31.12.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL378/89
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3938/90
of20December1990
fixing,for1991,certainmeasuresfortheconservationandmanagementoffishery
resources,applicabletovesselsflyingtheflagofPortugalinwatersfallingunderthe
sovereigntyorwithinthejurisdictionofaMemberState,apartfromSpainandPortugal
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereasthespecificconditionsgoverningthefishing
activitiesreferredtoinArticle349oftheActofAccession
shouldbelaiddown;
WhereasthefishingactivitiescoveredbythisRegulation
aresubjecttothecontrolmeasuresprovidedforby
Regulation (EEC)No2241/870),asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3483/88(2),aswellastothe
specificdetailedrulesdrawnupinaccordancewiththe
secondsubparagraphofArticle349(5)oftheActof
Accession,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,andinparticularArticle349thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle349oftheActofAccession,
itisfortheCounciltofixthefishingpossibilitiesandthe
correspondingnumberofPortuguesevesselsauthorizedto
fishinthewatersreferredtoinparagraph1ofthat
Article;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle349(2),fishingpossibilities
forcatchesofbluewhitingandhorsemackerelaregranted
toPortuguesevessels;whereasthenumberofthesevessels
andtheproceduresfortheiraccessandcontrolshouldbe
fixedannually;
Whereasfishingpossibilitiesforspeciesnotsubjecttothe
systemoftotalallowablecatchesandthecorresponding
numberofvesselsshouldbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
situationofPortuguesefishingactivitiesinthewatersofthe
MemberStatesapartfromSpainfortheperiodpriorto
accession;whereasthereisaneedtoensurethe
conservationofstockstakingintoaccountthelimits
imposedonfishingforsimilarspeciesinPortuguesewaters
byvesselsofaMemberStateotherthanSpain;Article1
ThenumberofvesselsflyingtheflagofPortugalauthorized
tofishinwatersfallingunderthesovereigntyorwithinthe
jurisdictionofanotherMemberState,otherthanSpainand
Portugal,asprovidedforinArticle349oftheActof
Accession,theproceduresforaccessandthecatch
possibilitiesforcertainspeciesshallbeassetoutinthe
Annex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1991.
Itshallapplyuntil31December1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1990.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.BUKMAN
(*)OJNoL207,29.7.1987,p.1.
(2)OJNoL306,11.11.1988,p.2.

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ANNEX
PORTUGAL —EEC
SpeciesQuantity
(tonnes)ICESzoneAuthorized
fishinggearTotalnumber
ofvesselsPeriodof
fishing
authorized
Bluewhiting
(Micromesistius poutassou)3000Vb,VI,VII,VIIIa,b,d(!)(2)Pelagictrawl 5(3)
2(4)Yearround
Horsemackerel
(Trachurustrachurus).3000Vb,VI,VII,VIIIa,b,d(*)(2)Pelagictrawl6(3)
4(4)Yearround
Thunnidae Unlimited Vb,VI,VII,VIIIa,b,d(*)(2)Allexcept
gill-netsUnlimited Yearround
C1)Exceptforthezonetothesouthoflatitude56°30'North,totheeastoflongitude12°Westandtothenorthoflatitude50°30'North.
(2)WatersfallingunderthesovereigntyandwithinthejurisdictionofMembersStatesoftheCommunityotherthanSpainandPortugal.
(3)Totalnumber(basiclist)ofstandardPortuguesevessels;standardvesselmeansavesselhavingabrakfehorsepowerqualto700horsepower(bhp).The
conversionratesforvesselshavingadifferentenginepowerarethesameasthosedefinedinArticle158(2)oftheActofAccession.
(4)TotalnumberofPortuguesevesselsauthorizedtocarryoutfishingactivitiessimultaneously (periodiclist).