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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)76final
Brussels.16February 1979
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC?
establishing catchquotasfor1979forfishing by
vesselsflyingtheflagofMemberStatesofthe
Community inKattegat forcertainstocksoccurring
bothinthemaritime watersunderthesovereignty
orjurisdiction oftheMemberStatesoftheCommunity
andinthoseunderthesovereignty ,orjurisdiction of
Sweden
(submitted totheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(79)76final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Inaccordance withArticle 6oftheAgreement onfisheries betweentheCommunity
andSwedensignedon21March1977thetwoparties haveconsulted aboutmeasures
forconservation ofstocksoccurring withintheareasoffisheries jurisdiction
ofbothparties.
Theseconsultations haveresulted inagreement betweenthedelegations to
recommend totheirauthorities theintroduction oflimitations oncatchesof
certainjointstocksinKattegat .Thedetailsofthesaidrecommendations are
setoutinthe"agreedrecord"of2February 1979attached hereto.
χ
Itisthepurposeofthepresentproposal toimplement thequotameasures
recommended bythetwodelegations .
1V»eCommunity 'sadoptionofthe
measures recommended byitsdelegation shouldnotbedelayed bydiscussions
abouttheallocation between MemberStatesofthesequotas.TheRegulation
proposed herebytherefore laysdownonlythequotasagreeduponintheconsul­
tationsfortheCommunity asawhole.TheCommission intendstosubmitproposals
foraRegulation allocating thesequotasbetweentheMemberStatesatalater
stage.
Theimplementation bytheCommunity oftheconservation measures otherthanquotas
recommended bythetwodelegations willbedealtwithinaseparate proposal
fromtheCommission .

PROPOSAL
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
_ »
' ι
establishing catch quotas for I
"1979 forfishing byvessels flying theflag ofMember '
States oftheCommunity inKattegat for
-certain stocks occurring both inthemaritime
•waters under the ...sovereignty orjurisdiction ofthe
Member States oftheCommunity and inthose under thesovereignty
orjurisdiction ofSweden
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 43hereof . -
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ^, '
Whereas theCommunity andSweden have signed aFramework Agreement onfisheries ;
Whereas theCommission hassubmitted theAgreement totheCouncil forapproval ;
Whereas ,inaccordance with theterms ofthis agreement consultations have taken
place between the Community andSweden attheconclusion ofwhich thetwo
delegations decided torecommend totheir authorities .thefixing for1979 ofcatch
quotas forcertain fish stocks occurring inthefishery zones ofboth
parties ,hereafter called joint stocks ,foreach party within itsown zone
andwithin that oftheother party ;
Whereas itisappropriate that theCommunity confirm for itspart theoutcome
ofthese consultations byestablishing catch quotas foritsownfishermen
inaccordance with therecommendations ofitsdelegation ;
Whereas provisions relating totheallocation ofthesaid quotas between thefishermei
oftheCommunity should notbefixed until theCommunity hasadopted ageneral
system fortheconservation andmanagement ofitsfishery resources ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(1)O.J.

Article 1
1. Catches ofthespecies referred tointheAnnex byvessels flying theflag
(1)
ofMember States oftheCommunity in1979 "th® .waters °fKattegat as
defined inparagraph 2below andfalling under thefisheries jurisdiction of
Member States oftheEuropean Community orSweden shall belimited tothequotas .
setout .incolumn 3oftheAnnex .
2. Forthepurpose ofthis Regulation , Kattegat islimited inthenorth'
byaline drawn from Skagen lighthouse toTistlaraa lighthouse ,andfrom there
tothenearest coast ofSweden ,andinthesouth byaline drawn from Hasenore
Head toGniben Point ,from Korshage toSpodsbjerg ,andfrom Gilbjerg Head to
Kullen , ' " ■-r
Article 2
Member States shall send totheCommission bythefifteenth dayof
eachmonth information concerning thecatches ofspeoies subject toquota under
this Regulation taken byvessels flying their flag fishing intheareareferred
toinArticle 1during theprevious month ,specifying thearea offisheries
jurisdiction inwhich thecatches were taken * "
Article 3
ThisRegulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities *
Itshall apply until 31December 1979 *
ThisRegulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States *
DoneatBrussels , theCouncil ,
The President ,
(l)Thequotas referred toinparagraph 1maybefished inthe
Swedish fishery zones seawards of12miles from thebase­
lines except forvessels flying theflagofDenmark ,,which mayfish seawards
3miles from thebaselines of ,, -Sweden *

ANNEX
Species
(1)Region
(2)■»'■min––n ■■■!nn–mMi-M
\Part
available
tothe
Community
(tonnes)
(3)
Cod Kattegat
II.2.x«4-00
i
!
HerringI
I
I
Kattegat I 1?»5Û0
I
Plaice Kattegat
|
i10.000
Whiting Kattegat
j16.350
i
i

