COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1619/1999
of 23 July 1999
adapting certain fish quotas for 1999 pursuant Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 23 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1957/98(4) and in particular Article 4(2) thereof;
(1) Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 45/98(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2801/98(6), (EC) No 47/98(7), (EC) No 49/98(8), (EC) No 50/98(9), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2480/98(10), (EC) No 51/98(11), (EC) No 53/98(12), (EC) No 55/98(13), (EC) No 57/98(14), (EC) No 59/98(15). (EC) No 61/98(16), (EC) No 62/98(17), (EC) No 63/98(18) and (EC) No 65/98(19), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1283/98(20) stipulate which stocks may be subject to the measures foreseen by Regulation (EC) No 847/96;
(2) Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 48/1999(21), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1570/1999(22), (EC) No 49/1999(23), (EC) No 51/1999(24), (EC) No 53/1999(25), (EC) No 54/1999(26), (EC) No 55/1999(27), (EC) No 57/1999(28), (EC) No 59/1999(29), (EC) No 61/1999(30), (EC) No 63/1999(31), (EC) No 65/1999(32), (EC) No 66/1999(33), and (EC) No 67/1999(34) fix fish quotas for certain stocks in 1999;
(3) Whereas, within the terms of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, certain Member States have asked to withhold a fraction of their quotas to be transferred to the following year; whereas, within the limits indicated in the Article, the Commission shall add to the quota for 1999 the quantities withheld;
(4) Whereas, according to the information communciated to the Commission, certain Member States have fished in excess of permitted landings for some stocks in 1998; whereas, in accordance with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, deductions from national quotas from 1999 shall be made at a level equivalent to the quantity fished in excess, without prejudice to the application of Article 5(2);
(5) Whereas, in conformity with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, weighted deductions from national quotas for 1999 shall be made in the case of overfishing of permitted landings in 1998 for those stocks identified as such in Article 5 and Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 45/98;
(6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The quotas fixed in Regulations (EC) No 48/1999, (EC) No 51/1999, 53/1999, (EC) No 63/1999 and (EC) No 65/1999 are increased or reduced as shown in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 23 July 1999.