fisheries surveillance (purchasing equipment, administrative costs of monitoring, technical assistance, hiring equipment, and monitoring measures in conjunction with other countries and organisations in the region and/or the European Union), including the possibility of meeting the cost of setting up a satellite monitoring system (VMS) for fishing vessels.

(c) to keep under review the economic and social aspects of the fishing industry and recommend any measures aimed at its development;

(a) to keep under review the state of these resources, including their abundance and the level of their exploitation, as well as the state of the fisheries based thereon;

SEEKING to address in particular the problems identified in Chapter 17, programme area C, of Agenda 21 adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, namely, that the management of high seas fisheries is inadequate in many areas and that some resources are over-utilised; noting that there are problems of unregulated fishing, over-capitalisation, excessive fleet size, vessel reflagging to escape controls, insufficiently selective gear, unreliable databases and lack of sufficient cooperation between States,

support for fisheries surveillance bodies:

Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture, the Council is to introduce a Community control system;

However, motor vehicles used in the 12 months under review exclusively for forestry, fishing, construction of ditches and roads and other excavation work are excluded.

Council Regulation (EC) No 2791/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down certain control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the north-east Atlantic fisheries(2) lays down the general rules and conditions for the application of the Scheme of control and enforcement in respect of fishing vessels fishing in areas beyond the limits of national fisheries jurisdiction in the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) Convention area (the Scheme).

fisheries surveillance, including setting up a satellite vessel monitoring system (VMS):

EUR 180 000 towards financing programmes to develop quality control for fishery products and fisheries monitoring and surveillance.

Support for fisheries surveillance and management of the fishing effort

the procedure for the inspection and surveillance of activities in the fisheries sector;

the technical and human resources for fisheries monitoring, and the time effectively devoted thereto,

As far as transhipments which take place in the base port are concerned, they shall be authorized only under control by the Secretary of State for Fisheries.

Align fisheries management, control, marketing and structural adjustment legislation to the acquis.

EUR 1,5 million per year for support for fisheries surveillance, intended to finance the operating costs of the DSPCM and possibly the introduction of new means of surveillance;

laying down certain control measures in respect of vessels flying the flag of non-Contracting Parties to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)

The Commission shall prohibit landings of herring if it is deemed that implementation of the measures mentioned in points 1 and 2 does not achieve a strict control of fishing mortality of herring in all fisheries.

Whereas the NAFO Fisheries Commission adopted on 10 February 1988 a proposal for a modified scheme, now to be entitled ´scheme of joint international inspection';

In accordance with national legislation, fisheries control arrangements adopted by the Mozambican authorities with a view to preserving resources shall be based on objective, scientific criteria.

The scheme of joint international inspection and surveillance, adopted by the NAFO Fisheries Commission on 13 September 1991, hereinafter referred to as "the scheme ", shall apply in the Community.

Council Regulation (EEC) No 189/92 of 27 January 1992 adopting provisions for the application of certain control measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

The scheme of joint international inspection, adopted by the NAFO Fisheries Commission on 10 February 1988, hereinafter referred to as ´the scheme', shall apply in the Community.

Whereas, in Bangladesh the Department of Fisheries - Fish Inspection and Quality Control (DF-FIQC) of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock is capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force;

Every three days during the fishing period in Angola's fishing zone, vessels shall communicate to the radio station of the Department of Inspection and Monitoring of the Ministry for Fisheries their position and their catch.

Chile retains the right to control the activities of foreign fishing, including fish landings, the first landing of fish processed at sea and access to Chilean ports (port privileges).

Strengthen control activities by putting more emphasis on training fisheries inspectors, providing appropriate equipment, and increasing the number of inspectors for controlling sea fisheries.

On entering and leaving Angola's fishing zone, vessels shall communicate to the radio station of the Department of Inspection and Monitoring of the Ministry for Fisheries their position and the volume of the catches on board.

(i) Control and surveillance shall be carried out by inspectors of the fishery control services of the Contracting Parties following their assignment to the scheme of joint international inspection and surveillance, hereinafter referred to as 'the scheme'.

