31.12.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL378/57
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3931/90
of20December1990
allocating,for1991,CommunitycatchquotasinGreenlandwaters
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,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(s),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3483/88(6),
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No170/83of
25January1983establishingaCommunitysystemforthe
conservationandmanagementoffisheryresources(1),as
amendedbytheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal(2),
andinparticularArticle11thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementonfisheriesbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,ontheonehand,andthe
Government ofDenmarkandthelocalGovernment of
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;Article1
For1991,theallocationoftheCommunitycatchquotasin
GreenlandwatersshallbeassetoutintheAnnex.
Article2
ShouldtheauthoritiesresponsibleforGreenlandmakean
offerregardingsupplementary catchpossibilitiesreferredto
inArticle8oftheAgreementonfisheries,theCouncil
shall,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposalfromthe
Commission ,takeadecisiononthatofferwithinsixweeks
ofreceiptthereof.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1990.
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.(*)OJNoL207,29.7.1987,p.1.
(6)OJNoL306,11.11.1988,p.2.

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ANNEX
AllocationofCommunitycatchquotasinGreenlandwatersfor1991
SpeciesGeographical
regionCommunity
catch
quotas
(tonnes)QuotasallocatedtoMemberStates
(tonnes)Amounts
allocatedto
Norway
(tonnes)
(shownfor
information
only)Faroesequotasin
Greenlandwaters
accordingto
EC/GreenlandFisheries
Protocol(')
(tonnes)
(shownforinformationonly)
1 2 3 4 5 6
Cod NAFO0/1
ICESXIV/V19000
15000Germany 14630
UnitedKingdom 4370
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/V440(3)
3910Denmark 220
France 220
Denmark 705
France 7052500160
990
Catfish NAFO0/12000Germany 2000—
Bluewhiting ICESXIV/V30000Denmark 3000
France 3000
Germany 24000—
Capelin ICESXIV/V30000Community 30000 10000(2)
(!)TheseFaroesequotasareadditionaltotheCommunitycatchquotasandformpartofthefisheryarrangementfor1991agreedonbytheCommunityandthe
FaroeIslands.
(2)Iffishinggearotherthanlong-lineisused,Norwaywillsubmitareportonthisfishing(zone,numberofvessels,netspecification,catchcomposition).
(3)Southof68°N.