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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)441 final
Brussels,29July1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No /81concerning themanagement
andcontrolofcertaincatchquotasfor1981forvesselsflyingthe
flagofaMemberStateandfishingintheRegulatory Areadefinedin
theNAFOConvention
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C0M(81)441final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
27July
OnS/1981 ,theCouncil adopted Regulation (EEC )No /81concerning the
management andcontrol ofcertain catch quotas for -1981 forvessels flying the
flag ofaMember State andfishing intheRegulatory Area defined intheNAFO
Convention (1).These catch quotas were confirmed asthedefinitive quotas for
theyear 1981 ataspecial meeting oftheFisheries Commission 'ofNAFO held
from 31March to2April 1981 .But ,following anobjection totheproposal for
thecatch quota forcodinNAFO sub-area 3MbythePortuguese Government ,a
further special meeting oftheNAFO Fisheries Commission washeld on25/26
June 1981 . •'
Atthis meeting ,theFisheries Commission adopted anewproposal fortheTAC
andcatch quotas in 1981forcodinsub-area 3M„This newproposal hasthe
advantage ofcommanding aconsensus ofapproval intheFisheries Commission
andsoshould notprovoke objections .Itislinked toa .long-term strategy for
theconservation ofcodinsub-area .3M,which istobediscussed attheannual
meeting oftheNAFO inSeptember 1981 .This proposal becomes ameasure binding
upon allContracting Parties totheConvention on25August 1981unless they
have lodged anobjection pursuant toArticle XIIoftheNAFO Convention ;the
Commission sees noreason foranobjection bytheCommunity .TheCommunity is
bound tdadopt appropriate measures toimplement thecatch quota provided for
inthis proposal . -
Itisthepurpose ofthepresent proposal toamend Council Regulation (EEC )to
incorporate this catch quota intheRegulation .
(1)O.J. No.L 81of 81.(C0M (80)720 )

Proposalfora
'COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No/81concerning themanagement andcontrol
ofcertaincatchquotasfor1931forvesselsflyingtheflagofaMemberState
andfishingintheRegulatory AreadefinedintheNAFOConvention
THECOUNCIL OFTHE'EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
I
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inparticularArticle43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission-
1HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
2WhereasAnnexItoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No includes acatchlimit
forAtlanticcodinNAFOsub-area 3Mapplicablein1981tovesselsflyingthe
flagofaMemberStateoftheCommunity;
Whereas,atitsSpecialMeetingon25/26June1981,theNAFOFisheryCommission
adoptedaproposalwhichincreasedthecatchquotaforthesaidspeciesinthe
saidsub-areaavailabletovesselsflyingtheflagofaMemberStateofthe
Community,
WhereasitisthereforenecessarytoamendAnnexItothesaidRegulation;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
1
2

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•Article1
AnnexItoRegulation (EEC)No isherebyreplacedbytheAnnex
tothisRegulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingits
publication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
\
Itshallapplyuntil31December1981.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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Catchquotasfortheperiod1Januaryto31December 1SB1
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Species ΚΑΡΟDivision ,Quotas(torines)
Atlanticcod .' 3N0 210
:3K '2.405 .
Americanplaice1
■i3LN0 700(2)
:3K 500(1)
Yellowtail flounder 13LN0 400(2)
Redfish ■:3M 1,200
$
Witch •3N0 50(1)
Squid(lllex) '3+4 7*500(2)
()ThisquotahasnotbeenallocatedexclusivelytoCommunity
vesselsbuttoallContracting PartiestoNAFOhavingno
specificallocation,includingtheCommunity,Fishingby·
CommunityvesselsshallthusbesuspendedoncetheCommunity
hasbeeninformedthatthetotalquotahasbeenexhausted.
0()LessanyquantitytakenbyCommunityvesselsintheparts
ofNAFOsub-areasfallingwithinareasofnationalfisheriesjurisdiction . j
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