Submission of statistical data on landings of fishery products in Member States

To recall, the Commission accepted all of the 21 amendments proposed by Parliament at first reading. The parliament’s resolution adopts a positive approach to the proposal with the great majority of the 21 amendment being in the nature of technical and editorial clarifications.

In July 2006 the Council adopted Decision 2006/512/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission. This introduced a new procedure named the “regulatory procedure with scrutiny”. For a summary of the Decision see CNS/2002/0298. The Council’s Common Position refers to the implementing powers conferred to the Commission when the new procedure has to apply. These refer, in particular, to powers conferred on the Commission to adapt the Annexes to the Regulation, which are of “general scope”.

The Commission accepts these new provisions and expresses a favourable opinion of the Council’s Common Position, which was adopted unanimously.