20. 10. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 261/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia- ment (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (), the Council is to introduce a Community control system ; Whereas the success of the common fisheries policy involves implementing an effective system of control covering all aspects of the policy; Whereas, to achieve this aim, it is necessary to include. rules for the monitoring of conservation and resource management measures, structural measures and measures on the common organization of the market, and certain provisions to deal with failure to carry out these measures, which must apply to the entire fisheries sector from the producer to the consumer ; Whereas this system can only achieve the desired result if the industry recognizes that it is justified ; Whereas control is first and foremost the responsibility of the Member States ; whereas the Commission should also seek to ensure that the Member States monitor and prevent infringements in an equitable manner; whereas, therefore, the Commission should be provided with the financial, legal and legislative means to carry out this task as effectively as possible ; Whereas experience gained in the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establi- shing certain control measures for fishing activities () has () OJ No C 280, 29. 10. 1992, p. §. () OJ No C 21, 25. 1. 1993, p. 55. %) OJ No C 108, 19. 4. 1993, p. 36. () OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88 (O] No L 306, 11. 11. 1988, p. 2). : shown that there is a need to strengthen control of the application of the rules governing conservation of fishery resources ; Whereas compliance with measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources requires an increased sense of responsibility on the part of all opera- tors in the fishing industry; Whereas policy on the management of fishery resources, which is based in particular on total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas and technical measures, is to be supplemented by management of the fishing effort, which involves monitoring fishing activities and capacities ; Whereas, to ensure that all catches and landings are kept under surveillance, Member States must monitor in all maritime waters the activities of Community vessels and all related activities allowing verification of the imple- mentation of the rules concerning the common fisheries policy ; : Whereas it is vital that Member States cooperate at the operational level during inspections at sea of fishing acti- vities, in order to permit effective and financially justifi- able inspections, particularly of operations carried out in waters outside the jurisdiction or sovereignty of a Member State ; } . Whereas implementation of the common fisheries policy necessitates measures to monitor vessels flying the flag of a third country present in Community waters, and in particular a system for communicating their movements and the species held on board, without prejudice to the right of innocent passage in the territorial sea and freedom of navigation in the 200-mile fishing zone; Whereas the implementation of pilot projects applicable to certain categories of vessels by the Member States in cooperation with the Commission will make it possible for the Council to decide, before 1 January 1996, whether a satellite surveillance system or an alternative system should be implemented ; Whereas the management of fisheries by the fixing of TACs requires detailed knowledge of the composition of catches, such knowledge being equally necessary for the other procedures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92; whereas this requires the keeping of a logbook by each master of a fishing vessel ;