EFT Activity Detail Log

The Chair: The tool we quite often recommend—I think we mentioned it before—is a day in the life kind of diary that somebody applying would bring—or an appellant.

In the materials I am leaving with you, there is an article I wrote for our association's newspaper, the International Musician, that goes into more detail about these activities.

(b) Provision is made for a strict system for monitoring the movement and activities of Community vessels working in the zone, involving notification of the entry and exit of vessels and the requirement that vessels keep a fishing log with a detailed record of catches and circumstances, with this information being forwarded immediately both to the Mauritanian authorities and the Commission delegation in the country.

The Commission has already taken or is in the process of taking the following measures: - wider consultations before presenting proposals, in particular publication of Green or White Papers on the topics listed in the 1993 legislative programme; - flagging in the legislative programme of upcoming proposals which would appear to be suitable for wide-ranging preliminary consultations; - introduction of a notification procedure, consisting of the publication in the Official Journal of a brief summary of any measure planned by the Commission, with the setting of a deadline by which interested parties may submit their comments; - publicati ...[+++]on of work programmes and legislative programmes in the Official Journal to publicize action planned by the Commission; - finalization of the work programme by October with a view to enhancing openness; - publication in the legislative programme of plans for the consolidation of Community legislation; - provision of easier public access to documents held by the Commission with effect from 1 January 1994; - improving knowledge of existing databases and their accessibility, including improving the existing relay network; - publication each week in the Official Journal of lists of documents on general topics; wider public access to documents on specific topics; - preparation of an interinstitutional yearbook giving details of each institution's organization chart; - faster publication of Commission documents in all Community languages; - adoption of a new information and communication policy occupying a larger place in Commission activities; enhanced co-ordination of information activities both inside and outside the Commission; - adoption of additional measures to facilitate the general public's understanding of Commission business, in particular by making available the necessary resources and equipment to provide a suitable response to requests from the media; - improvement in the treatment of telephone, mail and personal ...