,f/ux/£-«=nr
'Agreedrecordofconclusions' offishery .consultations
betweenLiweden -antlltheEuropeannJbonoriicCommunity,
.'Gothenburg1-2February1979-
Pursuant ,tot-ieA-T^eementoK.fislierie£betweenthe
andtheGovernment.-ofUwed-ensignedon21March-19'.'7
•delegations fronthetwopartiesmet'inGothenburg on
1-2]?eoru»r».19;Jtoconsult''t..their'fishories
relationsin19VP*,.'''
Themeetinr ,inGotnen'-ur .*was'acontinuation ofprevious
meetingsinBrusselsand.'Itockbdlrj..
•»Thedelegations screedtorecommendtheirrespective
authorities thefollowingarrangements :
IEachpartyshallopenfor1979'thec*tchouotasindicated
hereunderforthe-otherini,tsrespectivefisheryzoner:
."/·-ν·' '-
7,QuotasforCommunity ,vesselsinthe3'.vedishfisheryzone
oftheBalticSeasouthof59°50,1T.•
Specxes ICEf!division
•• .Quantity(tonnes)
ι
Cod IIIb,c,d 6500.
Herring Illta-cfd: 5000
Sprat Illb.c,d ?.500(1)
Salmon Hib.c,d •'525(?)
(1)exceptICEoarear.24and25 .*
(2)subjectto^rnitialling?an agreementLetweenthe
partiesoncertainmeasuresforthepurposeoffurthering
reproduction ofsalmon -intheBaltic,

λQuotas fox *Swedish vessels intheCommunity zone ofthe
Baltio Seaand theNorth Sea . ,• '
Speoies ICES division Quantity (tonnes )
Cod Illb ,c,d 1500
Herring Illb ,c,d '* 3000
kSalmon Illb ,c,d
\25
Cod IV 400
Haddock IV 600
Plaice and
other flatfish IV 80
Mackerel IV 3750 (1)
Sprat IV 8750
Herring IV P. >m•
Blue whiting' IV,VI(2) 4000
Ling IV,VI(2) 400
Whiting IV 100
(l)ofwhich atleast 2250Qthastobetakgn insub-area IVnorth of60Nand west of2E.
(2)horth of.5630'N . ..
3.1Each party shall adopt regulations toassure that
fishing in1979 intheKattegatt belimited tothe TAG'S
andquotas S^uthereafter andtoallow access tovessel 3
■oftheother party assetout*insubparagraph 3*2 .
Speoies TAC 79
(t)Allocation to
Sweden (t)-Allocation toEïïC
(t)
Herring 35000 17500 17'500
Cod 16000 4600 11400
Whiting 17350 1000 16550
Flaioe 11000 1000 10000
3*2Thequota ?referred toinsubparagraph 3»1may betaken
intheKattegat by:

-vessels flying theflag ofDenmark and Sweden anywhere
%
outside the 3miles zones of .theother party :' ' " *
-•vessels flying the flag ofother MemoerStates ofthe
Community anywhere outside the 12miles coastal zone
measured from thebaselines "ofSweden .
v
1.Each party shall ,adopt regulations prohibiti ngtheuse
oftrairl 'andpurse seine^forthecapture ofpelnr-ic
species^Lin theKattegat from Friday midnirht to
Sunday midnight .
2.Directed fishing intheKattegatt forherring' for
purposes other than human consumption isprohibited .
Eaoh party shall issue tovessels oftheother party
forfishing thequotas referred ^oinparagraph I
the number oflicenses set out hereafter and in
accordance with thefollowing procedures »laid out-'
vheroundog */
■Licenses
1,For Swedish fishery inthe EEC zone .
The Baltic :
Cod andherring-fishery :75licenses tobeselected
monthly out ofalist of1^0vessels
,>1 -
.
Salmon :6licenses tobeselected monthly outofa
-list of12vessels .
The North sea :
all species except ling :21licenses tobeselected
monthly outofalist of50vessels
Ling (long-liners ):3licenses
2.TheEEC fishery intheSwedish zono :
.The Baltic :
Cod ,herring ,sprat :125licenses tobeselected
monthly out ofalist of400vessels

Salmon *35licenses tobeselected monthly outofalist of -
50vessels .
1,
Theparties shall notify eachother ofthevessels tobe
licensed' forfishing inthezone oftheother party during
onemonth atthelatest onthefirst dayoftheproceeding
month ■
. 1 •
TheSwedish delegation informed theCommunity delegation ofthe
'intention oftheSwedish Govorment tomaiqtain inforce the .
prohibition onallfishimwith trawl andpurse-seine from
\
Friday midnight toSunday midnight within the 12miles zone of
Sweden intheKattegat . >
TheComunity delegation took note ofthis declaration .
Gothenburg Februay 2,1979
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'Lennart Hanner z • MMarcussen