COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 18.09.1998 
COM(1998) 532 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 50/98 allocating, for 1998, 
Community catch quotas in Greenland waters 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Pursuant to Article 1 paragraph 2 of the Third Protocol (1), the Community is entitled to 
"70% of the Greenland share of the capelin TAC minus 10,000 tonnes to the Faroe 
Islands". This provision has to be seen against the background that the capelin stock in 
the waters off Eastern Greenland is managed jointly by Greenland, Iceland, and Norway. 
This year's tripartite consultations have led to an agreement, by way of which the 
relevant TAC was set at 1,420,000 tonnes for 1998. Under the Third Protocol, the 
ensuing Community catch quota in Greenland waters will be 109,340 tonnes. 
Council Regulation (EC) No. 50/98(2) established the corresponding Community catch 
quota at 97,405 tonnes on the basis of a TAC of 1,265,000. 
The objective of this proposal is to implement the measures resulting from the variation of 
the underlying TAC. 
(1) OJ No. L 351, 31.12.1994, p. 1 
(2) OJ No. LI 2, 19.01.1998, p. 72 
t Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) Nô......../98 
of.... 1998 
amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 50/98 allocating, for 1998, 
Community catch quotas in Greenland 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 Council Regulation (EC) No. 50/98(2) established, for 1998, the Community catch 
quota for capelin in Greenland waters on the basis of the TAC for 1997/98; 
Whereas a revision of the relevant TAC in the meantime has resulted in a change in the share 
available to the Community; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No. 50/98 has to be amended accordingly; 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 
Article 1 
In the Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No. 50/98, the entry referring to capelin shall be 
amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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. 
Done at Brussels,.... 1998. 
For the Council 
The President 
(1) OJ No. L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. 
(2) OJNo.L 12, 19.01.1998, p. 72 
ANNEX 
Allocation of Community catch quotas in Greenland waters for 1998 
Species 
Capelin Geographical 
area 
ÎCES XIV/V Community catch 
quotas 
(in tonnes) 
109,340"» Quotas allocated to 
Member, States -
Community 53,340 Quantities 
allocated to -
Norway 
16,000 Quantities 
< allocated to 
Iceland 
30 000 Faroese 
quotas under 
EC/ 
Greenland 
10 000 
<f,) 70% of the Greenland share of the TAC for capelin minus 10 000 tonnes to the Faroe Islands. Upon any further 
revision of the relevant TAC in the course of 1998, the Community quota shall be revised accordingly. 
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