PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3950/88, ALLOCATING, FOR 1989, COMMUNITY CATCH QUOTAS IN GREENLAND WATERS
Date: 1989-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greenland, catch quota, sea fish, sea fishing

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0MC89) 381  final 

Brussels,  20  July 1989 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

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

(presented by the  Commission) 

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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. 

According to Article 8.1 of the Agreement on fisheries the Greenland Home 

Rule Authorities have for 1989 offered the Community a supplementary quota 

of capelin off East Greenland. 

The Commission has proposed to the Council to accept the Greenland offer 

concerning a supplementary quota in the amount of 8000t of capelin off East 

Greenland, against compensation as provided for in Article 3(2) of the 

Protocol on the conditions relating to fishing. The acceptance of this 

offer has been put on the agenda of the Council of 1fe July 1989 as an 

A-point• 

The Council is requested to approve in this context the necessary amendment 

to Regulation (EEC) N° 3950/88 of 11 December 1988, allocating, for 1989, 

Community catch quotas in Greenland waters. 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 
1989 

of 

/89 

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), as amended by Regulation (EEC) N* 1578/89 

(5)i 

Whereas the Greenland Home Rule Authorities in a letter dated 19 May 1989 

have offered the Community a supplementary quota for 1989 of capelin; 

Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Article 8.1 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 a supplementary quota in the amount of 

8000t of capelin off East 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; 

( U O J H *L  24, 27.1.1983, p^ 1 
(2) O J N 'L 29> 1.2.1985, p. 9 
(3) OJ K? L 2 9, 1.2.1985, p. 14 
(4> OJ N* L 352, 21.12.1988, p. 7. 
(5) OJR* L 156* 8.6.1989, p. 3^ 

- 2 -

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 (6), 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

The data (columns 1 to 6) relating to capelin 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 

(6) OJN° L 207, 29.7.1987, p. 1. 

ANNEX 

Allocation of Community catch quotas in Greenland waters for 1989 

I 

Community 

Quotas allocated to 

(tonnes) 

according to 

Allocations 

Faroese quotas in 

for Norway 

Greenland waters 

I 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 

Capelin 

ICES XIV/V 

8 000 

Denmark 

8 000 

10 000 

It) *Ebese 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. 

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 d'accepter  l'offre du Groenland  concernant 

le quota de capture supplémentaire dans les eaux du Groenland pour 1989. 

Cela n'implique pas d'obligation particulière quelconque pour les 

entreprises excepté, évidemment, le respect des règlements respectifs de 

pêche en vigueur. 

AUSWIRKUNGEN AUF WETTBEWERBSFAHIGKEIT UND BESCHAFTIGUNG 

Gegenstand der vorgeschlagenert Verordnung 1st es, die zusatzliche Fangquote 

in gronlandischen Gewassern fur 1989 unter den Mitgliedstaaten  aufzuteilen. 

Dies beinharltet keinerlei besondere Verpflichtungen fur die Unternehmungen, 

aufler der Einnaltung  d&x gultigen Fischereiregeln. 

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COM(89)  381  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) 

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allocating, for  1989,  Community  catch  quotas  in 
Greenland  waters 

(submitted  to  the  Council  by the  Commission) 

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