29. 7. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 207/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources ('), and in particular Article 11 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, following the substantial amendments made with regard to the inspection and control of fishing activi- ties dealt with in Regulation (EEC) No 2057/82 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4027/86 (%), it is appro- priate, for reasons of clarity, to consolidate the said Regu- lation ; Whereas, for catches by fishing vessels, it is important to adopt rules for control in order to ensure that the limits fixed elsewhere for permissible levels of fishing are observed ; Whereas these rules must include measures concerning the inspection and monitoring by Member States’ authori- ties of all fishing vessels, including the vessels of third countries, at sea and in port, and all activities whose ‘monitoring would enable verification of the implementa- tion of this Regulation and the taking of proceedings against breaches of the rules concerning conservation and control - measures ; Whereas Member States must periodically report to the Commission on their inspection activities and on the action taken with regard to any violations of conservation and control measures ; Whereas the effective control of landings of fish species for which a total allowable catch (TAC) per stock or group of stocks or other form of quantitative limitation has been () OJ No L 24, 27. 1. 1983, p. 1. () OJ No L 220, 29. 7. 1982, p. 1. () OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1986, p. 4. fixed requires that skippers of fishing vessels keep a record and submit statements of their fishing activities ; whereas, however, it is appropriate to exempt from the obligation to keep a fishing logbook vessels of small size and of limited operating range for which such an obliga- tion would constitute a burden disproportionate to their catch potential ; Whereas, it is nevertheless desirable that skippers of vessels over 10 metres in length or their agents should fill out a declaration of landings at the end of each voyage inasmuch as, having regard to the number of boats in question, this declaration constitutes the sole means of monitoring their activities, thereby ‘permitting the degree of observance of conservation measures in force to be appraised ; Whereas the control of fishing activities requires that Member States should verify the accuracy of entries in logbooks, landing and transhipment declarations ; Whereas Member States should be obliged to record landings of stocks or groups of stocks subject to TACs or quotas and to arrange that the recording of these landings can be verified ; Whereas the communication of more detailed or more frequent information about catches to the Commission at the latter’s request would improve the control of fishing activities ; Whereas landings made outside the territory of the Community as well as transhipments of fish from one vessel to another should be recorded ; Whereas it is appropriate to permit the provisions concer- ning the logbook, the declaration of landings and infor- mation about transhipments and registration of catches to be extended to stocks not subject to total allowable catches or quotas; Whereas it is necessary that, if the fishermen of a Member State have exhausted a quota allocated to that State, the obligation to cease fishing should be the subject of a deci- sion of the Commission ;