Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 391/97 laying down, for 1997, certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 13. 05. 1997 COM(97)211 final Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 391/97 laying down, for 1997, certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway (presented by the Commission) EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM The relevant coastal States, i. e. the Community, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway and the Russian Federation, held consultations which, on 14 December 1996, led to an arrangement on the management and sharing of Norwegian spring spawning herring (Atlanto-Scandian herring) in 1997. Under this arrangement, a total of 130,000 tonnes became available to the Community and a quota of 854,000 tonnes became available to Norway. In connection with this arrangement, a subsequent arrangement on reciprocal access has been agreed upon, under which the Community was given access to fish a maximum of 40,000 tonnes of its share in Norwegian waters (30,000 tonnes in the Norwegian Economic Zone and 10,000 tonnes in the Fishery Zone around Jan Mayen) and Norway was given access to fish a maximum of 10,000 tonnes in Community fishing waters. Further consultations between the Community and Norway led, on 19 February 1997, to specifying the licensing conditions pertaining to this access arrangement. This proposal intends to address the issue of access of Norwegian vessels to Community fishing waters by modifying Council Regulation (EC) No 391/97. Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No /97 of 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 391/97 laying down, for 1997, certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway 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 , as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 391/97 lays down, for 1997, certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway; Whereas the Community, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway and the Russian Federation held consultations which led, on 14 December 1996 to recommending to the respective authorities an arrangement on the management and sharing of Norwegian spring- spawning herring (Atlanto-Scandian herring) in 1997; Whereas pursuant to this arrangement, a subsequent arrangement on reciprocal access was agreed upon by the Community and Norway, under which Norway may fish 10,000 tonnes of its share in Community fishing waters north of 62° N; Whereas the Community and Norway held further consultations pertaining to the conduct of this fishery and, in particular, the licensing conditions; Whereas it is now necessary to implement these arrangements in as much as access of vessels flying the flag of Norway to Community fishing waters is concerned and to amend Council Regulation (EC) No 391/97 accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 1 OJ No L 3^9,31. 12. 1992, p. I OJ No L 66, 6. 3. 1997, p. 49 1 Regulation (EC) No 391/97 is hereby amended as follows: Article 1 1. The following sub-paragraph shall be inserted after sub-paragraph 1 of Article 1 : "By way of derogation from sub-paragraph 1, ten licences and special fishing permits valid on any one day shall be issued by the Commission on behalf of the Community for vessels fishing herring in ICES division Ha (north of 62° N)". 2. The table which is given in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to Annex 1. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulations shall be binding in its entirely and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 1997 For the Council The President V ANNEX Norwegian catch quotas for 1997 (in tonnes, fresh round weight) Species Herring Area within which authorized m ICES lia Quantity 10,000 S ISSN 0254-1475 COM(97) 211 final DOCUMENTS EN 03 11 14 Catalogue number : CB-C0-97-198-EN-C ISBN 92-78-19531-6 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg