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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)203final
Brussels,28thApril1981
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No.849/81layingdownfor1981certain
measuresfortheconservation andmanagement offisheryresources
applicable tovesselsflyingtheflagofNorway
(presented bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
COM(81)203final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
FishingbyNorwegianvesselsinthefisheryzoneoftheCommunity
ispresentlyauthorized byRegulation (EEC)No.849/81(1)laying
downfor1981certainmeasuresfortheconservation andmanagement
offisheryresourcesapplicabletovesselsflyingtheflagofNorway.
AftertheentryintoforceofthisRegulation theNorwegianauthorities ,-
requestedthattheCommunityincreasethequotaofbluewhitingin.1981
forNorwegianvesselsfishinginthe,fisheryzoneoftheCommunityfrom
100.000to120.000tonnes.
TheCommission considersthatitisintheinterestoftheCommunity
toaccedetothisrequestsinceasufficientquantityofthestockin
questionis-available andsinceitisexpectedthatsuchanadditional
allocationwill'betakenintoaccountinconsultations concerningpossible
additionalallocations toCommunityfishermenfishinginNorwaywatersin1981
ThefishingseasonforbluewhitinginCommunitywatersisofshortduration
pndifNorwegianfishermenconcernedaretobenefitfromthisadditionnal
allocationitmustbeauthorized immediately .
ForthisreasontheCouncilisinvitedtoadoptthepresentRegulation
onthebasisofArticle103oftheTreaty.
(1)O.J.No. L of 1981.

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No.
of
amendingRegulation (EEC)No.849/81Layingdownfor1981certainmeasures'
fortheconservation andmanagement offisheryresourcesapplicableto
vesselsflyingtheflagofNorway
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
-HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle103thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheNorwegianauthorities haverequestedthatthequotaofblue
whitingallocatedin1981tovesselsflyingtheflagofNorwayandfishing
inthefisheryzoneoftheCommunity beincreasedfromthelevelprovided
forinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No.849/81to120.000tonnes(1);
WhereasitisintheinterestoftheCommunitytoaccedeto.thisrequest
sinceasufficientquantityofthestockinquestionisavailable and
sinceitisexpectedthattheadditional quotaofbluewhitingprovided
tovesselsflyingtheflagofNorwaywillbetakenintoaccountinconsultations
concerning possibleadditionalallocations in1981forvesselsflyingthe
flagofaMemberStateoftheCommunityfishinginNorwegianwaters;
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I
WhereasthefishingseasonforbluewhitinginCommunitywatersisofshort
durationandisalreadyunderwayywhereas,inordertoallowthefishermen
concernedtobenefitfromthisadditionalallocation aRegulationauthorizing
suchactivityshouldbeadoptedimmediately :
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : 'r
Article 1
Regulation (EEC)No.849/81isherebyamendedasfollows:
AnnexIshallbereplacedbytheAnnextothisRegulation.
(1)O.J.No.L 1981.

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Article2
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ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
IItshallapplyfrom1Januaryuntil31December1981.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
Doneat FortheCounciI
ThePresident

ANNEXI
Fishingquotas
Specie»
Herring
Mackerel
Sprat
Cod
Haddock'
Saithe
Whiting
Plaice
Sandeel,Norway
pout/blurwhiting
Bluewhiting '
BluelingLing&tuslc
Dogfish
Baskingshark(9)
Porbeagle
Northerndetp-water
prawn
(Pandalusborealis)
Greenlandhalibut
OtherspeciesAreawithinwhichn&hing
itauthorized
Skagerrak(*)
ICESIVandSkagerrak{')
ICESVIa)(»)+VIId),e),f),h)
ICESIV
Sk.igerrak
ICESIV
Skagerrak(*)
ICESIV
Skagerrak(')
ICESIVandSkagerrak(*)«
s . •
ICESIV
Skagerrak(')
ICESIV
Skagerrak{')
ICESIV
.ICESII,Via)('),VIb),.VII(•),
XIV,Va
ICESiy,\ji,yn
ICESIV,MI,VII
ICESIV,Vi,VII
ICESIV,VI,VII
ICESIV,VI,VII
NAFOl.<10)
ICESXIV+va
NAFO1
ICESXIV+Va
ICESIVQuantity
(tonne*)
•(')
6.000-
20.000r
:ι^
71.000
10.000
6.000
20.000
7.000
500(»)
.(')
<»)
■(')
50.000ί4)
120.000•i
2(l".Oû8'S&i(7);
6.000'(8)■'/
800(8)1
1.000 .;
1.00Q .
3.000(11).
600(12)
600-(12)
5.000'V
(')Limitedinthe«iMbyalinedr.iwnInunthelighthouseofHanstholmtothelifchthouve'of Lindesnes ,
andinthesouthbyalinedrawnfromSkagenlighthousetothelighthouseofTistlarnaandfrom,
theretothenearestcoastofSweden. 1
(3)TobereducedbythequantitiestakenoutsidetheEECfishingzone. ■"» ■
l1)Northof56°30'N. 3
(4)Ofwhichsandeelalonenomorethan50000toniiesorNorwaypoutandbluewhitingtogetherno
morethan40000tonnes. •.«.
(»)WestofIi'W.
(6)Ofwhichaby-catchof20%ofcodpership,pervoyage,isauthorized
inICESsub-areasVI.andVII.Thetotalmagnitudeofby-catches should
notexceed1.000tonnesofwhichnotmorethan300tonnesshouldbecod.
(7)Ofwhichlingmaybe1amaximumof17.000tonnesandtuskamaximum
of7.000tonnes
(8)Thisquotadocsnotincludecauhn'ukcnintheareasdefinedinAnne*II. .
(q\Baskingsharklivef. • '!
(10)Souihof68®N. N^jExperimentalfisheryonly.
(12)By-catchesofhalibutshouldnotexceed10/».