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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
. laying down for 1999certain conservation and management measures for fishery resources in the 
Convention Area as defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral 
Co-operation in the North-East Atlantic 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Aï its Ar.iu?' Vtomg from 1 7 to 20 November Î998, the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission 
(NE AcO hes iûcpn:d f. rsccrrmendation of conservation and management measures for cceanic-type 
redfish for 1999. That recommendation was adopted by a qualified majority of the Contracting Parties 
of NEAFC, including the Community. 
The recommended measures consist of a total allowable catch (TAC) of 153,000 tonnes which covers 
oceanic-type redfish in its entire area of distribution and which is allocated among the Contracting 
Parties concerned. Within this TAC, a share of 23,000 tonnes has become available to the Community. 
Furthermore, Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) committed itself to transfer to 
the Community a further 4,000 tonnes. This results in a total-27,000 tonnes of oceanic-type redfish 
available to the Community in 1999. 
Furthermore, NEAFC continued a recommendation introducing provisional minimum notification and 
reporting requirements for both oceanic-type redfish and Norwegian spring-spawning herring 
(Atlanto-Scandian herring) for 1999. 
As these recommendations have been adopted with the full support of the Community, they have to be 
implemented by the Community. 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No /99 
of December 1998 
laying down for 1999certain conservation and management measures for fishery resources in the 
Convention Area as defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral 
Co-operation in the North-East Atlantic 
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 estbalishing a 
Community system for fisheries and aquaculture1, and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas the Community has approved2 the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which 
contains principles and rules relating to the conservation and management of the living resources 
within the exclusive economic zones of the coastal States and on the high seas; 
Whereas the Convention on Future Multilateral Co-operation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries, 
hereinafter referred to as the "NEAFC Convention", was approved by the Council in Decision 
81/608/EEC of 13 July 19813 and entered into force on 17 March 1982; 
Whereas the NEAFC Convention establishes a suitable framework for multilateral co-operation in the 
rational conservation and the optimum utilization of the fishery resources of the Convention Area as 
defined therein; 
Whereas the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission adopted on 20 November 1998 
recommendations limiting the catches of redfish in the Convention Area and introducing minimum 
notification and reporting requirements for catches of redfish and Norwegian spring-spawning 
(Atlanto-Scandian herring) for 1999; whereas it is appropriate that these recommendations be 
implemented by the Community; 
Whereas, in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No. 3760/92, it falls to the Council to 
establish for each fishery or group of fisheries the total allowable catch (TAC) and the share available 
to the Community and to allocate the share available to the Community among the Member States; 
Whereas in order to ensure full compliance with applicable conservation and management measures 
while supplementing the control measures provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 
12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy4, certain 
specific control measures are to be defined concerning the authorisation of fishing vessels, their 
notification and the declaration of catches; 
O.J. No. L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1181/98 (O.J. No. 
L 164, 9.6.1998, p.l). 
O.J. No. L 179, 23.6.1998, p. 1. 
O.J. No. L227, 12.8.1981, p. 21. 
OJ No L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) 2205/97 (O.J. No. L 304, 
7.11.1997, p.l). 
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Whereas the relevant TAC and quotas have been established on an annual basis and may not be 
exceeded and, therefore, they may not be subject to the provisions of Council Régulation (EC) No 
847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and 
quotas5, 
Whereas, for imperative reasons of common interest, this Regulation will apply from 1 January 1999. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article I 
Catches in 1999 of redfish by Community fishing vessels shall be limited to the quotas set out in the 
Annex. 
Article 2 
1. Member States shall notify to the Commission a list of the vessels flying their flag and 
registered within the Community which are granted the right to fish oceanic-type redfish no 
later than 20 January 1999 and thereafter any modification, including additions to the list at 
least 30 days in advance of the commencement of the vessel's activity. Only the vessels 
named in this list shall be deemed to be authorized to fish oceanic-type redfish. 
2. Member States shall report to the Commission every Wednesday before 12 noon for the week 
ending at 12 midnight on the previous Sunday both the quantities of oceanic-type redfish 
caught by their vessels as well as the number of their vessels engaged in this fishery. 
Article 3 
The provisions of Article 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to herring (Clupea harengus) which is caught 
in ICES zones I and II (Norwegian spring-spawning herring - Atlanto-Scandian herring). 
Article 4 
Fishing quotas set out in the Annex shall not be subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 2, 3 and 
5 (2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96. 
Article 5 
This regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 January 1999. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirely and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, December 1998 
For the Council 
The President 
5 OJ NoL 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3. 
ANNEX 
Stock 
Species 
Redfish 
(Sekastes mentclla, 
oceanic-type)0) " i -' ' 
Geographical area 
ICES XIV/XII/V(2) Member State 
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Austria 
Belgium 
Denmark 
Finland 
Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
the Netherlands 
Portugal 
Spain 
Sweden 
the United Kingdom 
EC total 1999 quota 
(tonnes) 
18,220 
1,700 
4 
8 
3,824 
3,200 
44 
27,000(3) 
(2) 
(3) Fished with pelagic trawls, excluding discards but including the fish above as well as below the acoustic layer 
Community fishing waters and areas beyond fisheries jurisdiction of the other coastal States 
Includes a transfer of 4,000 tonnes from Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) 
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