European Parliament 23 February 2005, European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy (COM(2004)0289 — C6-0021/2004 — 2004/0108(CNS))

6) The following paragraph 1a is inserted in Annex I, Chapter I: ‘1a. Member States shall ensure that seafarers possess adequate language proficiency, as defined in Sections A-II/1, A-III/1, A-IV/2 and A-II/4 of the STCW Code so as to enable them to perform their specific duties on a vessel flying the flag of a host Member State.’ Article 5 Transposition 1.