Conservation of fishing resources: statistical monitoring of trade in bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) within the Community (amend. Regulation (EC) No 858/94)

PURPOSE : to amend Regulation 858/94/EC in order to facilitate the system for the statistical monitoring of trade in bluefin tuna. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Regulation 1446/1999/EC amending Regulation 858/94/EC introducing a system for the statistical monitoring of trade in bluefin tuna within the Community. CONTENT : in the context of measures to regulate stocks of bluefin tuna adopted by the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, hereinafter referred to as the 'ICCAT', to which the Community is a party, a system for the statistical monitoring of catches and imports of bluefin tuna has been implemented by the contracting parties. This system was implemented in the Community by means of Council Regulation 858/94/EC. The ICCAT has recently adopted 2 recommendations which aim : - firstly, to facilitate management of this system by the Community and its Member States (the recommendation enables Member States to authenticate the statistical documents relating to catches of bluefin tuna made by vessels flying the flag of another Member State); - secondly, to improve the reliability of this system (it deals with the broadening the aforementioned system of re-exportation operations). The objective of this Regulation is to implement the measures provided for in these two recommendations by amending Regulation 858/94/EC in order to incorporate the new arrangements provided to this end. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 02/07/1999.