NoL367/57 31.12.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3887/91
of18December1991
allocating,for1992,CommunitycatchquotasinGreenlandwaters
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No170/83of
25January1983establishingaCommunitysystemforthe
conservationandmanagementoffisheryresources(*),as
amendedbytheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal(2),
andinparticular .Article11thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementonfisheriesbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,ontheonehand,andthe
GovernmentofDenmarkandthelocalGovernmentof
Greenland,ontheother(3),andtheProtocollayingdown
theconditionsrelatingtofishingprovidedforinthe
AgreementonfisheriesbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
Community,ontheonehand,andtheGovernmentof
DenmarkandtheHomeRuleGovernmentofGreenland,
ontheother(4),establishthecatchquotasallocatedtothe
CommunityinGreenlandwaters;
Whereasthesecatchquotasmaybeusedbyvesselsnot
flyingtheflagofaMemberStateoftheCommunitytothe
extentthatthisisnecessaryfortheproperfunctioningof
thefisheriesagreementswhichtheCommunityhas
concludedwiththirdcountries;
WhereastheCommunityshallinformtheauthorities
responsibleforGreenlandofitsreactiontooffersregarding
supplementary catchpossibilitiesreferredtoinArticle8of
theAgreementonfisheriesnotlaterthansixweeksafter
receiptoftheoffer;WhereasitisfortheCommunitytolaydown,underthe
termsofArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No170/83,the
conditionssubjecttowhichthesecatchquotasmaybeused
byCommunityfishermen;
Whereas,toensureefficientmanagementofthecatch
possibilitiesavailable,theyshouldbesharedoutamongthe
MemberStatesbymeansofquotasinaccordancewith
Article4ofRegulation(EEC)No170/83;
WhereasthefishingactivitiescoveredbythisRegulation
aresubjecttotherelevantcontrolmeasuresprovidedforby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No2241/87of23July1987
establishingcertaincontrolmeasuresforfishing
activities(5),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3483/88(6),
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
For1992,theallocationoftheCommunitycatchquotasin
GreenlandwatersshallbeassetoutintheAnnex.
Article2
ShouldtheauthoritiesresponsibleforGreenlandmakean
offerregardingsupplementary catchpossibilitiesreferredto
inArticle8oftheAgreementonfisheries,theCouncil
shall,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposalfromthe
Commission,takeadecisiononthatofferwithinsixweeks
ofreceiptthereof.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1992.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1991.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.BUKMAN
0)OJNoL24,27.1.1983,p.1.
(2)OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.1
(3)OJNoL29,1.2.1985,p.9.
(4)OJNoL252,15.9.1990,p.2.(5)OJNoL207,29.7.1987,p.1.
(6)OJNoL306,11.11.1988,p.2.

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ANNEX
AllocationofCommunitycatchquotasinGreenlandwatersfor1992
Species•Geographical
regionCommunity
catch
quotas
(tonnes)QuotasallocatedtoMemberStates
(tonnes)Quantities
allocatedto
Norway
(tonnes)
(shownfor
information
only)-Faroesequotasin
Greenlandwaters
accordingto
EC/GreenlandFisheries
Protocol(l)
(tonnes)
(shownforinformationonly)
1 2 3 4 5 6
Cod NAFO0/1
ICESXIV/V16000
15000Germany 12320
UnitedKingdom 3680
Germany 13040
UnitedKingdom 1960\
Redfish NAFO0/1
ICESXIV/V5500
46820Germany 5395
UnitedKingdom 105
Germany 46270
France 330
UnitedKingdom 220— 500
GreenlandhalibutNAFO0/1
ICESXIV/V1850
3750Germany 1575
UnitedKingdom 75
Germany *3375
UnitedKingdom 175200(2)
200(2)150
150
Halibut NAFO0/1 200 —200(2)
Deep-waterprawnsNAFO0/1
ICESXIV/V295
4180Denmark 147
France 147
Denmark 840
France 8402500150(3)
1045(3)
Catfish NAFO0/12000Germany 2000—
Bluewhiting ICESXIV/V30000Denmark 3000
France 3000
Germany 24000—
Capelin ICESXIV/V30000Community 30000 10000(2)
(!)TheseFaroesequotasareadditionaltotheCommunitycatchquotasandformpartofthefisheryarrangementfor1992agreedonbytheCommunityandthe­
FaroeIslands.
(2)Tobefishedonlybylong-liners.
(3)Southof68°NinNAFO0/1.