 113 30.04.1997, p. 0001

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)