Introductory text
United Kingdom
Commission Decision
of 19 November 1993
relating to the institution of a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries
(93/619/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas the implementation of the Community system for fisheries and aquaculture requires the assistance of highly qualified scientific personnel, particularly in the application of marine and fisheries biology, fishing technology, fishery economics or similar disciplines, or in connection with the requirements of research in the fields of fishing and aquaculture;
Whereas that assistance should be obtained from a permanent committee set up within the Commission;
Whereas the powers of the present Scientific and Technical Committee for Fisheries, established by Commission Decision 79/572/EECf1, as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, should be amended accordingly; whereas, in the interests of clarity, that Decision should therefore be replaced,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: