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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2527/80 laying down 
technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources 
(Submitted to the Council by the Commission on 15 July 1981) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2527/80 (»), 
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No, provides 
for a comprehensive system for the taking and lan­
ding of biological resources arising in Community 
waters; 
Whereas the rules governing fishing operations in the 
Skagerrak and Kattegat agreed between the 
delgations of the Community and of Norway and 
Sweden contain requirements additional to or 
different from those set out in Regulation (EEC) 
No 2527/80; 
Whereas experience of applying the provisions of 
Regulation (EEC) No 2527/80 has indicated that the 
wording in some cases could be improved; 
Whereas it is necessary therefore to amend Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2527/80, 
(') OJ No L 258, 1. 10. 1980, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 2527/80 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. In Article 2 (1) the words 'for the purpose of 
fishing' shall be added after the words 'to use or 
to haul'. 
2. Article 3 (2) shall be deleted. Paragraphs 3 and 4 
become paragraphs 2 and 3. 
3. In Article 3 (2) the words 'shrimps (Crangon)' 
shall be replaced by the words 'shrimps (Crangon 
spp.) and prawns (Pandalus montagui)'. 
4. In Article 3 (3) the following words shall be 
added at the end of the sentence: 'except when 
fishing in accordance with Article 4'. 
5. Article 8 (1) shall be amended as follows: 
(a) The second subparagraph shall be replaced by 
the following: 'By-catches of the species set 
out in Annexes V and VI shall not in the 
aggregate exceed 30 % by weight of all the 
fish taken when fishing for whiting in the 
Skagerrak and Kattegat with nets smaller 
than 80 mm. By-catches of herring alone shall 
not exceed 5 % by weight of the total catch 
taken when fishing for whiting with such 
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(b) In the third subparagraph the words 'shrimp 
of the species Crangon' shall be replaced by 
the words 'shrimps (Crangon spp.) and 
prawns (Pandalus montagui)'. 
(c) In the first sentence of the fourth subpara­
graph the words 'prawns of the species 
Pandalus' shall be replaced by the words 
'prawns (Pandalus spp. except Pandalus 
montagui)'; in the second sentence the word 
'Pandalus' shall be replaced by the words 
'prawns (Pandalus spp. except Pandalus 
montagui)'. The third subparagraph of Article 14 (3) shall be 
replaced by the following: 
'Nor may vessels carry beam trawls or other 
trawls within the areas mentioned in this Article 
where such beam trawls or other trawls may not 
be used, unless they are properly lashed and 
stowed in such a way that they may not be 
readily used.' 
10. Article 14 (4) shall be replaced by the following: 
6. The following sentence shall be added to the 
second subparagraph of Article 10 (1): 
'This provision shall not apply in the Skagerrak 
and Kattegat.' 
7. The third indent of the second subparagraph of 
Article 11(1) shall be replaced by the following: 
'— landings of fish taken in the Skagerrak and 
Kattegat may consist of up to 10 % by 
weight of by-catches of undersized fish of the 
species mentioned in Annexes V and VI.' 
The following paragraph 
Article 12: shall be added to 
'In the Skagerrak and Kattegat fishing for salmon 
and sea-trout is forbidden outside four nautical 
miles from the baselines.' '4. Inside an area within 12 miles of the coast 
of the United Kingdom, beam trawls with a beam 
whose effective length exceeds eight metres may 
not be used and, if more than one trawl is used at 
any one time, the aggregate effective length of 
beam of the trawls so used may not exceed eight 
metres.' 
11. The following paragraph 4 shall be added to 
Article 15: 
'4. Explosives, poisonous or stupefying substances 
as well as electric current and guns may not be 
used for the purpose of catching fish. 
However, tuna and basking shark may be caught 
using harpoon guns and electric current.' 
12. In Annex I the reference to Skagerrak and Kattegat shall be replaced by the 
following: 
Region 
'2 Pan of region 
Skagerrak and 
Kattegat Date 
From 1.6. 1981 Type of net 
All Mesh size 
80(') 
(') When fishing for whiting, the minimum mesh size is 70 mm.' 
In the same Annex the existing footnote (') becomes footnote (2). 
13. In Annex II the reference to prawns and shrimps in Region 2 shall be replaced by 
the following: 
Species 
'Prawns (Pandalus spp. except Pandalus montagui) 
Prawns (Pandalus montagui) 
Shrimp (Crangon spp.) Minimum mesh size 
3C 
20 
20' 
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14. In Annex III a comma shall be inserted after the words 'Member States' in 
paragraph 3, and the words '0° 00' longitude' shall be inserted after the word 
'meridian' in paragraph 4. (These amendments do not affect the Danish and German 
versions). 
15. The following species shall be added to the list in Annex V: 
(cm) 
Species 
'Lobster (Homarus vulgaris) Region 1 
— Region 2 
22 Region 3 
—' 
In the same Annex 'Wettim' shall be replaced by 'Megrim' and the words in brackets 
after 'Flounder' shall be replaced by '(Platichthys flesus)'. 
16. The following shall be inserted in Annex VI: 
(cm) 
Species 
'Mackerel (for indu­
strial purposes) Region 
2 Pan of region 
Skagerrak and 
Kattegat Date 
From 1.6. 1981 Minimum size 
30' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force three days after its publication in the Official 
Journal of the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States.