The procedure comprises two public consultation and participation mechanisms in addition to an exemption system for emergency cases and for decisions taken on the basis of the application of a ruling, plan, scheme or programme that has already been discussed during a previous public participation procedure. For both public consultation and participation mechanisms, members of the public can consult the decision and the corresponding file electronically or, if the file cannot be put online, at the place where the file is archived. The French fleet takes three quarters of its catch in Community waters, geographically, it takes 74% in the North-East Atlantic (whose waters border the coasts of Europe), 19% in the tropical waters of the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean (primarily tuna fishing) and 7% in the Mediterranean.