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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)602final
Brussels,7November 1979
Amendment tothe
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
establishing catchquotasfor1979forfishingby
vesselsflying'theflagofMemberStatesofthe
Communityforcertainstocksoccurringbothinthe
maritimewatersunderthesovereignty orjurisdiction
oftheMemberStatesoftheCommunity andinthose
underthesovereignty orjurisdiction ofNorway
(Presented bytheCommissiontotheCouncilpursuantto
Article149(2)oftheEECTreaty)
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EXPLANATORY MBMOR /jmJM
Atitsmeeting inJuly 1979 "theConsultative Committee forFisheries
linagenen toftheInternational Council fortheExploration oftheSea
(IC2S )revised itsrecommendations c.3tothetotal authorized catches
in1979 f°rcertain fish stocks namely codandwhiting ,inthefishing
zones oftheCommunity andNorway intheNorth Sea .
Inthelight ofthese revised recommendations theCommunity andNorway
hold talks on26and27July 1979 inorder toreview their decisions
c..themanagement ofthestocks inquestion .Thedelegations agreed
tirecommend totheir authorities that the TACs should beincreased
inaccordance with therevised recommendations oftheICES ;agreement
v.-o.-i-iso reached onthesharing oftheamended TACs between thetwo
parties andoncertain changes intheallocation ofTACs agreed for
-979 -"rcertain other joint stocks ,namely haddock andplaice .The
ccncl' ^ions reached inthese talks are setoutinanagreed record ,a
copy -fwhich isannexed tothis proposal .
This amended proposal foraRegulation ,submitted inaccordance with
Article 149(2 )oftheEECTreaty ,amends theproposal fortheCouncil
Regulation submitted on16February 1979^•I"t "takes intoaccount the
results oftheabovementioned talks and themainly technical and
editorial changes made after discussions intheCouncil 'ssubordinate
bodies ,andlays down thecatch quotas forcertain joint stocks in
theNorth Seafor theCommunity asawhole and thefraction ofthose
stocks which Community fishermen areauthorized tofish inNorway 's
exclusive economic zone .
1COM(79)75 final .

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
establishing catch quotas for 1979
for *fishing byvessels flying the flag ofMember States of
Community for certain stocks occurring both
inthemaritime waters under the sovereignty
orjurisdiction ofthe Member States
ofthe Community and inthose under the sovereignty
orjurisdiction ofNorway
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty es'tablishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,and inparticular Article 43thereof ,
Having regard tothe proposal from the Commission ,-
~ -, .,1Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament (),

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Whereas the CoEnsission has submitted -the Agreement tothe Corscil fc.
approval ;
Whereas ,inaccordance with the terms oftheAgreement ,consultations
have taken place between theCommunity andNorway atthe eon^lusioji of
which the two delegations decided torecommend totheir authorities
thefixing for 1979 .ofcatch quotas forcertain fish stocks occurring
inthefishery zones ofboth parties ,i.hereinafter called "joint stocks ",
 
for each patywithin its own zone and within that ofthe other party ;
Whereas itisappropriate that theCommunity confirm the
outcome ofthese consultations byestablishing catch .quotas for its
ownfishermen inaccordance with the recommendations ofits "delegation ;
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Uhereas provisions relating tothe allocation ofthe said quotas .
betv7a&n thefishermen oftheCommunity should notbefixed until the
Cozica'unity has adopted ageneral arrangement for theconservation and
aanagement ofitsfishery resources ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1. Catches ofthe species referred tointheAnnex byvessels
flying theflag ofMember States oftheCommunity inthesea
areas defined intheAnnex and falling under thefisheries
jurisdiction ofMember States of .theCommunity orNorway shall be
limited for 1979 tothequotas setoutincolumn 3ofthe said
Annex .

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2. Eiaparts ofthecatches referred toinparagraph 1which ,
may betaken bythesaid vessels inthewaters falling within the
Norwegian exclusive economic zone ,shall belimited tothe quotas
set out incolumn 4ofthe Annex .
.Article 2
~Member States shall send tothe Commission not Later than the twentieth
dayofeach month information concerning thecatches and/orlandings
ofspecies subject toquota under this Regulation made byvessels
flying their flag fishing intheareas referred toinArticle 1
during theprevious month ,specifying thearea offisheries jurisdictic
inwhich the catches were taken .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing
itspublication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities «
Itshall apply until 31December 1979 *

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ANNEX i
Species
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Π)ICES
statistical
division
(2)Quotas
referredtoin
Article1(1)
(intonnes)
'(3)Quotas
referredtoin
Article1(2)
(intonnes)
(4)
Cod IV 206.000 26.300
Haddock IV(1) 75.000- 14.700
Mackerel IV+Ilia20,900(2)4,800
Plaice XV(1) 119.000 15.300
Saitne IV+Ilia 111,000 37,700
Whiting IV(1) 102.000 8.600
()IncludingthepartofICESsubdivisionIliawestofalinedrawn
_fromthelighthouse ofHanstholmtothatofLindesnes,
()Ofwhichnomorethan7,150tmaybefishedinthezonesouthof
60°iJcreastof2°E.Ofthese7,150tonnes,nomorethan
2,350tonnesmaybefishedin,thepartofICESsubdivisionIliaeastofalinedrawnfromthe'lighthouseofHanstholmtothatof
Lindesnes.

