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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)483final
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jj^p^Brussels,22ndJuly1980
AMENDMENT OFTHE
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ESTABLISHING ACOMMUNITY SYSTEMFORTHECONSERVATION
ANDMANAGEMENT OFFISHERYRESOURCES
(COM(78)5of16January.1978)
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil/pursuantto
thesecondparagraphofArticle149oftheEECtreaty)^
C0M(80)483final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ThisproposedRegulation,submittedpursuanttoArticle149paragraph 2
oftheEECTreaty,containsthemodifications tobemadetotheamended
proposalforaRegulationestablishing aCommunitysystemfortheconser­
vationandmanagementoffisheryresources (COM(78)5finalof16January1978),
inordertotakeaccountofthecriteriaforafairdistribution ofcatches
amongtheMemberStateswhichweresetoutintheCouncilDeclarationof
30May1980ontheCommonFisheriesPolicy.
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1.Where,inaccordancewithArticle3,atotalallowablecatchisfixed,
theCounciL,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposalfromtheCommission
shalleachyeardeterminethevolumeoftheoverallcatchthatmaybetaken
bytheMemberStates.
2.Thevolumeofthecatchasreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbeapportioned
betweentheMemberStatesbytheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajority
onaproposalfromtheCommission.
3..Thefairdistribution ofcatches,hasRegardmostparticularly :
-totraditional fishingactivities ;
-tothespecialneedsofregionswherethelocalpopulations areparticularly
-dependentuponfishingandtheindustriesalliedthereto,amongothers
Ireland,GreenlandandthenorthernpartsoftheUnitedKingdom;
-tothelossofcatchpotentialinthirdcountrywaters.
4.Theprovisionsofthisarticleshallapplyuntil31December1982.
TheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposalfromtheCommission,
inaccordancewiththeprocedureprovidedforinArticle43,paragraph 2
oftheTreaty,shalladopttheprovisionstobeappliedafterthatdateinthe
lightofexperience andoftheresultsoftheconservation policy.