Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (CEE) No 2847/93 as regards the deadline for a Council decision on a continuous position monitoring system using satellite communications for Community fishing vessels
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES * ** Brussels, 23. 07. 1996 COM(%) 186 final 96/0193 (CNS) Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ŒC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 as regards the deadline for a Council decision on a continuous position monitoring system using satellite communications for Communily fishing vessels (presented by the Commission) EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM The aim of this proposal for a Council Regulation is to amend Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 as regards the deadline for a Council decision on a continuous position monitoring system using satellite communications for Community fishing vessels. Under Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, as last amended by Council Decision 95/528/EC, the Council is to decide before 1 July 1996, on a proposal from the Commission, if and to what extent and when a continuous position monitoring system using satellite communications is to be introduced for Community fishing vessels. At its meeting on 10 June 1996, the Council examined for the first time the proposal for a Regulation1 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy. It concluded that the proposal needed to be studied in depth and said it would take a decision on it by 31 December 1996. It asked the Commission, therefore, to present a proposal to it for altering the date contained in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93. This proposal is a response to that request. 1 COM(96) 232 final of 28. 5. 1996 JL PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 as regards the deadline for a Council decision on a continuous position monitoring system using satellite communications for Community fishing vessels 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 Commission1, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament2, Whereas, under Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/933 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy, as last amended by Council Decision 95/528/EC4, the Council is to decide by 1 July 1996 if and to what extent and when a continuous position monitoring system using satellite communications is to be introduced for Community fishing vessels; Whereas, at its meeting on 10 June 1996, the Council said it would like to continue studying in depth, up to 31 December 1996 at the latest, the proposal for a Regulation5 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy with regard to the installation of such a system; ! Whereas, in view of the period available for studying the proposal, the date set in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 should be amended, OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. OJ No L 301, 14. 12. 1995, p. 35. COM(96) 232 final of 28. 5. 1996 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 is hereby amended as follows: In Article 3(1), the date "1 July 1996" is replaced by "1 January 1997". Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at For the Council The President ISSN 0254-1475 COM(96) 386 final DOCUMENTS EN 03 15 Catalogue number : CB-CO-96-384-EN-C ISBN 92-78-07391-1 Lr3M3 LjixmMwa