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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1180/79

OF 12 JUNE 1979

ALLOCATING CERTAIN CATCH QUOTAS BETWEEN MEMBER STATES FOR VESSELS FISHING IN THE NORWEGIAN EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,

WHEREAS ON 3 NOVEMBER 1976 THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A SET OF RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ASPECTS OF THE COMMON FISHERIES POLICY ;

WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY HAVE NEGOTIATED A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON FISHERIES ;

WHEREAS THE COMMISSION HAS SUBMITTED THE AGREEMENT TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL ;

WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY AND NORWAY HAVE HELD CONSULTATIONS CONCERNING THEIR MUTUAL FISHING ALLOCATIONS FOR 1979 ;

WHEREAS DURING THE CONSULTATIONS THE DELEGATIONS AGREED TO RECOMMEND TO THEIR AUTHORITIES THAT THEY FIX CERTAIN CATCH QUOTAS FOR 1979 FOR VESSELS OF THE OTHER PARTY ;

WHEREAS IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMUNITY TO ALLOCATE THE CATCH QUOTAS IN THE NORWEGIAN EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE AMONG ITS OWN FISHERMEN ;

WHEREAS IN ORDER TO ENSURE AN EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF AVAILABLE FISHING POSSIBILITIES BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY THESE QUOTAS SHOULD BE ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS INFORMATION ABOUT ACTUAL CATCHES SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE ALLOCATIONS ARE RESPECTED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1979 VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF A MEMBER STATE SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ONLY THE CATCHES SET OUT IN THE ANNEX HERETO IN WATERS NORTH OF 62 * 00' N WHICH FALL WITHIN THE NORWEGIAN EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE .

ARTICLE 2

MEMBER STATES SHALL SEND TO THE COMMISSION INFORMATION , BROKEN DOWN BY SPECIES AND BY VESSELS , CONCERNING CATCHES AND/OR LANDINGS EFFECTED BY VESSELS FLYING THEIR FLAG AND FISHING FOR THE QUOTAS ESTABLISHED BY THIS REGULATION . THE INFORMATION FOR EACH MONTH SHALL BE SENT TO THE COMMISSION NOT LATER THAN THE END OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 12 JUNE 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . FRANCOIS-PONCET

( 1 ) OJ NO C 140 , 5 . 6 . 1979 , P . 115 .

ANNEX

QUANTITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1979

( NORWEGIAN WATERS NORTH OF 62 * 00' N )

*** ( TONNES ) *

SPECIES*ICES DIVISION*QUOTAS*ALLOCATIONS*

COD*I , IIA AND IIB*32 000*BELGIUM : P.M .*

***FRANCE : 4 992*

***GERMANY : 3 512*

***UNITED KINGDOM : 23 496*

HADDOCK*I , IIA AND IIB*15 000*BELGIUM : P.M .

***FRANCE : 2 340*

***GERMANY : 2 115*

***UNITED KINGDOM : 10 545*

SAITHE*I , IIA AND IIB*13 000*BELGIUM : P.M .*

***FRANCE : 1 651*

***GERMANY : 9 808*

***UNITED KINGDOM : 1 541*

REDFISH , SEBASTES MENTELLA*I , IIA AND IIB*12 000*BELGIUM : P.M .*

***GERMANY : 7 402*

***UNITED KINGDOM : 4 598*

SEBASTES MARINUS*I , IIA AND IIB*4 000*BELGIUM : P.M .*

***GERMANY : 2 634*

***UNITED KINGDOM : 1 366*

GREENLAND HALIBUT*I , IIA AND IIB*1 000*GERMANY : 500*

***UNITED KINGDOM : 500*

OTHER SPECIES ( AS BY-CATCHES ) *I , IIA AND IIB*2 500*BELGIUM : P.M .*

***FRANCE : 307*

***GERMANY : 800*

***UNITED KINGDOM : 1 393