COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 04.12.1997 
COM(97)662 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
allocating, for 1998, 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 Torshavn on 13 and 
14 October 1997, resulted in an agreement on reciprocal fisheries arrangements for 1998. These 
arrangements imply, inter 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 1998 to Community vessels fishing in the Faroese zone under the above mentioned 
arrangements. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No /98 
of.... December 1997 
allocating, for 1998, 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), 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 1998; 
Whereas, as a result of these consultations, the two Parties have agreed on an arrangement for 1998 
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); 
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, 
Whereas, for imperative reasons of common interest, this Regulation will apply from 1 January 
1998, 
(1) OJ No L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession 
(2) OJ No L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.. 
(3) OJ NO LI 15,9.5.1996, p.3 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
From 1 January to 31 December 1998 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 1998 between the Community and the Faroe Islands, shall not exceed 
the quotas set out in the Annex hereto. 
Article 2 
Fishing quotas referred to in the Annex shall not be subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 
2, 3 and 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No. 847/96. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 January 1998. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, December 1997. 
For the Council 
The President 
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ANNEX 
Allocation of Community catch quotas in Faroese waters for 1998, 
as referred to in Article 1 
(in metric tonnes, fresh round weight) 
Quotas allocated to Member Species 
Cod, haddock 
Saithe 
Redfish 
Blue ling, ling 
Blue whiting 
Flatfish 
Mackerel 
Other species ICES Division 
Vbl 
Vb 
Vb 
Vb 
Vb 
Vb 
Vb 
Vb Community 
catch quotas 
500 
2,500 
7,000 
,(!)•• 3,600' 
25,000 
,(2) 1,000' 
3,270 
760(3) France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 
Belgium 
France 
Germany 
Netherlands 
United Kmgdbm 
Belgium 
France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 
France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 
Denmark 
France 
Germany 
Netherlands 
United Kingdorri 
France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 
Denmark 
France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 60 
io 
430 
50 
i,5ib 
310 
50 
580 
50 
435 
6,440 
75 
2,340 
1,055 
2(55 
ii.rido 
3, 
11,000 
14(5 
180 
68t) 
3,27d 
275 
305 
180 
(1) By-catches of roundriose grenadier and black scabbard to be counted against this quota. 
a) Including Greenland halibut. 
(3) Excluding fish species of no commercial value. 
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