(3) In order to prevent overfishing, the Community fisheries for blue whiting in areas Vb (EC zone), VI and VII, and VIIIabd should be subject to allocation among Member States so as these fisheries are properly monitored;

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1956/88 of 9 June 1988 adopting provisions for the application of the scheme of joint international inspection adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

Council Regulation (EC) No 2791/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down certain control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the north-east Atlantic fisheries

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2868/88 of 16 September 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Scheme of Joint International Inspection adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

Council Regulation (EC) No 3068/95 of 21 December 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 189/92 adopting provisions for the application of certain control measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

Council Regulation (EC) No 1048/97 of 9 June 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 189/92 adopting provisions for the application of certain control measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

The Department of Fisheries - Fish Inspection and Quality Control (DF-FIQC) of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock shall be the competent authority in Bangladesh for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1085/2000 of 15 May 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries

(4) The Commission needs to be informed by the Member States of the progress and the results of the pilot projects, in particular in order to assess the cost-effectiveness of the technologies to be used for improving the effectiveness of fisheries control.

The Committee of Fisheries of the Federation of Russia, assisted by the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance (Goskomsanepidnadzor) shall be the competent authority in Russia for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

Council Regulation (EC) No 215/2001 of 29 January 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2791/1999 laying down certain control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the north-east Atlantic fisheries

Whereas the Committee of Fisheries of the Russian Federation has the responsibility to draw up the list of establishments, factory vessels and freezer vessels approved for the export of fishery products to the European Union, and has delegated to the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance (Goskomsanepidnadzor) the responsibility for the health inspections and for monitoring the conditions of hygiene and cleanliness pertaining to production;

Reorganise and strengthen the institutional capacity of the fisheries administration; align fisheries management, control, marketing and structural adjustment practices to the acquis; develop and implement a computerised fisheries vessel registration and statistical information system in compliance with the acquis.

Whereas legislation of the Republic of Korea makes the 'Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - National Fisheries Administration - National Fishery Products Inspection Station (NFPIS)' responsible for inspecting the health of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods and for monitoring the hygiene and sanitary conditions of production;

Whereas, in order to strengthen and facilitate cooperation between all the authorities in the Community involved in the monitoring, inspection and surveillance of activities in the fisheries sector, a general framework should be set up under which all the authorities concerned can request mutual assistance and the exchange of relevant information, and specific monitoring programmes should be introduced;

Whereas Moroccan legislation makes veterinary inspectors, assisted by technical assistants from the Direction de l'élevage (Animal Husbandry Directorate) of the Ministry for Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, responsible for inspecting the health of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods and monitoring the hygiene and sanitary conditions of production; whereas the same legislation empowers the Ministry of Fisheries to authorize or prohibit the harvesting of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods from certain zones on the basis of a report from the animal Husbandry Directorate and the Scientific Institute for Maritime Fisheries;

Whereas Moroccan legislation makes veterinary inspectors, assisted by technical assistants from the Direction de l'Ă©levage (Animal Husbandry Directorate) of the Ministry for Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, responsible for inspecting the health of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods and monitoring the hygiene and sanitary conditions of production; whereas the same legislation empowers the Ministry of Fisheries to authorize or prohibit the harvesting of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods from certain zones on the basis of a report from the animal Husbandry Directorate and the Scientific Institute for Maritime Fisheries;

Whereas the NAFO Fisheries Commission adopted on 13 September 1991 a proposal for a modified scheme, henceforward to be entitled 'scheme of joint international inspection and surveillance'; whereas pursuant to Article XI of the NAFO Convention, the proposal will, in the absence of objections, become a measure binding upon Contracting Parties with effect from 6 January 1992; whereas the modified scheme is acceptable to the Community;

In order to ensure compliance with all the rules in force, each Member State within its territory and within maritime waters subject to its sovereignty or jurisdiction shall monitor, inspect and maintain surveillance of all activities in the fisheries sector, particularly fishing itself, transhipment, landing, marketing, transport and storage of fisheries products and the recording of landing and sales.

The technical and control measures hereinafter laid down shall apply in the waters falling under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Portugal and covered by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF), to vessels flying the flag of Spain and registered in a port situated on territory subject to the common fisheries policy.

In Commission Decision 97/102/EC of 16 January 1997 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Russia (3), the 'Committee of Fisheries of the Federation of Russia, assisted by the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance (Goskomsanepid-nadzor)' is identified as the competent authority in Russia for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.