PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3950/88, ALLOCATING, FOR 1989, COMMUNITY CATCH QUOTAS IN GREENLAND WATERS
Date: 1989-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greenland, catch quota, territorial waters

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM  (89)  216  f i n al 

Brussels,  28  April  1989 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

amending  Regulation  (EEC)  N-  3950/88,  allocating,  for  1989, 
Community  catch  quotas  in  Greenland  waters 

(prtstnttd  by  tht  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

In the framework  of the Agreement  on  fisheries between  the European 

Economic Community,  on the one hand, and the Government  of Denmark  and the 

local Government  of Greenland, on the other, the Parties have  laid down in 

a Protocol  on the conditions  relating  to fishing, certain catch  quantities 

for the Community  for each year, until  31 December  1989, in Greenland 

waters. By  regulation  (EEC) N* 3950/88 the Council has allocated  among 

Member  States the shares available  to the Community  in 1989. 

The Greenland  Home Rule Authorities have  for 1989 offered  the Community  an 

additional 4 000 t of the western cod stock of Greenland. During the 

Council meeting on 23 February  1989  the Commission  was authorised  to accept 

this offer against  compensation as provided  for in Article 3(2) of the 

Protocol  on the conditions  relating  to  fishing. 

The supplementary  quota available to the Community  has been allocated  among 

the Member States on the basis of the principles which were applied  to the 

allocation  of quotas in 1983. 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

amending Regulation  (EEC) N* 3950/88, allocating,  for 1989, 
Community  catch quotas in Greenland waters 

THE COUNCIL  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

Having  regard to the Treaty  establishing  the European Economic  Community, 

Having  regard  to Council Regulation  (EEC) N* 170/83 of 25 January  1983 

establishing  a Community  system  for the conservation  and management of 

fishery  resources  (1), as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and 

Portugal, and in particular Article 11 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal  from the  Commission, 

Whereas the Agreement  on fisheries between the European Economic  Community, 

on the one hand, and the Government  of Denmark and the local Government  of 

Greenland,  on the other  (2), and the Protocol  on the conditions relating to 

fishing between  the European Economic Community,  on the one hand, and the 

Government  of Denmark and the local Government  of Greenland  on the other 

(3), establish the fishing quotas allocated  to the Community  in Greenland 

waters; 

Whereas catch quotas in Greenland waters for 1989 were allocated by Council 

Regulation  (EEC) N* 3950/88 (4); 

Whereas the Greenland  Home Rule Authorities in a note dated 23 January  1989 

have further offered  to the Community  for 1989 a quota of the western cod 

stock; 

Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of the Agreement on 

fisheries between  the EEC, on the one hand, and the Government  of Denmark 

and the local Government  of Greenland  on the other, the Community  has 

accepted  Greenland's offer of supplementary  catch possibilities of 4 000 t 

of cod  from the western stock of Greenland; 

Whereas this acceptance  implies an adjustment  of the  financial 

compensation  in proportion  to this supplementary  quota, in conformity  with 

Article 3(2) of the Protocol on conditions relating to fishing of 1984; 

(1) 0J N' L 24, 27.1.1983, p. 1 
(2) 0J N' L 29, 1.2.1985, p. 9 
(3) 0J N" L 29, 1.2.1985, p. 14 
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Whereas it is for the Community  to lay down, in accordance with Article 3 

of Regulation  (EEC) N' 170/83, the conditions  subject  to which these catch 

quotas may be used by Community  fishermen; 

Whereas, to ensure efficient  management  of the catch  possibilities 

available, they should be shared out among  the Member  States by means of 

quotas in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation  (EEC) N* 170/83; 

Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation  are subject  to 

the relevant  control measures provided  for by Council Regulation  (EEC) 

N* 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for 

fishing activities (5), 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

The data  (columns 1 to 6) relating  to cod  in the Annex to Regulation  (EEC) 

N* 3950/88 are hereby  replaced by those set out  in the Annex to this 

Regulation. 

Article 2 

This Regulation  shall enter  into force on the day of its publication  in the 

Official  Journal  of the European  Communities. 

This Regulation shall be binding  in its entirety  and directly  applicable in 

all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

1989. 

For the Council 

The President 

(5) 0J N* L 207, 29.7.1987, p. 1. 

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ANNEX 

Allocation of Community catch quotas in Greenland waters for 1989 

Community 

Quotas allocated  to 

(tonnes) 

according to 

Allocations 

Faroese quotas in 

for Norway 

Greenland waters 

Species 

Area 

catch 

quotas 

(tonnes) 

Member  States 

EC/Greenland 

(tonnes) 

(shown for 

Fisheries 

information 

Protocol  (1) 

only) 

(tonnes) 

(shown for 

information  only) 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

Cod 

NAFO 1 

16 000 

Germany 

12 320 

United Kingdom 

3 680 

ICES XIV/V 

11 500 

Germany 

10 000 

United Kingdom 

1 500 

1) These Faroese quotas are additional to the Community catch quotas and form part of the 

fishery  arrangement for 1989 agreed on by the Community  and the Faroe  Islands. 

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COMPETITIVENESS AND EMPLOYMENT  IMPACT  STATEMENT 

The object  of the proposed  Regulation  is to divide between Member  States 

the supplementary  catch quota in the Greenland waters for 1989. 

It will not involve undertakings in any particular obligations except  the 

evident  respect  of the relevant  fisheries regulations in force. 

RAPPORT DE L'IMPACT  SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET  L'EMPLOI 

L'objet  du Règlement  proposé est de répartir entre  les Etats Membres  le 

quota de capture supplémentaire dans les zones de Groenland pour 1989. 

Cela n'implique  pas d'obligation  particulière excepté, évidemment,  le • 

respect  des règlements respectifs de pêche en vigueur. 

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COM(89)  216  final 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) 

amending  Regulation  (EEC) No 3950/88,  allocating for  1989  Community 
catch quotas in Greenland  waters 

(submitted to the Council by the  Commission) 

28.4.1989 

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allocating for  1989 Community  catch  quotas  in 
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(submitted to the  Council  by the  Commission) 

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