COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 13.05.1997 
COM(97) 212 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EO 
amending Regulation (EC) No 393/97 laying down, for 1997, certain measures for the 
conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of 
the Faroe Islands 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
The relevant coastal States, i.e. the Community, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway and 
the Russian Federation, held consultations which, on 14 December 1996, led to an 
arrangement on the management and sharing of Norwegian spring spawning herring 
(Atlanto-Scandian herring) in 1997. Under this arrangement, a total of 130,000 tonnes 
became available to the Community and a quota of 82,000 tonnes became available to the 
Faroe Islands. 
In connection with this arrangement, a subsequent arrangement on reciprocal access has 
been agreed upon, under which the Community was given access to fish a maximum of 
12,500 tonnes of its share in Faroese waters and the Faroe Islands were given access to 
fish a maximum of 12,500 tonnes in Community fishing waters. 
Further consultations between the Community and the Faroe Islands led, on 10 March 
1997, to specifying the licensing conditions pertaining to this access arrangement. 
This proposal intends to address the issue of access of Faroese vessels to Community 
fishing waters by modifying Council Regulation (EC) No 393/97. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No /97 
of 1997 
amending Regulation (EC) No 393/97 laying down, for 1997, certain measures for the 
conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of 
the Faroe Islands 
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 , 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 393/97 lays down, for 1997, certain measures for 
the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the 
flag of the Faroe Islands; 
Whereas the Community, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway and the Russian Federation 
held consultations which led, on 14 December 1996 to recommending to the respective 
authorities an arrangement on the management and sharing of Norwegian spring-
spawning herring (Atlanto-Scandian herring) in 1997; 
Whereas pursuant to this arrangement, a subsequent arrangement on reciprocal access 
was agreed upon by the Community and the Faroe Islands, under which the Faroe Islands 
may fish 12,500 tonnes of their share in Community fishing waters north of 62° N; 
Whereas the Community and the Faroe Islands held further consultations pertaining to 
the conduct of this fishery and, in particular, the licensing conditions; 
Whereas it is now necessary to implement these arrangements in as much as access of 
vessels flying the flag of the Faroe Islands to Community fishing waters is concerned and 
to amend Council Regulation (EC) No 393/97 accordingly, 
OJ No 1.38*), 3I.I2.IW2, p.I 
OJ No L 66, 6.3.1997, p. 61 
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 393/97 is hereby amended as follows: 
1. The following sub-paragraph shall be inserted after Article 3, paragraph 2, sub­
paragraph (f): 
"(g) 21 for the fishing of herring in ICES division Ha, (north of 62° N). Requests 
for replacement of licences and special fishing permits within this maximum 
number may be made at any time and shall be processed expeditiously". 
2. The table which is given in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to Annex I, 
point 1. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the 
Officiai Journal of the European Communities. 
This Regulations shall be binding in its entirely and directly applicable in all 
Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 1997 
For the Council 
The President 
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ANNEX 
Faroese catch quotas for 1997 
Pishing a&ae: ICES 
subarea/divtskm 
Ha Quantity 
(tonnes) 
12,500 
5" 

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