The North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission, at its 17th annual meeting on 17, 18, 19 and 20 November 1998, adopted two recommendations establishing a scheme of control and enforcement applicable to fishing vessels operating in areas beyond the limits of the national jurisdiction of the Contracting Parties in the Convention area (hereinafter called "the Scheme"), and a programme to promote compliance by non-Contracting Party vessels with its recommendations in order to ensure full respect for conservation and management measures adopted by the NEAFC (hereinafter called "the Programme");
Komisija za ribištvo severovzhodnega Atlantika (NEAFC) je na svojem 17. letnem srečanju 17., 18., 19., in 20. novembra 1998 sprejela dve priporočili, v katerih sta določena sistem nadzora in izvrševanja, ki se uporablja za ribiška plovila, ki opravljajo dejavnost na območjih izven meja nacionalne jurisdikcije pogodbenic na območju Konvencije (v nadaljnjem besedilu "sistem"), in program, namenjen zagotavljanju popolnega upoštevanja ukrepov za ohranjanje in upravljanje, ki jih je sprejela NEAFC (v nadaljnjem besedilu "program").