COMVIISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(91) 23 final 
Brussels, 4 February 1991 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No. 3926/90fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of 
fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1991 and certain conditions under 
which they may be fished 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Consultations between the Community, Norway and Sweden, held In Bergen 
on 14 and 15 January 1991, resulted In an agreement defining reciprocal 
fisheries arrangements for 1991 in the Skagerrak and Kattegat. 
The objective of this proposal for a Council Regulation Is to implement 
this agreement insofar as it concerns quotas allocated to Member States 
in the Community fishery zone by modifying Regulation (EEC) No.3926/90 
of 20 December 1990^1^. 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No /91 
Of 1991 
amending Regulation (EEC) No.3926/90 fixing, 
for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, 
the total allowable catches for 1991 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) No. 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) No 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, under Article 4 of the same Regulation, the share 
available to the Community Is allocated among the Member States-, 
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No.3926/90*2>, fixes, for certain fish 'stocks 
and groups of fish stocks, the TACs for 1991 and certain conditions 
under which they may be fished-, 
Whereas, In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 2 of 
the Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community and 
the Kingdom of Norway*3* and Article 2 of the Agreement on fisheries 
between the European Economic Community and the Government of 
Sweden*4), the parties have consulted on their reciprocal fishing 
rights for 1991 In the Skagerrak and Kattegat; whereas these 
consultations have been concluded and it Is possible, in consequence, to 
fix definitively the TACs and the Community shares available for the 
stocks In these areas; 
(1) O.J. N'L24, 27.01.1983,p.1 
(2) O.J. NO.L378, 31.12.1990, p.1 
(3) O.J. N'L226, 29.08.1980, p.48 
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
The Annex to this Regulation shall replace the corresponding elements of 
the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No.3926/90. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of Its 
publication In the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in Its entirety and directly applicable 
in a 11 Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the CounclI, 
The President. 
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