No L 72/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 3. 96 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 493/96 of 20 March 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 109/94 concerning the fishing vessel register of the Community THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system of fisheries and aquaculture ('), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 13 (1) thereof, Whereas pursuant to Article 19f of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy () as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2870/95 (%), the Commission is to ensure that the Member States responsible for control have available the data concerning the identification of vessels having access to their waters; Whereas the implementation of new arrangements for the management of fishing effort in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 685/95 of 27 March 1995 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources (Y} and Council Regulation (EC) No 2027/95 of 15 June 1995 establishing a system for the management of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources (°) high- lights the need to adopt new provisions to ensure that the data relating to lists of named fishing vessels are commu- nicated without delay; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 109/94 () provides an appropriate procedural framework for that purpose; Whereas the procedures for communicating information about the characteristics and identification features of Community fishing vessels to be used in connection with Community legislation under, in particular, Council Regulation (EC) No 3690/93 of 20 December 1993 establishing a Community system laying down rules for the minimum information to be contained in fishing licences (°) and Council Regulation (EC) No 1627/94 of 27 June 1994 laying down general provisions concerning special fishing permits (*) should be harmonized and rationalized; whereas that can be achieved by Regulation () OJ No L 389, 31.-12. 1992, p. 1. () O] No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. () OJ No L 301, 14. 12. 1995, p. 1. ) OJ No L 71, 31. 3. 1995, p. S. () OJ No L 199, 24. 8. 1995, p. 1. () O] No L 19, 22. 1. 1994, p. S. () OJ No L 341, 31. 12. 1993, p. 93. () O] No L 171, 6. 7. 1994, p. 7. (EC) No 109/94 whose provisions will be regarded for that purpose as a reference; Whereas it is also necessary to ensure that the reporting procedures are updated and simplified and that the quality and usefulness of the information communicated is improved; Whereas, therefore, Regulation (EC) No 109/94 should be amended; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 109/94 is amended as follows: 1. Article 3 is replaced by the following: Article 3 Information relating to events required by Annexes I, II, III, IV and V shall be communicated as follows: — until 31 December 1996, before the 15th of each month for events recorded during the previous month, and for the first time before 15 April 1996, — in 1997, the last working day of each week, — from 1 January 1998, by electronic mail at the same time as the event is recorded by the authori- ties.’ 2. The following Article 3a is inserted: ‘Article 3a Pursuant to Article 19f of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 Member States shall transmit to the Commis- sion the list of vessels authorized to fish in the fisheries listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 685/95 (°) in accordance with the procedures laid down in Annex VII hereto. Amendments to the lists of vessels shall be reported to the Commission in accordance with the same proce- dures at the latest four working days before the entry of vessels into the fishing area. The Commission shall acknowledge receipt of amendments to lists by elec- tronic mail not later than two days before the entry of vessels into the fishing area. () OJ No L 71, 31. 3. 1995, p. 5.