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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)585final
Brussels,30October1978
/
AMENDEDPROPOSALOFREGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
FIXINGTHEAUTHORIZED BY-CATCH RATEINTHEFISHERY
FORCERTAINSPECIES
(PresentedlaytheCommissiontotheCouncilpursuant
tothesecondparagraphofarticle149oftheEEC-Treaty)
COM(78)585final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thepresentproposal,submittedinconformitywithArticle149paragraph 2
"VoftheEECTreaty.takesoverpartlytheprovisions oftheproposalfora
Councilregulation ofthe22September 1978(1)concerning therateof
authorized bycatchesforcertainspecies.Technicalmodifications have
beenappliedinordertotakeintoaccountthespecialnatureofthe
measuretobetaken.
Insofarastheprovisions oftheabovementioned Regulation arenotcontained
inthepresentproposalorintheproposalforaCouncilRegulation laying
downcertainmeasuresforthenephropsfishery^^hey standasproposals
fromtheCommission,andtheCommission reservesitsrighttosubmitany
formaldraftingmodifications whichmayprovenecessary.
(1)COM(78)490finalof22September 1978
(2)COM(78)491finalof22September 1978

AMENDED PROPOSAL OP
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
Layingdowncertaintechnical measures
fortheconservation offisheryresources
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament ,C1),
Whereas.,pendingagreement ontheCommission proposalforacommonfisheries
policy,themeasureappliedbyMemberStatesfixingtheauthorized by-catch
rateinthefisheryforcertainspeciesshouldbeadoptedasCommunity Regu­
lation.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1.WhenfishingspeciesnotlistedinannexI,catchesofspecieslistedin
annexImadeonanyvoyagemaynotexceed10%byweightof-allfishonboard
orofanyrepresentative samplethereofofatleast100kgaftersorting,in
theholdoronlanding,exceptsalmonandtrout,by-catches ofwhichshallbe
prohibited . ,
However,inthefisheryforsandeelwithnetsofmeshdimensionsofless
than16mm,notmorethan10%byweightofthefish,oranypartthereof
exceeding 100kg,onboardshipatanytimeoronlandingmayconsistof
otherspecies.
/•••
(1)O.J.No.C6of9January1978.

-2-
2.IntheKattegat (ICES Division Ilia south ofaLine drawn from Skagen
toPater Noster lighthouse ),thepercentage referred tointhe first para­
graph shall be :
-20%until 31December 1978 ;
-15%from 1January 1979 ..
ARTICLE 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1December 1978 .
Itisapplicable until 31December 1979 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels , For the Council
THE PRESIDENT

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