Pilot project on satellite tracking in the NAFO regulatory area: prolonging the pilot project to 31 December 1998

OBJECTIVE: to extend by one year the pilot project on satellite tracking of fishing vessels in the NAFO Regulatory Area. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Regulation (EC) No 731/98 amending Regulation (EC) No 3070/95 on the establishment of a pilot project on satellite tracking in the NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization) Regulatory Area. SUBSTANCE: Council Regulation (EC) No 3070/95 (CNS95318) provided for Member States to carry out a pilot project on satellite tracking of vessels fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area from 01.01.1996 to 31.12.1997. On 19.09.1997, the NAFO Fisheries Commission adopted a proposal to prolong the pilot project until 31.12.1998. The Community accepted the proposal. The present Regulation is intended solely to implement this proposal for an extension at Community level, and thus to extend until 31.12.1998, for the Community, the pilot project already in force. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 02.04.1998. However, the Regulation is applicable retroactively with effect from 01.01.1998.