# Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 of 26 April 2005 establishing a European Fisheries Control Agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (repealed) EU Regulation No 768/2005 · adopted 26 April 2005 Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 of 26 April 2005 establishing a European Fisheries Control Agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (repealed) ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 of 26 April 2005 establishing a European Fisheries Control Agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: OBJECTIVE, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS ## 1 Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: MISSION AND TASKS OF THE AGENCY ## 3 Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Tasks relating to the international obligations of the Community relating to control and inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Tasks relating to operational coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Provision of contractual services to Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Assistance to the Commission and the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7a European cooperation on coast guard functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: OPERATIONAL COORDINATION ## 8 Implementation of Community obligations relating to control and inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Implementation of specific control and inspection programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Content of joint deployment plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Notification of means of control and inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Procedure for the adoption of joint deployment plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Implementation of joint deployment plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Assessment of joint deployment plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Fisheries that are not subject to control and inspection programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Information network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Detailed rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IIIa: COMPETENCES OF THE AGENCY ## 17a Assignment of Agency officials as Community inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17b Agency measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17c Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17d Emergency unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17e Tasks of the emergency unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17f Multiannual work programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17g Cooperation in maritime affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17h Detailed rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING ## 18 Legal status and principal office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Privileges and immunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Creation and powers of the Administrative Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Composition of the Administrative Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Chairing of the Administrative Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Declaration of Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Duties and powers of the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Appointment and dismissal of the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Advisory Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Transparency and communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Access to information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: FINANCIAL PROVISIONS ## 35 Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Implementation and control of the budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Combating fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Financial provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 39 Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Start of the Agency’s activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/768 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-768 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.