51997PC0671

Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3070/95 of 21 December 1995 on the establishment of a pilot project on satellite tracking in the NAFO Regulatory Area (98/C 6/07) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(97) 671 final - 97/0346(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 8 December 1997)

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 Parliament,

Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3070/95 of 21 December 1995 on the establishment of a pilot project on satellite tracking in the NAFO Regulatory Area (1), Member States are carrying out a pilot project on satellite tracking of vessels fishing in the Regulatory Area from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 1997;

Whereas on 19 September 1997 the NAFO Fisheries Commission adopted a proposal to prolong the pilot project on satellite tracking to 31 December 1998;

Whereas, in accordance with Article XI of the NAFO Convention and in the absence of objections, the proposal will become a measure binding on the NAFO Contracting Parties as from 25 November 1997;

Whereas steps should be taken to implement the proposal at Community level;

Whereas as a matter of urgency and common concern this Regulation should apply from 1 January 1998,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 3070/95 is hereby amended as follows:

In Article 1 (1) the date '31 December 1997` is replaced by '31 December 1998`.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 1998.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

(1) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 11.