COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM (89) 584 final 
Brussels, -2 November 1989 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) N°4194/88 fixing, for certain 
fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the rot-aï allowable catches for 1989 
and certain conditions under which they may be fisned 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
This proposal for a Council Regulation to amend Councul Regulation (EEC) 
N°4194/fl8 or 21 December 1988 (1) has the following objective: 
To increase the total allowable catch (TAC) for the stock of cod in ICES 
zones Vllb, c, d, e, f, g, h, j, k, VIII, IX and X and COPACE 34.1.1. (EC 
zone). 
This revision of the TAC takes into account the latest report of the 
Scientific and Technical Comnittee for Fisheries (STCF). (2) 
(1) O.J. N° L 369, 31.12.88, p. 3 
(2) SEC (89)1872, 27.10.1989. 
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° /89 of 1989 
amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) N°4194/88 fixing, for certain 
fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1989 
and certain conditions under which they may be fished 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N°170/83 of 25 January 1983 
establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of 
fishery resources (1), as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal, and in particular Article 11 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas under the terms of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) N° 170/83 it is 
incumbent upon the Council to establish the total allowable catches (TACs) by 
stocK or group of stocks, the share available for the Community and the 
specific conditions under which these catches must be taken; whereas the 
share available to the Community is allocated among the Member States, under 
Article 4 of that. Regulation; 
Whereas Regulation (EEC) N° 4194/88 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
N° 2278/89 (3), fixes, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the 
TACs for 1989 and certain conditions under which they may be fished; 
Whereas the latest review by the Scientific and Technical Committee for 
Fisheries (4) concluded that, for cod in ICES divisions Vllb, c, d, e, f, g, 
h, j, k, VIII, IX and X and COPACE division 34.1.1. (EC zone), the catch 
should be in a range which would permit an increase of the TAC from 24 600 
tonnes to 25 400 tonnes, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The Annex to this Regulation shall replace the corresponding items of the 
Annex to Regulation (EEC) N° 4194/88. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication 
in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in 
all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 1989. 
For the Council 
The President 
(1) OJ N° L 24, 27.1.1983, p. 1. 
(2) OJ N° L 369, 31.12.1988, p. 1. 
(3) OJ N° L 218, 24.7.1989, p. 5. 
(4) 15th Report of the Scientific and Technical Committee for Fisheries 
(SEC(89)1872, 27.10.1989). 
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Espccic / Art / An / Eifto<; / Species / 
Espccc / Specie / Soort / Espccie 
(1) 
Bacalao / Torsk / Kabclj.ui / 
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Merluzzo bianco / Kabcljauw / 
Bacalhau 
(GiUin.y nuirhuu) Zona / Omiidc / 
Bercich / 7.<iivi) / 
Zone/Zone/Zona/ 
Sector / Zona 
(2) 
VII b. c. d. c. f. j!. h. 
j, k. VIII. IX. X. 
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25.400 l:.v(adu nucnihro / Medlerrmtai / 
Mit^lu-dMaat / KpaTin; III'IIH; / 
Member State / Etat membre / State 
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Portugal 
United Kingdom 
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1.130 r, 
19.420 n 
2.590 n 
160 n 
2.100 n 
25.400 n 
BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT IMPACT STATEMENT 
This proposal, if adopted, will have a positive impact on small and 
fnedium-sized enterprises because it will increase the opportunities for 
catching cod in the English Channel. 
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