Agreed Minute .
ANorwegian andaCommunity .delegation held
consultations .inOslo on26-27July 1979 -inorder to
consult onfisheries matters ofmutual interest .
.ICES recommendations concerning the revisions ofTAC's
for theNorth Sea stocks ofcodandwhiting .
The two delegations examined the
implications that recent ICES recommendations concernin
the revision ofTAC'sfor certain stocks ofmutual
interest might have for the quota arrangements
•established intheAgreed Record ,signed on20December
1978 .
■The Norwegian delegation preferred not tc
increase theTAC's,that had earlier been agreed for
1979 in order tohave asafety margin inthe quota ■
management ofthe stocks .TheCommunity 'sposition
was tofollow the recommendations ofICES in
'/
accordance with previous policy .The Norwegian
delegation accepted this proposal .. .." "
*■' Ui-th reference toAnnexes jIII and .IVtothe
Agreed Record of20 December 1978 and inparticular
tothefootnote inAnnex III ,the delegations agreed
to "recommend totheir authorities the amendments
tothe 1979 catch arrangements asstated intheAnnex ,,
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5.Consequences ofthepossibilities offishing inthe
Northcape Bank area inApril-June 1979 .
TheCommunity deLegation referring to
previous consultations onthis subject ^pointed outthat
the'temporary .North Cape Bank closure hadhad asa

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cc.isequ.ence /certain ofthequotas allocated totheCommunity by
Norway could notbefully utilised .TheCommunity delegation
requested that the resulting change inthe balance inthe
quota arrangements setoutintheAgreed Record of'20.12.78 be
•redre'ssed byareduction oftheNorwegian allocation ofthe
joint mackerel stock or -areduction ofthemackerel quota
allocated bythe Community toNorway .
The Norwegian delegation said that the available
ditaC'°ncernin ^catches andfishing effort byCommunity vessels
didnot substantiate 8f%\a!t theCommunity hadbeen prevented
jfroa utilising its quotas bythe North Cape Bank closure .
Norway therefore rejected theCommunity 'srequest for a
review oftha 1979 quota arrangements .The Norwegian delegation
also pointed out that the Community had adopted even more
restrictive measures inits own zone such asthe Norway Pout Box .
Community delegation declared -that itreserved "
its right tocome back tothis matter after having
examined the arguments put forward bythe Nox~wegian delegation .
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4.Utilisations^ofprawn ^quotas in_NAF0 subare?0and1.
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Referring topoint III 3.2 .oftheAgreed Record of
'20 December 1978 the Norwegian Delegation requested information
onthe utilisation :ofprawn quotas allocated toGreenland
coastal ^isiie .rm^rkndtoCanada andasked whether itwasnow
possible toincrease the prawn quota toNorway .
The Community representative pointed out that
theCommunity had not adopted anylegal act allocating the
■Community quota between Member States ,,but that thepart of
;£heCcicmunity quota ,for 1979 which isintended tobereserved
toGreenland coastal -fishermen islikely ,according topresent
forecasts stobefully utilised bythem .
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TheCommunity delegation indicated that Canada hasnot •
agreed totransfer anypart ofits allocation tothe
Community but has proposed that part3 ofits allocation "be
granted toNorwegian andFaroese vessels chartered "byCanadian
companies .
TheNorwegian Delegation expressed itsgreat surprise
,that no 'quota hadbeen allocated toGreenland
coastal fishermen and itrequested information about actual
c-tches byGreenland fishermen.lt furthermore stated that it
vvTi'f dcome .back tothis question .
Cr.r . ;\dcatch area limitations foi *blue whitine :.
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llj,rarr:_ag totheBote Verbale from theNorwegian Kission
c„'jed 5Karuh 1979 regarding the quota and catch area limi - •
nation for theblue whiting stock in1979 the Norwegian dele -
ration asked for a,formal' reply from theCommunity .The Community
representative undertook toprovide a,reply inthenear ,
future . '
Trvblerientation ofarrangements for .joint stocks for 1979 »
"li.3Norwegian delegation asked what measures theCommunity
lindadopted toensure that Community vessels' catches ofjoint '
stocks didnot exceed thequotas agreed on20.12.1973 . -
.LSIQCommunity representative referred toadecision adopted
byth2Council on25June 1979 concerning interim measures |
to"ceapplied byKember States oftheCommunity . i
nineNorwegian representative pointed outthat this decision I
didnotseem toensure that theagreed quotas would berespected j
Haproposed that theCommxinity and Norway should exchange ' . ,
cctch statistics monthly forthe "joint stocks . !

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jOhQCommunity representative said "that theCommunity was
jio'iable atpresent "toundertake anycommitment –nthis
inspect pending adecision oytheCouncil onaproposal
submitted bytheCommission concerning tlxemanagement of
'J£iaNorwegian representative observed that Norway strongly
regretted that theCommunity hadnotyettaken steps to
ixplament thearrangements negotiated inDecember 1978-
Hedeclared that Norway would find itdifficult tocontinue
Xii^jotiating such arrangements ifthe .Community didnot
them . ••• -. ' • .
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oatch arrangement for1979 iot some joint stocks .
'the present catch arrangement does notprejudice 'inanyway
theshares ofthejoint stocks tobeallocated infuture years t
thetwo parties onthebasis ofthezonal attachment ofthejoint
'stocks . .
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Cod :j2i:-/y
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Haddock 83i
I 8 14-,? 75 2A
PMting|111^ ! 9 8,6
.102 5,5
Plaice 120 1 15,5 119 0,4 -
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'\j increased iron 183
2jincreased from 85
30Norway will make anadditional transfer totheEEC ofa
total quantity ofamaximum of4-000 tons for these stocks
should Norwegian catches fall below thecatch requirements
.stated .This will bereviewed atthe latest 15October 1979 -