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(Preparatory Acts)
COMMISSION
Amended proposal for a Council Regulation on the coordination and promotion of research in
the fisheries sector (')
COM(85) 590final
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of
the EEC Treaty, on 18 November 1985)
(85/C 312/08)
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 Par-
liament,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 101/76 (2)
provides that, with a view to the coordination of the
structural policies of Member States in the fisheries
sector, measures to coordinate their research and
scientific and technical assistance policies in this area are
to be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty;
Whereas recent developments affecting the fisheries
sector, in particular the extension of fishery zones to 200
miles, and the establishment of a Community system for
the conservation and management of fishery resources
have intensified the need for effective coordination of
biological, technological and economic research in the
Community fisheries sector, in order to facilitate the
adaptation of Community fleets to the new fishing
conditions;
Whereas the introduction of measures to allow for
effective coordination of fisheries research within the
Community requires that the provisions of Regulation
(EEC) No 101/76 relating to fisheries research should be
supplemented, in particular by arrangements for the
systematic exchange of scientific, economic and financial
information on fisheries research in the Community and
the coordination of such research in areas likely to affect
the adaptation of the Community's fishing industry;
Whereas the Council Resolution of 25 July 1983 on
framework programmes for Community research,
development and demonstration activities and a first
framework programme 1984 to 1987 (3) provides in
particular for the implementation of research
programmes for increased productivity, improved quality
and the processing of fisheries products;
Whereas the coordination and promotion of research
implies that the Community should support and
supplement work performed in Member States, the better
to meet research requirements and the needs of the
common fisheries policy;
Whereas provision should be made to this end for the
establishment of Community research and research
coordination programmes in areas of special importance
for the achievement of the objectives of the common
fisheries policy;
Whereas the Standing Committee for the Fishing
Industry (SCFI) and the Scientific and Technical
Committee for Fisheries (STCF) provide the best means
of assisting and advising the Commission usefully in the
performance of the tasks entrusted to it as regards the
coordination and promotion of fisheries research;
Whereas the work of those Committees and that of the
Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST)
must be coordinated;
Whereas, in order for the findings of research in which
the Community participates to be utilized, it must be
ensured that they are made available to interested parties
in the Community;
O OJ No C 243, 22. 9. 1980, p. 12.
O OJ No L 20, 28. 1. 1976, p. 19. C) OJ No C 208, 4. 8. 1983, p. 1.
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Whereas provision must be made for a Community
financial contribution to Community research and
research coordination programmes,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
(unchanged)
1. With a view to the achievement of the objectives of
the common fisheries policy, fisheries research
undertaken in the Member States shall be coordinated
and promoted at Community level in accordance with
the provisions laid down in this Regulation.
2. In applying this Regulation, account shall be taken
of the general lines of scientific and technological policy
laid down by the Community.
TITLE I
Information and consultation
Article 2
(unchanged)
A procedure for information and consultation between
the Member States and the Commission shall be
established in accordance with the provisions of Articles
3 and 4.
Article 3
(unchanged)
1. The Member States shall provide the Commission
each year with scientific, economic and financial infor-
mation concerning fisheries research work either planned
or being carried out under their authority or with their
financial assistance.
They shall endeavour to provide the Commission with
the same information concerning fisheries research work
planned or being carried out by other agencies.
2. The Commission shall keep a permanent inventory
of the research work referred to in paragraph 1.
3. After consultation of the Standing Committee for
the Fishing Industry, the Commission shall determine the
ways in which the information obtained, particularly that
resulting from the permanent inventory provided for in
paragraph 2, will be made available to interested parties.
Article 4
(amended)
1. The Commission shall keep under permanent
review the major trends and developments in fisheries
research in the Community. To this end, it shall engage
in consultations with the Member States within the
Standing Committee for the Fishing Industry.
2. The Commission shall ensure that the work of that
Committee and that of the Scientific and Technical
Committee for Fisheries (STCF) and the Scientific
and Technical Research Committee (CREST) are
coordinated.
3. The Commission shall recommend to the Member
States the research policy measures required as the
common fisheries policy gradually develops and operates.
TITLE II
Community research and research coordination pro-
grammes
Article 5
(new)
Acting on a proposal from the Commission, the Council
shall adopt, in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 43 of the Treaty:
(a) Community research programmes in areas of special
Community importance;
(b) Community research coordination programmes to
allow the resources employed to be organized
rationally, the findings to be used effectively and
work to proceed in line with the objectives of the
common fisheries policy.
Article 6
(former Article 7, amended)
1. The Commission shall ensure that the Community
research programmes are carried out by concluding cost-
sharing research contracts with research centres and
institutes.
2. The Commission shall ensure that the Community
research coordination programmes are carried out by
organizing seminars, conferences, study trips, exchanges
of research workers and working meetings of scientific
experts as well as by collating, analysing and publishing
the findings.
3. For the implementation of paragraphs 1 and 2, the
Commission shall enlist the aid of the Standing
Committee for the Fishing Industry. It may avail itself of
the assistance of high-level experts.
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TITLE III
General provisions
Article 7
(former Article 6 (3), amended)
The Community shall contribute financially towards the
execution of the Community research and research
coordination programmes. The estimated financial
requirements for this purpose shall be determined by the
Council in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 5. The appropriations necessary for each financial
year shall be laid down annually in the general budget of
the Communities.
Article 8
(amended)
The findings of the Community research and research
coordination programmes shall be disseminated in
accordance with Regulation (EEC) No*2380/74 of the
Council (*).
Article 9
(former Article 12, unchanged)
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.
(*) OJ No L 255, 20. 9. 1974, p. 1.
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