European Fisheries Control Agency
| European Fisheries Control Agency EFCA |
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 EFCA logo |
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 EFCA building in Vigo |
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| English name | European Fisheries Control Agency |
| French name | Agence communautaire de contrôle des pêches |
| Spanish name | Agencia Comunitaria de Control de la Pesca |
| Organization type | European Union Agency |
| status | Establishment of European public law with its own legal personality |
| Seat of the organs |
Vigo Spain
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| Chair | Pascal Savouret , Executive Director |
| founding |
April 26, 2005 |
| EFCA | |
The Community Fisheries Control Agency ( EFCA , English E uropean F isheries C ontrol A gency ) is an agency of the European Union based in the Spanish Vigo . In April 2005 the Council of the European Union decided to create this authority. As an important part of the common fisheries policy , it aims to ensure effective monitoring, control and enforcement of the rules of the common fisheries policy.
construction
The agency has a board of directors made up of representatives from the European Commission and the member states. The Council draws up a work program for the agency and adopts the budget. On July 8, 2011, the Board of Directors appointed Pascal Savouret as Director of the Agency. In addition, a committee made up of representatives from the regional fishermen's councils was formed.
goals and tasks
- Coordination of controls by the Member States within the framework of the Community's supervisory and control obligations;
- Coordination of the use of the national control resources of the Member States concerned, which are pooled together, in accordance with this Regulation;
- Assisting Member States in communicating information on fishing and control activities to the Commission and to third parties;
- within the scope of responsibility: assisting the Member States in the fulfillment of their tasks and obligations under the provisions of the common fisheries policy;
- Support of the Member States and the Commission in the harmonized implementation of the common fisheries policy throughout the Community;
- Contribution to the research and development work of the Member States and the Commission in the field of control and monitoring methods;
- Contribute to the coordination of inspector training and the exchange of experience between Member States;
- Coordination of measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in accordance with Community rules.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ About EFCA / Organization. Retrieved September 26, 2019 . }
- ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 768/2005 of the Council of April 26, 2005 establishing a European Fisheries Control Agency and amending Regulation (EC) No. 2847/93 to introduce a control system for the common fisheries policy , accessed on June 3, 2013
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