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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)807 final
Brussels ,18th December 1981
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION
allocating catch quotas between Member States forvessels
fishing inCanadian waters
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
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AMENDMENT OFTHE PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
concerning themanagement and control ofcertain catch quotas for
1982 forvessels flying theflag ofaMember State andfishing in
theRegulatory Area defined intheNAFO Convention
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil ,
pursuant tothesecond paragraph ofArticle 149,2ndparagraph ,
ofthe EECtreaty )
COM (81)807 final

, .. EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
CertaincodquotashavebeenallocatedtotheCommunityIntheCanadian
fisheryzone,pursuanttotheAgreementonFisheriesbetweentheCommu­
nityandtheGovernmentofCanadasignedonDecember1981,and1n
theRegulatoryAreadefinedintheNAFOConvention,pursuandtoapro­
posaladoptedbytheNAFOFisheriesCommission on11September1981.
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Jndetermining theallocationofthosequotasbetweenCommunityfishermen
It1snecessarytotakeintoaccountthefactthattheexploitation of
thesequotasIseconomically inter-relatedo
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XtIs,therefore,proposedthatthefollowingallocations b©otadebetween
MemberStatesofthecodquotasintheCanadianfishingsone(sectors
2GHand2J3KL)andintheNAFORegulatoryArea(sector3M>«,
7"EC 0f!UK
2GH. 6,500 6,000 200 300
2J3KL 8,000 6,0001,300 700
Sub-total "14,500 12,0001,500 1,000
3M 2,405 7003001,405
TheallocationofcodquotasbetweenMemberStatesisbased,,ontheone
hand,ontheconsiderations setoutinrelationtothedistributionof
internalressourcesintheCouncildeclarationof30May1980and,on
theotherhand,ontheCommission'sappreciationofthedeclarationswith
whichtheCouncilaccompagnied theadoptionofthenegotiatingdirectives
forthenegotiationoftheagreementwithCanada.
ItisIntheinterestoftheCommunityfishermenconcernedthaSthefishery
commenceearlyinJanuary1982inaccordancewiththeseasonalpattern©f
thefisheryand,therefore,*theCommissioninvitestheCeuneHtoadoptthe
attachedRegulationonatemporaybasis,subjectto4t»adoption1n
adefinitiveRegulation basedonArticle43.

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Proposal TOP
aCouncil Regulation allocating catch quotas between Member States for
vessels fishing inCanadian waters
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard totheagreement between theCommunity andtheGovernment
ofCanada signed on December 1981 concerning their fisheries relations
and,inparticular toArticle IIIthereof andtotheexchange ofletters
attached thereto ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
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Whereas itistheresponsibility oftheCommunity toallocate thecatch
quotas forcod intheCanadian fishery zone among itsownfishermen ;
Whereas inorder toensure anequitable allocation ofavailable fishing
possibilities these quotas should beallocated between theMember States
oftheCommunity ;
Whereas this allocation should bebased ,ontheonehand ,ontheconslde -
rations setout 1ntheCouncil declaration onFisheries of30May 1980
and,ontheother hand ,onthedeclarations with which theCouncil accompanied
theadoption ofthenegotiating directives forthenegotiation oftheagree­
ment with Canada ;
Whereas information about actual catches should bemade available 1norder
toensure that theallocations arerespected ;
Whereas thesaid agreement wasnotsigned until December 1981 andIt1s
1ntheinterest ofCommunity fishermen that fishing forthecodquotas
provided for1ntheagreement should commence early inJanuary ;

Whereas1tIsnecessaryforapplicationtobemadeforlicencesforCommu­
nityvesselstofishintheCanadianfisheryzone;
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Whereasit1s,therefore,necessarythattheallocationofcodquotas
betweenMemberStatesshouldbedeterminedbefore1January1982;
Whereas,consequently,thisregulationshouldbeadoptedohatemporarybasis
subjecttoitslaterinclusioninadefinitivesystemtobeadoptedunder
Article43oftheTreaty-
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1982vesselsflyingtheflagofaMember
StateshallbeauthorizedtomakethecatchessetoutintheAnnexhereto
inwatersfallingwithinthefisheriesjurisdiction ofCanada.
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Article2
MemberStates,andcaptainsoffishingvesselsflyingtheflagofaMember
StateandfishinginthewatersreferredtoinArticle1,shallcomplywith
theprovisionsofArticle1,2,3,4,5and6ofRegulation(EEC)N°753/80
layingdowndetailedrulesfortherecordingandtransmission ofinformation
concerningcatchestakenbyfishingvesselsofMemberStates(I)-
Article3
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ThisregulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofItspublicationinthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
Ztshallapplyuntil31December1982.
Thisregulationshallbebinding1nitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
(1)O.J.N°L84,28.3.1980/P.33.

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ANNEX
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Quantities referred toInArticle 1
(Tonnes )
Species NAFO ZoneQuotas '*»
Allocations
Cod 2GH 6,500 ,Germany 6/500
France ' 200
Úñited
Kingdom 300
- 2J3KL 8,000 France ^ 1,300
'»»·. ... Germany 6,000 .^
United
Kingdom 700

AmendmentoftheProposalfor
aCOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
concerningthemanagementandcontrolofcertaincatchquotasfor*
1982forvesselsflyingtheflagofaMemberStateandfishingIn
theRegulatoryAreadefined1ntheNAFOConvention
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%
{submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommissionpursuantt®th®second
paragraph©fArticleK9oftheEECTreaty)

AmendmentoftheProposalforaCOUNCILREGULATION(EEC)concerning
themanagementandcontrolofcertaincatchquotasfor1982forvessels
flyingtheflagofaMemberStateandfishing1ntheRegulatoryArea
definedintheNAFOConvention (C0MC81)593final,21October1981)
InAnnexXofthesaidProposaltheentryAtlanticcod3M"1samended
toreadasfollows:
Species NAFODivision Quotas(tonnes)
AtlanticCod (3M Germany700
France 300
.United1.405
^Kingdom