Council Regulation (EC) No 1570/1999 of 12 July 1999 on the allocation of fishing possibilities for certain fish stocks and amending Regulation (EC) No 48/1999 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1999 and certain conditions under which they may be fished
20. 7. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 187/5 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1570/1999 of 12 July 1999 on the allocation of fishing possibilities for certain fish stocks and amending Regulation (EC) No 48/1999 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1999 and certain conditions under which they may be fished THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, (7) Regulation (EC) No 48/1999 should therefore be amended accordingly, 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, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Regulation (EC) No 48/1999 is hereby amended as follows: Regulation (EC) No 48/1999 (2) fixes, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the TACs for 1998 and certain conditions under which they may be fished; In order to prevent overexploitation, it is desirable to set new TACs for 1999 in order to limit the catches of the stocks of spurdog and northern prawn in the North Sea; the shares of these TACs available to the Community should be allocated among Member States; In order to prevent overfishing, the Community fisheries for blue whiting in areas Vb (EC zone), VI and VII, and VIIIabd should be subject to allocation among Member States so as these fisheries are properly monitored; 1. in Annex I: (a) the tables ‘Blue whiting in zone Vb (Community waters), VI, VII’, ‘Blue whiting in zone VIIIabd’ and ‘Sprat in zone IIIbcd (Community waters)’ shall be replaced by the corresponding tables in Annex I to this Regulation; (b) the table ‘Blue whiting in zone VIIIe’ shall be deleted; (c) the tables in Annex II to this Regulation relating to Northern prawn and spurdog shall be inserted; 2. in Annex III: (a) the area ‘VIIIabd’ corresponding to blue whiting shall be replaced by ‘VIIIabde’; (b) the entries corresponding to blue whiting in area VIIIe shall be deleted; (c) the entries in Annex III to this Regulation relating to Northern prawn and spurdog shall be inserted. The abovementioned allocations should be made in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92; Article 2 All or a great deal of the allowed catches in 1999 for all the abovementioned species is likely to have been taken at the time of adoption of this Regulation; it is therefore appropriate to exclude these catches from the applica- tion of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas (3); (6) Within the framework of the bilateral consultations on the reciprocal fishing rights between the Community and Poland for 1999, the Community share for Baltic sprat has been modified; Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply to landings of: (a) spurdog in the North Sea (Community waters); (b) northern prawn in the Northern Sea (Community waters); (c) blue whiting in ICES division Vb (Community waters), sub- areas VI, VII, XII and XIV; (d) blue whiting in ICES Division VIIabde. Article 3 (1) OJ L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 118/98 (OJ L 164, 9. 6. 1998, p. 1). (2) OJ L 13, 18. 1. 1999, p. 1. (3) OJ L 115, 9. 5. 1996, p. 3. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Whereas: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) L 187/6 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 7. 1999 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 July 1999. For the Council The President S. NIINISTÖ 20. 7. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 187/7 ANNEX I Species: Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou Zone: Vb (1), VI, VII, XII and XIV (1) Community waters (2) Of which 5 000 tonnes may be fished in ICES divisions VIIIa, b and e. België/Belgique Danmark Deutschland Ελλάδα España France Ireland Italia Luxembourg Nederland Österreich Portugal Suomi/Finland Sverige United Kingdom CE TAC 3 100 12 000 20 000 (2) 16 700 24 000 37 700 1 500 35 000 150 000 407 000 Species: Blue whaiting Micromesistius poutassou Zone: VIII abde (1) Any part of this quota may be fished in ICES division Vb (EC zone), sub-areas VI, VII, XII and XIV België/Belgique Danmark Deutschland Ελλάδα España France Ireland Italia Luxembourg Nederland Österreich Portugal Suomi/Finland Sverige United Kingdom CE TAC 10 000 (1) 7 759 (1) 1 500 (1) 7 241 (1) 26 500 26 500 L 187/8 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 7. 1999 Species: Sprat Sprattus sprattus Zone: III bcd (1) België/Belgique Danmark Deutschland Ελλάδα España France Ireland Italia Luxembourg Nederland Österreich Portugal Suomi/Finland Sverige United Kingdom CE TAC 48 064 30 450 (1) Community waters (2) Of which no more than 8 000 tonnes may be fished in the Estonian zone, no more than 6 000 tonnes in the Latvian zone, and no more than 4 000 tonnes in the Lithuanian zone 25 160 105 917 209 590 (2) 468 000 20. 7. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 187/9 ANNEX II Zone: IIa (1), North Sea (1) (1) Community waters Zone: IIa (1), North Sea (1) (1) Community waters Species: Northern Prawn Pandalus borealis België/Belgique Danmark Deutschland Ελλάδα España France Ireland Italia Luxembourg Nederland Österreich Portugal Suomi/Finland Sverige United Kingdom EE TAC 4 698 54 316 1 948 7 013 7 013 Species: Spurdog Squalus acanthias België/Belgique Danmark Deutschland Ελλάδα España France Ireland Italia Luxembourg Nederland Österreich Portugal Suomi/Finland Sverige United Kingdom EC TAC 150 863 156 276 236 12 7 177 8 870 8 870 L 187/10 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 7. 1999 ANNEX III Stock Species Common name Latin name area Type of TAC A = analytical P = precautionary Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applicable (1/0 = yes/no) Deductions of Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applicable (1/0 = yes/no) Northern prawn Pandalus borealis II a (1), North Sea (1) Spurdog Squalus acanthias II a (1), North Sea (1) P P 1 1 0 0