§ 28. Mr. McQuarrieasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects the new European Economic Community log books for skippers of United Kingdom trawlers will be introduced.
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§ Mr. MacGregorWe have constantly been pressing the European Commission on this matter. A longer delay than we would have liked has been caused by the Community procedures, for example, for tenders for printing, and by technical matters including translation.
We now hope that they will come into force before the end of this summer. The closing date for tenders for printing the log books was 26 March; after printing and issue to member states a period of 90 days is allowed in the regulation (2807/83) for distribution to and briefing of fishermen before the log book system is introduced.
As at March in each year 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 England and Wales Milk Marketing Board 3,541 3,269 3,233 3,038 2,909 Scottish Milk Marketing Board 265 245 222 218 215 Aberdeen and District Milk Marketing Board 27 27 27 24 20 North of Scotland Milk Marketing Board 13 11 11 9 7 Northern Ireland Milk Marketing Board 18 19 *17 *21 *21 UNITED KINGDOM TOTAL 3,864 3,598 3,510 3,310 3,172 * Includes farm pasteurisers. Source: "United Kingdom Dairy Facts and Figures"—Table 6 of 1982 and 1983 Editions.