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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)603 final
Brussels .7November 1979
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Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
providing fortechnical amendments toRegulation (EEC)No587/79,
laying down for1979 certain measures fortheconservation
andmanagement offishery resources applicable tovessels
flying theflag ofNorway
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
C0M(79 )603 final

EXPLANATORY METTORATTDUM
Atitsmeeting inJuly 1979 the Consultative Committee forFisheries
Management oftheInternational Council fortheExploration ofthe
Sea (ICES )revised itsrecommendations astothetotal authorized
catches in1979 forcertain fish stocks ,namely codandwhiting ,
inthefishing zones oftheCommunity andNorway intheNorth Sea .
Inthe light ofthese revised recommendations theCommunity andNorway
held talks on26and 27July 1979 inorder toreview their decisions
onthemanagement ,ofthestocks inquestion .Thedelegations agreed
torecommend totheir authorities that the TACs should beincreased
inaccordance with therevised recommendations ofthe ICES ;agreement
wasalso reached onthesharing oftheamended TACs between thetwo
parties andoncertain changes intheallocation ofTACs agreed for
1979 certain other joint stocks ,namely haddock andplaice .The
conclusions reached inthese talks aresetoutinanagreed record ,a
copy ofwhich isannexed tothis proposal • . ■
Thepurpose ofthis proposal foraRegulation istoputinto effect
the conclusions ofthese consultations byamending the quotas laid
down inCouncil Regulation (EEC)No587/79forNorwegian vessels in
thefishing zones oftheMember States .

COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
.providingfortechnical amendmentstoRegulation (EEC)No587/79
layingdownfor1979certainmeasuresfortheconversation and
managementoffisheryresourcesapplicabletovesselsflyingthe
flagofNorway
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
1HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
WhereastheCommunity andtheKingdomofNorwayhavenegotiated aFramework
Agreement onfisheries;
ν
WhereastheCommission hassubmittedtheAgreementtotheCouncilfpr
approval; >
WhereastheCounciladoptedon26March1979Regulation(EEC)No587/79^,
asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No/793;
WhereasinJuly1979theInternational CouncilfortheExploration ofthe
Sea(ICES)reviseditsrecommendations ontheauthorized catchesforcertain
fishstocksinthefishingzone,ofNorwayandinthatoftheCommunity;
Whereas,pursuanttotheaforesaidAgreement,theCommunity andNorway
haveheldconsultations inthelightofthenewrecommendations andwhereas
asaresulttheyhaveagreedoncertainadjustments tothequotasformerly
.agreed,including someofthoselaiddownby.Regulation (EEC)No587/79,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
OJNo
20JNoL81,31.3.1979,p.9
30JNo

Article1
AnnexItoRegulation(EEC)NO587/79shallToereplacedbytheAnnex
tothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyuntil31December1979-
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
* ' *
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncilFortheCouncil
ThePresident

«ANNEX
Fishingquotas
(tonnes)
Species •Areawithinwhichfishingisauthorized Quantity
Herring Skagerrak(') ..j 17250(>)
Mackerel ICESIVandSkagerrak(*) 75000(4)
ICESVia(>)+Vild,e,f,h 35000
Horse-mackerel ICESIV,Viap)+Vlld,e,f,hj 5000
Sprat ICESIV 71000
Skagerrak(') '. 12000(n
Cod ICESV 8200
Skagerrak(*) 500(3)
Haddock ICESIV 24UU
Skagerrak(') , 400(3)
Saiihtf ICESIVandSkagerrak(') 12500
Whiting ICESIV 3500
Skagerrak(') -4000)
Plaice ICESIV 4UU
Skagerrak(') 200P)
Sandeel,Norwaypout/blue
whiting ICESIV 50000(<■)
Bluewhiting ICESII,VIa(>),VIb,VII(0,
XIV 125000
Ling,bluelingandtusk ICESIV,VI,VII 20000
Dogfish ,ICESIV.VI,VII 12500(•)
Baskingshark(') ICESIV,VI,VII 800(•)
Porbeagle ICESIV,VI.VII 1000
Northerndeep-waterprawnICNAF0+1(10). 4891
(Pandalusborcalis) ICESXIV Experimental fisheryonly
Greenland -halibutandredfishICNAF0+1.ICESXIV 1800
Halibut ICNAF0+1,ICESXIV 200
OtherspeciesICESIV j5000
.(')LimitedinthewestbyalinedrawnfromthelighthouseofHanstholmtothelighthouseofLindesnesandin(hesouthbyaline
drawnfromSkagenlighthousetothelighthouseofTistlarnaandfronttheretothenearestcoastofSweden.
(J)Thisquotadoesnotincludefjordherring,whichiscaughtbetweentheSwedishfrontierandtheLindesnes.
(>)TobereducedbythequantitiestakenoutsidetheEECfishingzone.
(4)Ofwhichnomorethan5000tonnesmaybefishedinthepartsofICESsub-areaIVsituatedeithersouthof60*Noreastof2*&
(>)Nonhof56*30N.
(4)Ofwhichi«ndeelalonenomorethan50000tonnesorNorwaypoutAndbluewhitingtogethernomorethan40000tonnes.
(0Wckof12W.
(■')ThisquotadoesnotincludecatchestakenintheareasdefinedinAnnexII.
f)Baskingsharkliver. '
(,c)Eastofthemedianlineandsouthof68*N.

