No L 397/78 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 12. 92 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3928/92 " of 20 December 1992 estabhshmg a NAFO pilot observer scheme applicable to Community fishing vessels operatmg in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in pa.rncular Article 11 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, - hereinafter referred to as the NAFO Convention, was approved by the Council by Regulation (EEC) No 3179/78 (2), and entered into force on 1 January 1979; Whereas the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), established by the NAFO Convention, adopted a scheme of joint international inspection and surveillance which was adopted by the Council in Regulation (EEC) No 1956/88 (3); Whereas the NAFO Fisheries Commission, ‘at the 14th Annual Meeting of NAFO held in Dartmouth, Canada, on 18 September 1992, adopted a proposal for the establishment of 2 NAFO pilot observer scheme requiring a certain number of fishing vessels operating in the NAFO Regulatory Area to receive observers on board when engaged in fishing activities; Whereas the proposal has been accepted by the Community, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The pilot observer scheme adopted by the NAFO Fisheries Commission on 18 September 1992, hereinafter referred to as the NAFO pilot observer scheme shall apply in the Community. . The text of the scheme is attached to this Regulation. Article 2 Without prejudice to Article 2.(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1956/88, the Commission of the European Communities shall assign Community observers to the scheme. Observers will be appointed by Member States and may be placed on board of any Member State fishing vessel engaged, or about to be engaged, in fishmg activities in the NAFO Regulatory Area. Article 3 Detailed rules for the implementation of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 January 1993 to 30 June 1994. This Regulation shall be binding in its entiret); and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1992, (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12, 1992, p. 1. (2) O] No L 378, 30. 12. 1978, p. 1 (3) O] No L 175, 6. 7. 1988, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 436/ 92 (OJ No L 54, 28. 2. 1992, p-1). For the Council The President J. Gummer