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C0M(94) 116 final 
Brussels, 05.04.1994 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3680/93 laying down certain conservation and 
management measures for fishery resources in the Regulatory Area as defined in the 
Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North West Atlantic Fisheries 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
This proposal relates to the Union's international obligations with regard to the conservation 
of living resources in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization 
(NAFO). 
At its special meeting of February 1994, the NAFO Fisheries Commission adopted a 
proposal to ban the directed fishery on cod in division 3NO for 1994, based on scientific 
evidence showing that the percentage of undersized fish of the total biomass of this stock was 
too high. 
It is proposed that full implementation be given to proposals of the NAFO Fisheries 
Commission, as the conservation of fisheries resources on the high seas is best achieved by 
applying the measures proposed by the relevant international fisheries organisations. 
The implementation of this proposal makes it necessary to amend Council Regulation (EC) 
No 3680/93, which established, for 1994, a Community quota of 2,213 tonnes for cod in 
division 3NO. 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 
of 
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3680/93 laying down certain conservation and 
management measures for fishery resources in the Regulatory Area as defined in the 
Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North West Atlantic Fisheries 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing 
a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture1, and in particular Article 8(4) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3680/932 lays down quotas for Member States in the 
NAFO Regulatory Area for 1994; 
Whereas these quotas corresponded to the proposals adopted by NAFO at its annual meeting 
of 1993; 
Whereas the NAFO Fisheries Commission, at its special meeting of February 1994, adopted 
a proposal for cod fishery in NAFO division 3NO for 1994, in the light of scientific evidence 
showing that a very high proportion of the biomass of this stock is undersized fish; 
Whereas the NAFO Fisheries Commission proposed a derogation to the general 130 mm 
mesh size rule for nets made of polyamide; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3680/93 should therefore be amended, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Council Regulation (EC) No 3680/93 is hereby amended as follows: 
1. The first page of Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. 
2. In Article 4(1) the following is added after the second paragraph: 
"For the nets made of polyamide fibres the equivalent minimum mesh size shall be 
120 mm. Vessels using these materials shall have aboard certificates, issued by the 
competent authorities of the flag Member State, certifying that the fibres in the net 
used are made of polyamide." 
1 OJNoL389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. 
2 OJ No L 341, 31.12.1993, p. 42. 
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Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 
For the Council 
The President 
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"ANNEX I 
Stock 
S pet to. 
Cod Geographical region 
North-west Atlantic Zone 
NAFO 2 J — J Kl. 
Cod NemVwest Atlantic NAFO 3 NO (1) Member State 
Belgium 
Dcnm.uk 
(krrmany 
GAECCC 
Spa MI 
France 
Ireland 
kaly 
lojxcmbourg 
Netherlands 
Portugal 
United Kingdom 
Available for Member States 1994 qiMxa 
(tonnes) 
EC total 
Belgium 
Denmark 
Germany 
Greece 
Spam 
France 
kebnd 
kaJy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
Portugal 
United Kingdom 
Available for Member States 
EC total 1 832 
2S 
345 
3 
2213 
Cod North-west Atlantic NAFO 3 M 
(1) Belgium 
Denmark 
Germany 
Greece 
Spain 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
Portugal 
United Kingdom 
Available for Member States 513 
1 574 
221 
2 1 SS 
I 022 
EC total 5 485 
There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as a by-catch, 
without prejudice to the rules set out in Article 4(3) hereof." 
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