Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) allocating, for 1998, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Faroese waters
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 04. 12. 1997 COM(97)662 final Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) allocating, for 1998, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Faroese waters (presented by the Commission) EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM The consultations between the Community and the Faroe Islands, held in Torshavn on 13 and 14 October 1997, resulted in an agreement on reciprocal fisheries arrangements for 1998. These arrangements imply, inter alia, certain catch quota for Community vessels in Faroese waters. The purpose of this proposal for a regulation is to allocate among Member States the quotas available in 1998 to Community vessels fishing in the Faroese zone under the above mentioned arrangements. ^ Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No /98 of. December 1997 allocating, for 1998, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Faroese waters THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture(1), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part, the two parties have held consultations on their mutual fishing rights for 1998; Whereas, as a result of these consultations, the two Parties have agreed on an arrangement for 1998 whereby certain catch quotas are allocated to Community vessels in the Faroese fishing zone; Whereas, to ensure efficient management of the catch possibilities available, they should be allocated among Member States as quotas in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No. 3760/92; Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the relevant control measures provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(2); Whereas additional conditions for the year-to-year management of TACs and quotas, in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 847/96(3), were not agreed with the Faroe Islands, Whereas, for imperative reasons of common interest, this Regulation will apply from 1 January 1998, (1) (2) (3) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. OJ NO LI 15,9. 5. 1996, p. 3 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 From 1 January to 31 December 1998 catches taken by vessels flying the flag of a Member State in the waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Faroe Islands, under the arrangement on reciprocal fishing rights for 1998 between the Community and the Faroe Islands, shall not exceed the quotas set out in the Annex hereto. Article 2 Fishing quotas referred to in the Annex shall not be subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 2, 3 and 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No. 847/96. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 January 1998. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, December 1997. For the Council The President ^ ANNEX Allocation of Community catch quotas in Faroese waters for 1998, as referred to in Article 1 (in metric tonnes, fresh round weight) Species ICES Division Community catch quotas Quotas allocated to Member Cod, haddock V bl 500 Saithe Vb 2,500 Redfish Vb 7,000 Blue ling, ling Vb 3,600' ( ! , ) •• Blue whiting Vb 25,000 Flatfish Mackerel Other species Vb Vb Vb ,(2) 1,000' 3,270 760(3) France Germany United Kingdom Belgium France Germany Netherlands United Kmgdbm Belgium France Germany United Kingdom France Germany United Kingdom Denmark France Germany Netherlands United Kingdorri France Germany United Kingdom Denmark France Germany United Kingdom 60 io 430 50 i,5ib 310 50 580 50 435 6,440 75 2,340 1,055 2(55 ii. rido 3, 11,000 14(5 180 68t) 3,27d 275 305 180 (1) a) (3) By-catches of roundriose grenadier and black scabbard to be counted against this quota. Including Greenland halibut. Excluding fish species of no commercial value. _s ISSN 0254-1475 COM(97) 662 final DOCUMENTS EN 03 11 14 Catalogue number : CB-CO-97-679-EN-C ISBN 92-78-28632-X Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 1,-2985 Luxembourg c