Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) allocating, for 1997, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Faroese waters
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 12. 12. 1996 COM(96)671 final Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) allocating, for 1997, 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 Brussels on 22 October 1996, resulted in an agreement on reciprocal fisheries arrangements for 1997. These arrangements imply, iner 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 1997 to Community vessels fishing in the Faroese zone under the above mentioned arrangements. £ Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No /96 of. December 1996 allocating, for 1997, 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), 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, 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 1997; Whereas, as a result of these consultations, the two Parties have agreed on an arrangement for 1997 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); (i) (2) OJ No L389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. OJ No L261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. 3 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, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 From 1 January to 31 December 1997 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 1997 between the Community and the Faroe Islands, shall not exceed the quotas set out in the Annex hereto. Stocks referred to in the annex shall not be subject to the conditions stipulated in Articles 2, 3 and 5 (2) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 847/96. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1997. Article 3 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, December 1996. For the Council The President OJ NO L 115, 9. 5. 1996, p. 3 M ANNEX Allocation of Community catch quotas in Faroese waters for 1997, as referred to in Article 1 (in metric tonnes, fresh round weight) Species ICES Division Community catch quotas Quotas allocated to Member States Cod, haddock Vb 1 500 Saithe Vb 2,500 Redfish Vb 7,000 Blue ling, ling Vb 3,600(1) Blue whiting Vb 25,000 Flatfish Mackerel Other species Vb Vb Vb 1,000(2) 3,270 760 France Germany United Kingdom Belgium France Germany Netherlands United Kingdom Belgium France Germany United Kingdom France Germany United Kingdom Denmark France Germany Netherlands United Kingdom ^ I J France Germany United Kingdom Denmark France Germany United Kingdom 60 10 430 50 1,510 310 50 580 50 435 6,440 75 ' 2,340 1,055 205 11,000 3,000 11,000 140 180 680 3,270 275 305 180 '" (2) By-catches of roundnose grenadier and black scabbard to be counted against this quota. Including Greenland halibut. J" ISSN 0254-1475 COM(96) 671 final DOCUMENTS EN 03 11 Catalogue number : CB-C0-96-683-EN-C ISBN 92-78-13441-4 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg G