No L 104/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 4. 94 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 897/94 of 22 April 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 as regards pilot projects relating to continuous position monitoring of Community fishing vessels THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, ‘ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system appli- cable to the common fisheries policy ('), and in particular Article 3 (4) thereof, Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 provides for the carrying out by Member States of pilot projects, in respect of certain categories of Community fishing vessels, relating to continuous position monitoring systems, either land- or satellite-based and using satellite communications for data transmission, and, as appro- priate, the carrying out of pilot projects relating to auto- matic position recorders, before 30 June 1995; Whereas the purpose of these pilot projects is to assess which technology to use and which vessels to include in the aforesaid systems so that the Council may, before 1 January 1996, decide if and when they are to be used for improving the effectiveness of surveillance of fishing activities ; Whereas it is therefore necessary, in order to ensure that Member States carry out these pilot projects, to lay down the detailed rules of application, in particular with regard to the number of vessels, per Member State, to be included in the pilot projects, the procedure for the collection and computerized processing of data trans- mitted by or recovered from the vessels in question and the procedure for communicating such data among Member States; Whereas, in order to ensure the monitoring of the pilot projects and cooperation among Member States, the Commission must be informed by the Member States as and when the pilot projects are to be carried out; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, () OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 This Regulation lays down certain conditions under which Member States are to carry out the pilot projects provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 relating to continuous position monitoring systems, either land- or satellite-based and using satellite communica- tions for data transmission, and, as appropriate, the pilot projects concerning automatic position recorders. Article 2 1. Member States shall take the necessary steps to carry out: (@) pilot projects relating to the continuous position monitoring of Community fishing vessels using satel- lite communications which will apply to a minimum number of vessels flying the flag of a Member State, which must be at least equal to the number of the Member State’s vessels exceeding 50 metres in length, if that number is more than 10, or not less than 10 otherwise. The minimum number of vessels for each Member State is specified in Annex I; (b) if they so wish, complementary pilot projects relating to the recording of continuous position monitoring of Community fishing vessels, using an automatic posi- tion recording system which will apply to not more than the number of vessels provided for in respect of the pilot projects referred to under (a). 2. Member States shall ensure that the pilot projects referred to in paragraph 1 apply to vessels exceeding 17 metres in length. However, Member States may apply pilot projects to a limited number of vessels less than 17 metres in length where the activities of such vessels are subject to fishing effort restrictions. 3.  The pilot projects must be carried out as from 1 July 1994. They must be operational in all Member States as from 1 October 1994 and remain operational at least until 30 June 199S. 4.  Without prejudice to the conditions set in paragraph 1, Member States may decide to carry out joint pilot projects. ’