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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1181/79

OF 12 JUNE 1979

ALLOCATING CATCH QUOTAS BETWEEN MEMBER STATES FOR VESSELS FISHING IN FAROESE WATERS

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 ON THE ONE HAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF DENMARK AND THE HOME GOVERNMENT OF THE FAROE ISLANDS ON THE OTHER HAND HAVE SIGNED A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON FISHERIES ;

WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY AND THE FAROE ISLANDS 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 FAROESE FISHERY 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 FALLING WITHIN THE FISHERIES JURISDICTION OF THE FAROE ISLANDS .

ARTICLE 2

MEMBER STATES SHALL SEND TO THE COMMISSION INFORMATION , BROKEN DOWN BY SPECIES , 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

** ( TONNES ) *

SPECIES*QUOTAS*ALLOCATIONS*

COD AND HADDOCK*5 000*FRANCE : 95*

**GERMANY : 25*

**UNITED KINGDOM : 4 880*

SAITHE*13 500*BELGIUM : 75*

**FRANCE : 7 371*

**GERMANY : 1 856*

**NETHERLANDS : 108*

**UNITED KINGDOM : 4 090*

REDFISH*5 500*BELGIUM : 353*

**FRANCE : 214*

**GERMANY : 4 872*

**UNITED KINGDOM : 61*

LING*1 300*FRANCE : 747*

**UNITED KINGDOM : 489*

**GERMANY : 64*

BLUE LING*5 200*FRANCE : 4 331*

**UNITED KINGDOM : 172*

**GERMANY : 697*

TUSK*500*UNITED KINGDOM : 350*

**GERMANY : 150*

BLUE WHITING*30 000*DENMARK : 11 000 ( 1 )*

**FRANCE : 2 000*

**GERMANY : 4 000*

**NETHERLANDS : 2 000*

**UNITED KINGDOM : 11 000 ( 1 )*

FLATFISH*700*FRANCE : 117*

**UNITED KINGDOM : 466*

**GERMANY : 117*

OTHER SPECIES*600*FRANCE : 260*

**UNITED KINGDOM : 200*

**GERMANY : 140*

( 1 ) TO BE FISHED BEFORE 15 JUNE 1979 .