Commission Regulation (EC) No 2737/1999 of 21 December 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States' catches of fish

• Coming into Force: 01 January 2000,23 December 1999
• End of Effective Date: 06 May 2011
• Celex Number: 31999R2737
• ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1999/2737/oj
• Published date: 22 December 1999
• Date: 21 December 1999
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 328, 22 December 1999

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2737/1999 of 21 December 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States' catches of fish

Official Journal L 328 , 22/12/1999 P. 0054 - 0058

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2737/1999

of 21 December 1999

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States' catches of fish

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 6(8) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 provides that from 1 January 2000 catches of an amount greater than 50 kg of live-weight equivalent of any species retained on board must be recorded in the logbook. However, for fisheries operations in the Mediterranean Sea, only the species indicated on a list adopted under that Article must be recorded in the logbook.

(2) According to Article 40 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, the provisions contained in that Regulation concerning the logbook and the landing declaration will apply, with effect from 1 january 2000, to fisheries operations in the Mediterranean.

(3) It is necessary, therefore, to amend, with effect from 1 January 2000, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 of 22 September 1983 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States' catches of fish(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1488/98(4), in order to ensure that the requirements are met.

(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for fisheries and aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

"Article 1

1. The masters of Community fishing vessels whose length overall exceeds 10 metres shall record the information referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 in their logbook in accordance with the model shown in Annex I, for all fishing zones except those comprised in NAFO 1 and ICES V(a) and XIV, and in accordance with the model shown in Annex II, for the latter zones. However, the model shown...