14. 12. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 301/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2870/95 of 8 December 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 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 (‘) fixes the maximum annual fishing effort levels in certain areas; Whereas, under Council Regulation (EEC) No 685/95 of 27 March 1995 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resour- ces (%), provision should be made for control and monito- ring measures so as to ensure that the system for the management of fishing effort is being complied with ; Whereas Article 7 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 685/95 provides that Member States should take the necessary action to make it compulsory for vessels flying their flags to communicate details of entry into, and exist from, fishing parts located within those areas, in which fishing effort limitation or limitation on capacity applies, and of entries into, and exists from, the area lying south of lati- tude 56° 30’ north, east of longitude 12° west and north of latitude 50° 30’ north, hereinafter known as the ‘Irish Box’; {) OJ No C 188, 22. 7. 1995, p. 8. () OJ No C 269, 16. 10. 1995. (*) Opinion delivered on 25 October 1995 (not yet published in the Official Journal). ) OJ No L 199, 24. 8. 1995, p. 1. () OJ No L 71, 31. 3. 1995, p. 5. Whereas the Council shall decide no later than 30 June 1997 on the Commission’s proposal of 12 June 1995 on the Community infrastructure for the management of data on catches in Community waters; Whereas it is appropriate to allow derogations for vessels operating under specific conditions ; Whereas it should therefore be possible for Member States to adopt simplified communication methods for vessels undertaking fishing activities in the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of their flag Member State or the Member State in which the vessels are registered; Whereas, for reasons of simplification, masters of Community vessels which spend less than 72 hours at sea should be allowed to communicate, before the departure of a vessel, a single effort report containing all the infor- mation required by this Regulation ; Whereas the above measures shall in no case be less effec- tive in monitoring fishing effort than the measures envi- saged by this Regulation and consequently not disadvan- tage any Community vessel; Whereas it is necessary for the number of days spent in areas by fishing vessels flying Member States’ flags to be monitored ; whereas, therefore, it is essential that the masters of fishing vessels record in their logs the number of days spent in each fishing area ; whereas it is necessary for the competent authorities in the Member States to be informed of this so as to ensure that their fishing activi- ties are monitored ; Whereas each Member State must take the necessary measures to check by sampling the fishing activities of fishing vessels exempt from the obligation to keep a logbook ; Whereas access to fishing areas and to the Irish Box should be controlled both by the flag Member State and by the Member State responsible for monitoring in the waters under its jurisdiction or sovereignty and covered by a fishing area; whereas, to that end, provision should be made for the flag Member State to communicate to the