COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 12.12.1996 
COM(96)671 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
allocating, for 1997, certain catch quotas between Member States 
for vessels fishing in Faroese waters 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
The consultations between the Community and the Faroe Islands, held in Brussels on 
22 October 1996, resulted in an agreement on reciprocal fisheries arrangements for 1997. 
These arrangements imply, iner alia, certain catch quota for Community vessels in Faroese 
waters. 
The purpose of this proposal for a regulation is to allocate among Member States the quotas 
available in 1997 to Community vessels fishing in the Faroese zone under the above 
mentioned arrangements. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No /96 
of .... December 1996 
allocating, for 1997, certain catch quotas between Member States 
for vessels fishing in Faroese waters 
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 aquaculture(1), as amended by the Act of Accession of 
Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Agreement on fisheries 
between the European Economic Community, of the one part, and the Government of 
Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part, the two parties 
have held consultations on their mutual fishing rights for 1997; 
Whereas, as a result of these consultations, the two Parties have agreed on an arrangement 
for 1997 whereby certain catch quotas are allocated to Community vessels in the Faroese 
fishing zone; 
Whereas, to ensure efficient management of the catch possibilities available, they should be 
allocated among Member States as quotas in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) 
No. 3760/92; 
Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the relevant control 
measures provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 
establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(2); 
(i) OJ No L389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. 
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Whereas additional conditions for the year-to-year management of TACs and quotas, in 
accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) 
No. 847/96(3), were not agreed with the Faroe Islands, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
From 1 January to 31 December 1997 catches taken by vessels flying the flag of a Member 
State in the waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Faroe Islands, under the 
arrangement on reciprocal fishing rights for 1997 between the Community and the Faroe 
Islands, shall not exceed the quotas set out in the Annex hereto. 
Article 2 
Stocks referred to in the annex shall not be subject to the conditions stipulated in Articles 2, 
3 and 5 (2) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 847/96. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1997. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, December 1996. 
For the Council 
The President 
OJ NO L 115, 9.5.1996, p.3 
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ANNEX 
Allocation of Community catch quotas in Faroese waters for 1997, 
as referred to in Article 1 
(in metric tonnes, fresh round weight) 
Species ICES Division Community 
catch quotas Quotas allocated to Member 
States 
Cod, haddock 
Saithe 
Redfish 
Blue ling, ling 
Blue whiting 
Flatfish 
Mackerel 
Other species Vb 1 
Vb 
Vb 
Vb 
Vb 
Vb 
Vb 
Vb 500 
2,500 
7,000 
3,600(1) 
25,000 
1,000(2) 
3,270 
760 France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 
Belgium 
France 
Germany 
Netherlands 
United Kingdom 
Belgium 
France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 
France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 
Denmark 
France ^ 
Germany I 
Netherlands J 
United Kingdom 
France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 
Denmark 
France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 60 
10 
430 
50 
1,510 
310 
50 
580 
50 
435 
6,440 
75 
' 2,340 
1,055 
205 
11,000 
3,000 
11,000 
140 
180 
680 
3,270 
275 
305 
180 
'" By-catches of roundnose grenadier and black scabbard to be counted against this quota. 
(2) Including Greenland halibut. 
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