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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)164final.
Brussels,23March1979
AMENDEMENT TOTEEPROPOSALFORACOUNCILREGULATION
ontechnicalmeasuresfortheconservation offishe­
ryresources
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommissioninaccor­
dancewithArticle149»indent2oftheEECTreaty)
COM(79)lfifl.final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thepresentproposal,submittedinconformitywitharticle149,
paragraph2oftheTreatymodifiestheproposalforaCouncil
Regulationlayingdowntechnicalmeasuresfortheconservation
offisheryresources(1)inordertotakeintoaccounttheadvice
givenbytheAdvisoryCommitteeonFisheryManagement (ACFM)ofthe
International CouncilfortheExploration oftheSea(ICES).
InitsReportofMay1978asmodifiedbyitsReportofOctober1978,/
ACFMhasrecommended toincreasetheminimummeshsizeinsub-areas IV
andDivisionIliato90mm,whereasintheremainderofRegion2,
includingDivisionVlldbutexcludingDivisionVila,meshsizes
shouldbeincreasedto80mmonlyfrom1stJanuary1979.
AsfarasDivisionIlia(SkagerrakandKattegat)isconcerned,the
CommissionhassubmittedtotheCouncilitsproposalof16.2.1979,
basedontheresultsoftheconsultations whichtookplacewith
SwedenandNorwayconcerningthefishingconditionsinSkagerrak
andKattegat.
AsregardstheotherpartsofRegion2,theCommissionmaintains
itsattitudethat,consideringtheserious "economiceffectwhichan
increaseofmeshsizesimpliesforthefishermenconcerned,such
increaseshouldbetakenbymorethanonestep,asprovidedfor
inthemodifiedproposalof16.11.1978..,
Thepurposeofthepresentproposalistomakethisposition
consistentwiththeICESadvicebylimitingthefirststepof
increasetotheNorthSeabnlyandincludetheEasternChannel
(ICES-DivisionVlld)inthoseremainingareasofRegion2where
anincreaseofmeshsizewillbeexaminedbytheCouncilfora
laterdate.
(1)COM(78)635finalof16.11.1978,modifiedbyC0M(79)80finalof16.2.1979

ANNEXI
Infootnote (a)thefollowingwordsshallbedeleted
"ICES-Division VIId".,