Agreed Minute .
1.ANorwegian andaCommunity _delegation held
consultations inOslo on26-27July 1979 -inorder to
consult onfisheries matters ofmutual interest .
2.ICES recommendations concerning the revisions ofTAC's
for theNorth Sea stocks ofcodandwhiting ..
The two delegations examined the
implications that recent ICES recommendations concerning
the revision ofTAC'sfor certain stocks ofmutual
interest might have for the quota arrangements
•established intheAgreed Record ,signed on20December
1978 .
TheNorwegian delegation preferred not tc
increase theTAC's,that had earlier been agreed for
1979 in order tohave asafety margin inthe quota
management ofthe stocks .TheCommunity 'sposition
was tofollow the recommendations ofICES in
'/
accordance with previous policy .TheNorwegian
delegation accepted this proposal .. .-• i
*■ "• With reference toAnnexeslilll and IVtothe
•• • ~
Agreed Record of20December 1978 andinparticular
tothefootnote inAnnex III ,thedelegations agreed
to -'recommend totheir authorities the amendments
tothe1979 catch arrangements asstated intheAnnex .
3.ConsequenGes ofthep^^Lbi -l-i?iesoffishing inthe
Nortl /cape Bank area inApril-June 1979 .
TheCommunity deLegatio ^referring to
previous consultations onthis subject pointed outthat
the •temporary *.North Cape Bank clos-xre hadhad asa

M9M
■that
consequence /certain ofthequotas allocated totheCommunity by
Norway could no-tbefully utilised .TheCommunity delegation
requested that theresulting change inthebalance inthe
quota arrangements setoutintheAgreed Record of'20.12.78 be
redressed byareduction oftheNorwegian allocation ofthe
Joint mackerel stock on^reduction ofthemackerel quota
allocated bythe Community toNorway .
The Norwegian delegation said that the available
dataC'°ncernin ^catches andfishing effort byCommunity vessels
didnot substantia /£ee/^k^;theCommunity hadbeen prevented
from utilising its quotas bythe North Cape Bank closure .
Norway therefore rejected theCommunity 'srequest for a
rewiew oftha1979 quota arrangements .TheNorwegian delegation
also pointed outthat theCommunity had adopted even more
restrictive measures inits own zone such astheNorway Pout Box
.Vhe Community delegation declared that itreserved
its right toconje back tothis matter after having
examined thearguments putfop/ardbytheNorwegian delegation .
* ' 1 '
Utilisationsof^prawnquotas in^NAFO ^ubare ^0_andl .
Referring topoint III 3.2 .oftheAgreed Record of
'20December 1978 theNorwegian Delegation requested information'
onthe utilisation ofprawn quotas allocated toGreenland
coastal ^s^1®rm®1kndtoCanada andasked whether itwasnow
possible toincrease theprawn quota toNorway .-
"TheCommunity representative pointed outthat
theCommunity hadnotadopted anylegal actallocating the
Community quota between Member States rbutthat the -part of
theCommunity quota for1979 which isintended tobereserved '
:toGreenland coastal fishermen isJikely ,•according topresent ,
forecasts ,,tobefully utilised bythem.l :

-3-
TheCommunity delegation indicated' that Canada hasnot ■
agreed totransfer anypart .ofits allocation tothe
Community but hasproposed that parts ofits allocation be
granted toNorwegian andFaroese vessels chartered byCanadian
companies .
TheNorwegian Delegation expressed its great surprise
that noquota had been allocated toGreenland
coastal fishermen and itrequested information about actual
catches byGreenland fishermen.lt furthermore stated that it
i."Ould come back tothis question .
Quota and catch area limitations fey blue whiting .
Referring totheNote Verbale from theNorwegian Mission
dated 5Maruh 1979 regarding the qMota andcatch area limi -– - ••
tation for theblue whiting stock in1979 theNorwegian dele­
gation asked for aformal "reply from the Commuzilty .The'Community
representative undertook toprovide areply inthenear
future . _•
6.Implementation ofarrangements for f1oint stocks for 1979 .
TheNorwegian delegation asked what measures the Community
hadadopted toensure that Community vessels'-catches ofjoint
stocks didnot exceed the quotas agreed on20^12.1978 .
TheCommunity representative referred toadecision adopted
bytheCouncil on25June 1979 concerning interim measures
tobeapplied byMember States oftheCommunity ..
•TheNorwegian representative pointed outthat this decision
didnot seem toensure that the agreed quotas would berespected
Heproposed that theCommunity and Norway should ,exchange
-catch statistics monthly for the joint stocks .

TheCommunity representative said that theCommunity was
notable atpresent toundertake anycommitment inthis „
x'espect pending adecision bytheCouncil onaproposal
submitted bytheCommission concerning themanagement of
these stocks . , ' '
r . ,TheNorwegian representative observed that Norway strongly
regretted that the Community had not yet taken steps to
implement .the arrangements negotiated inDecember 1978 .
Hedeclared that Norway would find itdifficult tocontinue
negotiating such arrangements ifthe Community didnot
implement them . : .
Oslo ,27July 1979
• •
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M.Marcussen BLiell Eaasok

Catch arrangement for1979 for some joxnt stocks ,
®iepresent catch arrangement does notprejudice "inanyway
theshares ofthejoint stocks tobe .alloc ?.ted jLnfutur© years to
thetwo parties entlie "basis ofthezonal attachment ofthejoint
stocks » •
1JU0
tons ILONorway 'scatch IEEC'sQuota^ I
requirements 3)jNorwegian Zone ;
Cod 24?^
I*
, 41
I26,3.' .
Haddock 83 3 ! ' ■..1*,7
rhitmg 111^' .9 8,6
Plaice ,120 1 ■ ■■! 15,3
IΓ206 8,2
75
j •2,4
102 .3,5
119 0,4
f
I
1)increased from 183 . *
2)increased from 85
3),Hoxvay willmake ah 'additional transfer totheEECof$
total quantity ofamaximum of4000tonsforthese .stocks
should Norwegian catches fall "below thecatch requirements
stated .Thiswillbereviewed atthelatest 15October 1979 *