22. 1. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 19/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 109/94 of 19 January 1994 concerning the fishing vessel register of the Community THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI;I‘IES, 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 (*), and in particular Article 13 thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 94/15/EC of 20 December 1993 on the objectives and methods for restructuring the Community fisheries sector over the period 1 January 1994 to 31 December 1996 to achieve a lasting equilibrium between the resources and their exploitation (3, and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas it is appropriate that the Member States ensure the collection of the data necessary to determine the fishing effort exerted on fish stocks by the Community fishing vessels, in order to limit this effort to a level compatible with the balanced exploitation of these stocks ; Whereas Article 1 {a) and Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 of 18 December 1986 on Community measures to improve and adapt structures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3946/92 (%), established multiannual guidance programmes permitting lasting guidance for the develop- ment of the fisheries sector ; whereas, in order to monitor those programmes, the Member States forward to the Commission the information necessary to establish and manage the fishing vessel register of the Community; whereas it is appropriate to take into account the constraints imposed by the objectives fixed by the provi- sions of Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 ; Whereas in accordance with the multiannual guidance programmes for the period 1993/96 adopted by Commis- sion Decisions 92/588/EEC to 92/598/EEC () and to ensure the implementation of these programmes under conditions which are equitable between Member States as regards the effort required as well as to ensure the trans- parency of the results, it is appropriate that the data necessary to determine fishing effort are forwarded to the Commission, individually by vessel or aggregated by () OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. @ OJ No L 10, 14. 1. 1994, p. 20. () OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1986, p. 7. () OJ No L 401, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OJ No L 401, 31. 12. 1992, p. 3. homogeneous groups of vessels or segments of the fleet, depending on the particular cases; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (¥), and in particular Article 29 thereof, establishes the basis for the creation of data- bases and verification methods ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 (’) defines characteristics for fishing vessels; . Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 () establishes detailed rules concerning the marking on documentation of fishing vessels ; Whereas the adoption of a system for the input, and subsequently the treatment of data requires, in addition to individual data on vessel characteristics and capacity, the evaluation of the level of fleet activity at the start of the programme, as well as its variation until the adoption of the system; Whereas the number of Community vessels in such that it is necessary to envisage data processing support to faci- litate the transmission and treatment of the data collected ; Whereas the transmission of data provided for in Article 4 of Decisions 92/588/EEC to 92/598/EEC is effected at regular intervals; whereas it is appropriate to ensure coordination between those transmissions and transmis- sions made under the provisions of this Regulation ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 163/89 (%) should therefore be repealed ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for the Fishing Industry, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The fishing vessel register of the Community, hereafter referred to as ‘the register, concerns all Community fishing vessels as defined by Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92. ‘ () OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. () OJ No L 274, 25. 9. 1986, p. 1. () OJ No L 132, 21. 5. 1987, p. 9. () OJ No L 20, 25. 1. 1989, p. 5.