Translation of "Règlement sur l'inspection des grands bateaux de pêche " (French → English) :

On SOR/95-148 Motor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulations, 1995; SOR/95-149 Charts and Nautical Publications Regulations, 1995; SOR/95-164 Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations, amendment; SOR/95-545 Fort Resolution Airport Zoning Regulations; SOR/96-145 Collision Regulations, amendment; SOR/96-216 Large Fishing Vessel Inspection Regulations, amendment; SOR/96-217 Small Fishing Vessel Inspection Regulations, amendment; SOR/97-269 Regulations Amending the Boating Restriction Regulations; SOR/98-154 Regulations Amending the Maple Products Regulations; It was agreed, That Counsel to the Committee review their status at a later date and inform ...[+++] the committee of the action taken.

The Commission proposes to be empowered to adopt delegated acts to grant exemption from notification of information by fishing vessels or to establish different notification periods, to determine benchmarks for inspections of landing and transhipment operations by third country fishing vessels, to adapt the catch certification scheme for some fishery products obtained by small fishing vessels, including the possibility of using a simplified catch certificate, to amend the list of products not included in the scope of the Regulation, t ...[+++]o adapt the catch certificate submission deadline to the type of fishery product, the distance to the place of entry or the transport means used, to establish rules for the granting, amendment or withdrawal of approved economic operators' certificates or for the suspension or revocation of the status of approved economic operator and on the conditions of validity of approved economic operators’ certificates, and to establish Union criteria for verifications in the context of risk management.

– (EL) The report supports the EU common fisheries policy which, in the name of protecting fish stocks, has resulted in the destruction of a large number of small fishing boats in Greece and in numerous small and medium-sized fishing enterprises being ousted from the profession, in the condemnation of numerous coastal areas to abandonment and unemployment and in the concentration of activities in the hands of large fishing companies.

The formal positions already produced by the Councils have had a real influence on the Commission’s thinking and the Council’s decision-making, for example on the Shetland Box, where it suggested limiting the number of larger fishing vessels (over 26m long) that could fish together in the area.

Specifically, reference is made to Article 25(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006, which offers the possibility of changing the engines of fishing vessels with financial support varying according to the type of vessel: where vessels belong to the small-scale coastal fleet, i.e. if they are no more than 12 metres in length, the new engine must have the same power as the old one, whilst for larger vessels the new engine must have at least 20% less power.

So, in practice, this document that regulates access for our fishing boats to Equatorial Guinea recognises that there is no control on how this kind of fishing should be carried out.