2.7.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L167/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1446/1999 of 24 June 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 858/94 introducing a system for the statistical monitoring of trade in bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) within the Community THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia- ment (), Whereas (1)  in the context of measures to regulate stocks of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) adopted by the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, hereinafter called the ‘ICCAT’, to which the Community is a party, a system for the statistical monitoring of catches and imports of bluefin tuna has been implemented by the contracting parties; to that end, the necessary meas- ures were adopted in Regulation (EC) No 858/ 94 (%) (2)  to facilitate management of this system by the Community and its Member States, at its tenth extraordinary meeting, held in San Sebastian in November 1996, the ICCAT adopted a recommen- dation enabling Member States to authenticate the statistical documents relating to catches of bluefin tuna made by vessels flying the flag of another Member State; 3) to supplement the arrangements for managing stocks of bluefin tuna, at its 15th ordinary meeting, held in Madrid from 14 to 21 November 1997, the ICCAT adopted a recommendation extending the statistical monitoring system to re-exports of bluefin tuna; to this end, the rules governing the various types of commercial operations including () OJ C 264, 21.8.1998, p. 10. @) O] C 98, 9.4.1999, p. 32. () OJ L 99, 19.4.1994, p. 1. one or more re-exports to or from the customs territory of the Community must be established, and a model re-export licence provided to this end; (4)  implementation of these measures by the Community requires Regulation (EC) No 858/94 to be amended; at the same time the list of third countries in point 2 of Annex II to that Regulation should be updated, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 858/94 is amended as follows: (1) the following indent shall be added to Article 1: “— re-exports to third countries of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) falling within CN codes ex 0302 39, ex 0303 49, ex 0304 20 45, ex 16041416 and ex 1604 1418’ (2) the following Article shall be inserted after Article 2: Article 2a 1. All quantities of bluefin tuna caught by a vessel flying the flag of a Member State and exported to a third country shall be accompanied by the statistical document in Annex I. 2. Statistical documents drawn up pursuant to para- graph 1 may be authenticated by the competent authorities of the Member States whose flag the vessels flies or by those of a different Member State where the products concerned are landed, provided the cor- responding quantities of bluefin tuna are exported outside the Community from the territory of the Member State of landing.