I(Acts whose publication is obligatory)COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1984/2003of 8 April 2003introducing a system for the statistical monitoring of trade in bluefin tuna, swordfish and bigeyetuna within the CommunityTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-munity, and in particular Article 37 thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),Whereas:(1) Since 14 November 1997, and following the adoptionof Council Decision 86/238/EEC (3), the Community hasbeen a Contracting Party to the International Conventionfor the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas signed in Rio deJaneiro on 14 May 1966, as amended by the Protocolannexed to the Final Act of the Conference of Plenipo-tentiaries of the States Parties to the Convention signedat Paris on 10 July 1984 (hereinafter called the ‘ICCATConvention’).(2) The ICCAT Convention provides a framework forregional cooperation in the cons...