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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
layingdowntechnicalmeasuresfortheconservation offishery
resources
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommissioninaccordancewith
Article149-indent2oftheEECTreaty)COM(82)688final
Brussels ,21October 19°2
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Amendment
totheproposalfora
COM(c2 )688 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article14oftheProposalforaCouncilRegulation layingdowntechnical
measuresfortheconservation offisheryresourcesconcernslegislation
ontheuseofbeamtrawlsinthecoastalwatersoftheCommunity .This
legislation comprises ageneralschemeandaspecificschemeapplicable
inthecoastalwatersoftheUnitedKingdom.Duringtherecentmeetings
oftheCounciltheUnitedKingdomproposedtoextendthegeneralscheme
toitscoastalwaters,exceptforalimitedareaontheSouthWestcoast
oftheUnitedKingdom.TheCouncilcouldnotagreeonthisproposal
becauseoftheimpactitmighthaveintermsofdifferedtreatmentbetween
thefishermenconcerned,i.e.betweenthefishermenoftheareac^ncerred
andBelgianfishermen.
Takingintoaccounttheconservation measuresandtheCj-ieralinterestjf
theCommunity,itisappropriate togeneralize theuseofthebeamtrawls
inallregionsoftheCommunity,whichisthesubjectofthismodification .

Article14oftheProposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC)layingdown
technicalmeasuresfortheconservation offisheryresourcesof4February1982
(COM(82)30final)intheversionoftheCouncilDocument7895/82of23June1982
shallbeamendedtoreadasfollows:
Article14
1.PurseseinesmaynotbeusedforthefishingofthespecieslistedinAnnexV,
normaytheybeusedforthefishingofherringinICESVII,divisionsg)
tok)(1),withtheexceptionofBantryBay.
2.IntheKattegat,theuseofbeamtrawlsshallbeprohibited.
3.Insideanareawithin12milesofthecontinental mainlandcoastsofBelgium,
Germany,theNetherlands,France,Ireland,theUnitedKingdomandthewest
ofDenmarkasfarastheHirtshalslighthouse,measuredfromthebaselines
fromwhichtheterritorial watersaremeasured,novesselexceeding70GRT
or300bhpshalltrawlforsoleorplaicewithanybeamtrawl.
Thevesselsreferredtointheprecedingsubparagraph shallbeprohibited
fromfishingforsoleorplaicewithothertypesoftrawlswhicharespecially
designedforcatchingflatfishingrowingareassituatedwithin12milesof
thecontinental mainlandcoastsofBelgium,theNetherlands,Germanyandthe
westofDenmarkasfarastheHirtshalslighthouse,measuredfromthebase­
linesfromwhichtheterritorial watersaremeasured.
Notwithstanding subparagraphs 1and2,vesselscoveredbythebanandfishing
forotherspeciesintheareamaynotretainonboardsoleandplaiceinan
amountexceeding10%byweightoftheentirecatchonboard.
4.Vesselsmaynotcarrybeamtrawlsorothertrawlswithintheareasmentioned
inthisArticlewheresuchbeamtrawlsorothertrawlsmaynotbeused,
unlesstheyareproperlylashedandstowedinsuchawaythattheymaynot
bereadilyused.
(1)Increasedbytheareabounded:
-inthenorthbylatitude52°30çN,
-inthesouthbylatitude52°00'N,
-inthewestbythecoastofIreland,
-intheeastbythecoastoftheUnitedKingdom.