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( 1 ) OJ NO L 226 , 29 . 8 . 1980 , P . 48 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 87 , 1 . 4 . 1981 , P . 8 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 218 , 4 . 8 . 1981 , P . 6 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3146/81

OF 30 OCTOBER 1981

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 849/81 LAYING DOWN FOR 1981 CERTAIN MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FISHERY RESOURCES APPLICABLE TO VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF NORWAY

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE AGREEMENT ON FISHERIES BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS ON 27 MARCH 1981 THE COUNCIL ADOPTED REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 849/81 LAYING DOWN FOR 1981 CERTAIN MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FISHERY RESOURCES APPLICABLE TO VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF NORWAY ( 2 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2229/81 ( 3 );

WHEREAS THE NORWEGIAN AUTHORITIES REQUESTED A TRANSFER OF A QUANTITY OF UP TO 10 000 TONNES OF NORWAY POUT OUT OF THEIR QUOTA FOR SAND-EEL , NORWAY POUT , AND BLUE WHITING IN ICES SUB-AREA IV TO ICES DIVISION VI A );

WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY ACCEPTS THIS REQUEST ;

WHEREAS THE CONTINUANCE OF FISHING ACTIVITIES BY NORWEGIAN VESSELS IN ICES SUB-AREA VI DEPENDS ON THE IMMEDIATE GRANTING OF FISHING POSSIBILITIES FOR NORWAY POUT IN THESE WATERS ;

WHEREAS , CONSEQUENTLY , THIS MEASURE SHOULD BE ADOPTED ON A TEMPORARY BASIS , SUBJECT TO ITS LATER INCLUSION IN A DEFINITIVE SYSTEM TO BE ADOPTED UNDER ARTICLE 43 OF THE TREATY ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

ANNEX I TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 849/81 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

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

IT SHALL APPLY FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 30 OCTOBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . WALKER

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ANNEX

' ANNEX I

FISHING QUOTAS

( IN TONNES ) // //

SPECIES // AREA WITHIN WHICH FISHING IS AUTHORIZED // QUANTITY //

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MACKEREL // ICES IV AND SKAGERRAK ( 1 ) // 6 000 //

// ICES VI A ) ( 2 ) + VII D ), E ), F ), H ) // 20 000 //

HERRING // ICES VI A ) ( 2 ) // 10 000 //

SPRAT // ICES IV // 71 000 //

COD // ICES IV // 8 000 //

HADDOCK // ICES IV // 6 000 //

SAITHE // ICES IV AND SKAGERRAK ( 1 ) // 20 000 //

WHITING // ICES IV // 7 000 //

PLAICE // ICES IV // 500 //

SAND-EEL , NORWAY POUT , BLUE WHITING // ICES IV // 50 000 ( 3 ) //

BLUE WHITING // ICES II , V A ), VI A ) ( 2 ), VI B ), VII ( 4 ), XIV // 120 000 //

BLUE LING // ICES IV , V B ), VI , VII // 1 000 ( 5 ) //

LING AND TUSK // ICES IV , V B ), VI , VII // 20 000 ( 5 ) ( 6 ) //

DOGFISH // ICES IV , VI , VII // 6 000 ( 7 ) //

BASKING SHARK ( 8 ) // ICES IV , VI , VII // 800 ( 7 ) //

PORBEAGLE // ICES IV , VI , VII // 1 000 //

NORTHERN DEEP-WATER PRAWN // NAFO 1 ( 9 ) // 1 000 //

( PANDALUS BOREALIS ) // ICES XIV + V A ) // 3 000 ( 10 ) //

GREENLAND HALIBUT // NAFO 1 // 600 ( 11 ) //

// ICES XIV + V A ) // 600 ( 11 ) //

OTHER SPECIES ( EXCLUDING BY-CATCHES OF HORSE-MACKEREL ) // ICES IV // 5 000 //

( 1 ) LIMITED IN THE WEST BY A LINE DRAWN FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE OF HANSTHOLM TO THE LIGHTHOUSE OF LINDESNES AND IN THE SOUTH BY A LINE DRAWN FROM SKAGEN LIGHTHOUSE TO THE LIGHTHOUSE OF TISTLARNA AND FROM THERE TO THE NEAREST COAST OF SWEDEN .

( 2 ) NORTH OF 56 * 30 ' N .

( 3 ) OF WHICH SAND-EEL ALONE NO MORE THAN 50 000 TONNES OR NORWAY POUT AND BLUE WHITING TOGETHER NO MORE THAN 40 000 TONNES . UP TO 10 000 TONNES OF THE NORWAY POUT QUOTA MAY BE FISHED IN ICES VI A ) NORTH OF 56 * 30 ' N . HOWEVER , THIS QUANTITY SHOULD BE DEDUCTED FROM THE QUOTA OF SANDEEL , SANDEEL , POUT AND BLUE WHITING IN ICES IV .

( 4 ) WEST OF 12 * W .

( 5 ) OF WHICH A BY-CATCH OF 20 % OF COD PER SHIP , PER VOYAGE , IS AUTHORIZED IN ICES SUB-AREAS VI AND VII . THE TOTAL MAGNITUDE OF BY-CATCHES SHOULD NOT EXCEED 1 000 TONNES OF WHICH NOT MORE THAN 300 TONNES SHOULD BE COD .

( 6 ) OF WHICH LING MAY BE A MAXIMUM OF 17 000 TONNES AND TUSK A MAXIMUM OF 7 000 TONNES .

( 7 ) THIS QUOTA DOES NOT INCLUDE CATCHES TAKEN IN THE AREAS DEFINED IN ANNEX II .

( 8 ) BASKING SHARK LIVER .

( 9 ) SOUTH OF 68 * N .

( 10 ) EXPERIMENTAL FISHERY ONLY .

( 11 ) BY-CATCHES OF HALIBUT SHOULD NOT EXCEED 10 % . '