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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(8 3)  799 final  
Brussels, 19 December 1983
Proposal for a  
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
establishing interim arrangements for fishing for herring  
in the North Sea, adopted provisionally pending the  
fixing of TACs and quotas for 1984
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(83) 799 final

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
establishing interim arrangements for fishing for herring  
in the North Sea, adopted provisionally pending the  
fixing of TACs and quotas for 1984
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25 January 1983 estab­
lishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery re­
sources (1), and in particular Article 3, 4 and 11 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas interim arrangements for fishing for herring in the North Sea in the  
period from 1 January 1984 to 31 May 1984 should be adopted in conformity  
with the result of consultations with Norway,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1 _
1. The allocation among the Member States for the period from 1 January 1984  
to 31 May 1984 of the provisional share of herring available to the  
Community in the North Sea and eastern English Channel is shown at Annex.
2. The total Community catch in ICES divisions IVa and IVb in the period re­
ferred to in paragraph 1  shall not exceed 35 000 tonnes.
3. Each Member State shall report to the Commission its landings of herring,  
distinguishing between ICES divisions IVa, IVb and IVc/VIId, and starting  
with landings for the period from 1 to 10 January 1984 and weekly there­
after.
Article 2
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 1984.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in  
all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council  
The President
(1) O.J. No. L 24, 27.1.83, p.1.

ANNEX
ICES sub-area IV, divisions Ila (EEC zone), Vild (1)
tonnes
Belgium 2 380
Denmark 10 490
Federal Republic of  
Germany 6 600
Greece
France 6 850
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands 13 700
United Kingdom 11 980
52 000
(1) Fishing in ICES divisions IVc and Vlld is prohibited from 1 April 1984  
31 May 1984