22.12.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 3431 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, and in particular Article 37 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (3), Having regard to the opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor (*), Whereas: 1 ) ) 0) ) ) The objective of the common fisheries policy, as set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (5), is to ensure exploitation of living aquatic resources that provides sustainable economic, environmental and social conditions. 1) Opinion of 22 April 2009 (not yet published in the Official Journal). 2) Opinion of 15 May 2009 (not yet published in the Official Journal). O] C 211, 4.9.2009, p. 73. 4 OJ C151, 3.7.2009, p. 11. °) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59. 2 Given that the success of the common fisheries policy involves implementing an effective system of control, the measures provided for in this Regulation seek to establish a Community system for control, inspection, and enforce- ment with a global and integrated approach in accordance with the principle of proportionality, so as to ensure com- pliance with all the rules of the common fisheries policy in order to provide for the sustainable exploitation of living aquatic resources by covering all aspects of this policy. The experience gained in the application of Council Regu- lation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy () has shown that the current control system no longer suffices to ensure compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy. Currently control provisions are contained in a wide num- ber of overlapping and complex legal texts. Some parts of the control system are poorly implemented by Member States which results in insufficient and divergent measures in response to infringements of the rules of the common fisheries policy thereby undermining the creation of a level playing field for fishermen across the Community. Accord- ingly the existing regime and all the obligations therein should be consolidated, rationalised and simplified, in par- ticular through reduction of double regulation and admin- istrative burdens. () OJ L 261,20.10.1993, p. 1.