Activites

• 2008/03/05 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2008/199
  • OJ L 060 05.03.2008, p. 0001
• #2852
• 2008/02/25 Council Meeting
• 2008/02/25 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2008/02/25 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2007/11/13 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T6-0498/2007 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Paulo CASACA (PES, PT) making some amendments to the proposal for a Council regulation on establishing a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and supporting scientific opinions on the Common Fisheries Policy.The main amendments were as follows:- Member States and the Commission should be obliged to ensure sufficient levels of confidentiality in accordance with the data concerned, the characteristics of the end-user and the national law in question;- “end-users” means national or international bodies which, whether or not scientific in nature, are active partners and participants in fisheries research or management; the degree of connectedness of the end-user to fisheries management and research shall determine his level of access to the primary, detailed or aggregated data;- a new Article has been introduced stating that the Commission shall clearly define different kevels of penalisation according to the seriousness of the failure to comply, as also “official request for information” and “incomplete national programme”;- a new Article has been inserted on charges: where the end-user is not a public body, a recognised scientific research centre, an international fisheries management organisation, or a body associated with any of the above for purposes of fisheries research or management, and where the persons, bodies or associations concerned are private, the public authorities may charge for providing environmental information. Any sum charged, however, shall be reasonable. Where charges are applied, public authorities shall publish and make available to those requesting information the scale of charges, specifying in what circumstances charges may or may not apply. - in the definition of expenditure to be included in the national programme, account should be taken of expenditure arising from the self-sampling programmes;- with a view to verifying the existence of the mandatory primary data to be collected under the Regulation, the Commission may carry out spot checks on the national databases;- the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, may develop an IT platform for the exchange of the information enabling such checks to be made;- the Commission shall provide for access to primary data collected under the surveys at sea schemes, which may include individual data, e.g. of a vessel. However, the confidentiality of the information of the economic agent must be safeguarded. Thus, the Commission may have access to aggregated (not individual) data, in line with the definition of aggregation to be included in the implementing regulation;- Member States shall make data available to end-users to support scientific analysis, ensuring the confidentiality of such data and taking account of the following: i) detailed data as a basis for advice to fisheries management; ii) aggregated data: - Member States may refuse to transmit in the case of detailed data, where the applicant cannot demonstrate that such data are essential for the management or research activity invoked;- the Commission shall each year draw up: i) a report for the European Parliament and the Council evaluating the means employed by each Member State, the appropriateness of the methods used and the results achieved in the collection and management of the data covered by Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002; ii) a report on the Community use of the data collected under this Regulation.

• 2007/10/24 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A6-0407/2007
• 2007/10/22 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2007/06/07 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2007/04/18 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2007)0196 summary

    PURPOSE: to substantially revise the current legal framework for the collection of basic fisheries data and use for scientific advice.PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation. BACKGROUND: the systematic collection of reliable basic data on fisheries is a cornerstone of fish stock assessment and scientific advice, and consequently of critical importance for the implementation of the common fisheries policy (CFP). The Commission has carried out a review of the current system of the data collection framework following several years of its implementation. A number of shortcomings were identified which need to be addressed urgently in order to provide the scientific community and fisheries managers with the data they need to take more effective management decisions.CONTENT: the goal of the Commission's proposal for a new Council Regulation on data collection in the fisheries sector is to develop long-term, well-integrated regional sampling programmes covering biological, economic, environmental and social data. The revised data collection regulation is intended to meet new demands generated by the need to move towards fisheries management (i.e. fleet- and area-based management, rather than fish stock-based) and towards the ecosystem approach to fisheries management. A significant innovation in the proposal is the inclusion of collection of environmental data with the primary purpose of monitoring the impact of fishing activity on the marine ecosystem.The new data collection system will cover all the process, from the collection of the data in ports or at sea to its use by the end-users (mainly the scientific community and advisory bodies).Quality control and validation of the data collected is of particular importance. The Commission considers that the Community financial contribution should be made conditional on quality control and compliance with agreed quality standards. Consequently, the Commission has introduced a financial penalty related to non-compliance and poor quality of national programmes.The improvement of access to data and its use has been also considered of high importance including access to additional sets of data such as Vessel Monitoring Satellite (VMS) data. New rules have been defined to this end, as well as rules on the use of data to protect the interests of the data providers.The simplification of the procedures are an important goal as National programmes will henceforward be established for a 3-year period; however the possibility should be given to the Member States to include amendments when necessary (to take account of increased international coordination, for example). Multi-annual planning periods will reduce the administrative burden for all parties concerned.

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

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2007)0196
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0407/2007
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0498/2007
• : Regulation 2008/199
• : OJ L 060 05.03.2008, p. 0001

History

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