16.9.98 Official Journal of the European Communities L 254/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1957/98 of 15 September 1998 adapting certain fish quotas for 1998 pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applic- able to the common fisheries policy ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2635/97 (¥, and in particular Atrticle 23 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to- year management of TACs and quotas (}), and in par- ticular Article 4(2) thereof, Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 390/97 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1974/97 (), (EC) No 392/97 (°), (EC) No 394/97 (), (EC) No 395/97 (}), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2429/97 (°), (EC) No 396/97 (1), (EC) No 398/97 ('), (EC) No 400/97 (*3), (EC) No 402/97 (%), (EC) No 404/97 (**), (EC) No 406/97 ('3, (EC) No 407/97 (*¢) stipulate which stocks may be subject to the measures foreseen by Regulation (EC) No 847/96; Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 45/98 (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 783/98 (%), (EC) No 47/98 (**), (EC) No 49/98 (*), (EC) No 50/98 (*!), (EC) No 51/98 (**), (EC) No 53/98 (*¥)), (EC) No 55/98 (*), (EC) No 57/98 (¥), (EC) No 59/98 (%), (EC) No 61/98 (¥), (EC) No 62/98 (%), (EC) No 63/98 (¥), and (EC) No 65/98 (*), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1283/98 ('), fix fish quotas for certain stocks in 1998; 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 14. 115, 9. 5. 1996, p. 3. 66, 6. 3. 1997, p. 1 278, 11. 10. 1997, p. 1 66, 6. 3. 1997, p. 57. 66, 6. 3. 1997, p. 69. 66, 6. 3. 1997, p. 71. 337, 9. 12. 1997, p. 1. Lol 000000000 S S S S P} D) N 3 ( L ( L ( L ( L ( L ( L ( L () OJ L () OJ L () OJ L 66, 6. 3. 1997, p. 74. (") OJ L 66, 6. 3. 1997, p. 83. () O] L 66, 6. 3. 1997, p. 92. (%) OJ L 66, 6. 3. 1997, p. 101. () OJ L 66, 6. 3. 1997, p. 110. (%) OJ L 66, 6. 3. 1997, p. 119. () OJ L 66, 6. 3. 1997, p. 133. () O L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 1. (% OJ L 113, 15. 4. 1998, p. 8. (") OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 58. (%) OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 70. ) OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 72. () OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 75. () OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 84. () OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 93. ) OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 102. (9 OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 111. () OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 119. () OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 121. () OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 136. (% OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 145. ¢)OoJL P 178, 23. 6. 1998 p- 1. Whereas, within the terms of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, certain Member States have asked to withhold a fraction of their quotas to be transferred to the following year; whereas, within the limits indicated in the Article, the Commission shall add to the quota for 1998 the quantities withheld; Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, certain Member States have fished in excess of permitted landings for some stocks in 1997; whereas, in accordance with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, deductions from national quotas for 1998 shall be made at a level equivalent to the quantity fished in excess, without prejudice to the application of Article 5(2); Whereas, in conformity with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, weighted deductions from national quotas for 1998 shall be made in the case of overfishing of permitted landings in 1997 for those stocks identified as such in Article § and Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 390/97, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The quotas fixed in Regulations (EC) No 45/98 and (EC) No 62/98 are increased or reduced as shown in the Annex. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.