Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 3079/95 allocating, for 1996, Community catch quotas in Greenland waters
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 04. 09. 1996 COM(96) 409 final Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 3079/95 allocating, for 1996, Community catch quotas in Greenland waters (presented by the Commission) EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM Pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 paragraph 2 of the Third EC/Greenland Protocol (1\ the Community is entitled to 70% of the Greenland share of the capelin TAC minus 10,000 tonnes to the Faroe Islands. Council Regulation (EC) No. 3079/95 (2) established the corresponding Community catch quota on the basis of a provisional TAC of 950,000 tonnes. This TAC has been revised in the meantime and set at 1,100,000 tonnes. Consequently, the quota available to the Community has increased to 62,050 tonnes. The objective of this proposal is to implement the measures resulting from the variation of the underlying TAC. (,) m OJ No. L 351, 31. 12. 1994, p. I OJ No. L 330, 30. 12. 1995, p. 64 Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 3079/95 allocating, for 1996, Community catch quotas in Greenland 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 aquaculture1, 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. 3079/95 2 established, for 1996, the Community catch quota for capelin in Greenland waters on the basis of a provisional TAC; Whereas a revision of the relevant TAC in the meantime has resulted in an increase in the share available to the Community; Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No. 3079/95 has to be amended accordingly; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION Article 1 In the Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No. 3079/95, the part dealing with capelin shall be amended as given in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels,. For the Council The President 1 O J N oL 389,31. 12. 1992, p. 1. 2 OJ No. L 330, 30. 12. 1995, p. 64 vi ANNEX Allocatiois of Community catch quotas in Greenland waters for 1996 Species Geographical area Commonity catch quotas (in tonnes) Quotas allocated to Member States Quantities allocated to Norway Quantities allocated to Iceland Faroese quotas under EC/ Greenland Capelin ICES XIV/V 127 050<6) Community 62 050 25 000 30 000 10 000 (6) 70% of the Greenland share of the TAC for capelin minus 10 000 tonnes to the Faroe Islands. Calculated on the basis of a revised provisional TAC of 1,100,000 tonnes. Upon a further revision of this TAC in the course of 1996, the Community quota shall be revised accordingly. ISSN 0254-1475 COM(96) 409 final DOCUMENTS EN 03 li Catalogue number : CB-CO-96-407-EN-C ISBN 92-78-07777-1 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg