31.12. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 365/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3880/91 of 17 December 1991 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having ' regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), : Having regard to the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee, Whereas the management of the Community’s fishery resources requires accurate and timely statistics on the catches by Member States’ vessels fishing in the north-east Atlantic; Whereas the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in north-east Atlantic fisheries approved by Decision 81/608/EEC (3) and establishing the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission requires the Community to supply that Commission with the available statistics that it may request; Whereas advice received from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea under the Cooperation Agreement between that organization and the Community (4) will be enhanced by the availability of statistics on the activities of the Community fishing fleet; ()-OJ No C 230, 4. 9. 1991, p. 1. (2) OJ No C 280, 28. 10. 1991, p. 174. (3) O] No L 227, 12. 8. 1981, p. 21. () OJ No L 149, 10. 6. 1987, p. 14. Whereas the Convention on fishing and conservation of the living resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts approved by Decision 83/414/EEC(5) and - establishing the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission requires the  Community to supply that Commission with the available statistics that it may request; Whereas the Convention for the conservation of salmon in the north Atlantic Qcean approved by Decision 82/886/EEC (6) and establishing the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (Nasco), requires the Community to supply that organization with the available - statistics that it may request; - Whereas there is .a need for fuller definitions and descriptions used in fishery statistics and in the management of the fisheries of the north-east Atlantic, ~ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Each Member State shall submit to the Statistical Office of the European Communities (hereinafter referred to as ‘Eurostat’) data on the annual nominal catches by vessels registered in or flying the flag of that Member State fishing in the north-east Atlantic. The nominal catch data shall include all fishery products landed or transhipped at sea in no matter what form but (5) OJ No L 237, 26. 8. 1983, p. 4. (6) O] No L 378, 31. 12. 1982, p. 24.