Activites

• 2003/11/07 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2003/1954
  • OJ L 289 07.11.2003, p. 0001-0007
• #2537
• 2003/11/04 Council Meeting
• 2003/11/04 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2003/11/04 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• #2534
• 2003/10/13 Council Meeting
• #2524
• 2003/07/22 Council Meeting
  • 2524
• #2516
• 2003/06/11 Council Meeting
  • 2516
• 2003/06/04 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0250/2003 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution making one amendment to the Commission's proposal. The rapporteur was Struan STEVENSON (EPP-ED, UK). The amendment stated that the Regulation recognised the vital importance of conservation zones in the development of a sustainable fisheries policy and accepts the key position of the Irish Box as one of the Union's most sensitive nursery and spawning grounds. Therefore Regulations 2847/93/EC and 685/95/EC will be maintained for a period of ten years. At the end of this period ICES and STECF will carry out a review to establish whether the policy of restricted access has assisted in meeting the objectives of the cod recovery plan in rebuilding endangered whitefish stocks.�

• 2003/06/03 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2003/05/20 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0165/2003
• 2003/02/10 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2002/12/16 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2002)0739 summary

    PURPOSE : to present the proposal for a Council Regulation on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources and modifying Regulation 2847/93/EEC. CONTENT : this proposal for a Council Regulation puts in place a new regime for fishing effort in Atlantic Waters, replacing the existing system, which was set out under Regulation 685/95/EC on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources, and of Regulation 2027/95/EC implementing a system of fishing effort management concerning certain Community fishing areas and resources. This regime should be now revised in the light of changes in the legal framework. The Commission is concerned that this legal uncertainty should not lead to problems between Member States or fishermen at sea. It is therefore necessary that the legislator acts as soon as possible to remove any discrimination on nationality between Member States still contained in the regulations, while maintaining efficient management of resources in the areas concerned. In the meantime Member States should act responsibly and co-operate in order to ensure the maintenance of conservation measures and the avoidance of disputes about fishing rights in the areas concerned. The new fishing effort regime proposed for the Atlantic waters takes account of these evolutions and is aimed at guaranteeing the stability of fishing effort levels in the Atlantic waters, on the basis of deployed fishing effort over a recent period by the vessels of all Member States. To achieve this objective the present proposal foresees the following: - the establishment of lists of fishing vessels authorised to exercise their fishing activities in the fisheries; - the evaluation and the setting of maximum fishing effort ceilings for demersal fisheries; - measures concerning the capture of pelagic species; - the establishment of conditions to exercise certain fishing activities; - the adaptation of the Fishing Effort Control Regime.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/maritimeaffairs_fisheries/', 'title': 'Maritime Affairs and Fisheries'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2002)0739
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0165/2003
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0250/2003
• Debate in Council: 2516
• Debate in Council: 2524
• : Regulation 2003/1954
• : OJ L 289 07.11.2003, p. 0001-0007

History

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