PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING FOR THE THIRD TIME REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 4194/88 FIXING, FOR CERTAIN FISH STOCKS AND GROUPS OF FISH STOCKS, THE TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCHES FOR 1989 AND CERTAIN CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY MAY BE FISHED
Date: 1989-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: catch by species, fishing area, sea fish, sea fishing

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM (89) 584  final 

Brussels,  -2  November 1989 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 

amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) N°4194/88 fixing, for certain 
fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the rot-aï allowable catches for 1989 
and certain conditions under which they may be fisned 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

This  proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  to  amend  Councul  Regulation  (EEC) 

N°4194/fl8 or 21 December  1988  (1) has the following objective: 

To  increase  the  total  allowable  catch  (TAC)  for  the  stock  of  cod  in  ICES 

zones  Vllb, c,  d,  e,  f,  g,  h,  j, k,  VIII,  IX  and  X  and  COPACE  34.1.1.  (EC 

zone). 

This  revision  of  the  TAC  takes  into  account  the  latest  report  of  the 

Scientific and Technical Comnittee for Fisheries  (STCF).  (2) 

(1) O.J. N° L 369, 31.12.88, p. 3 

(2) SEC  (89)1872, 27.10.1989. 

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COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) N°  /89 of 

1989 

amending for the third time Regulation  (EEC) N°4194/88 fixing, for certain 
fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1989 
and certain conditions under which they may be  fished 

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  under  the  terms  of  Article  3  of  Regulation  (EEC)  N°  170/83  it  is 
incumbent upon the Council to establish the total allowable catches  (TACs) by 
stocK  or  group  of  stocks,  the  share  available  for  the  Community  and  the 
specific  conditions  under  which  these  catches  must  be  taken;  whereas  the 
share available to the Community  is allocated  among  the Member  States, under 
Article 4 of that. Regulation; 

Whereas Regulation  (EEC) N° 4194/88  (2), as  last amended  by Regulation  (EEC) 
N° 2278/89  (3), fixes, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the 
TACs for 1989 and certain conditions under which they may be fished; 

Whereas  the  latest  review  by  the  Scientific  and  Technical  Committee  for 
Fisheries  (4) concluded that, for cod  in ICES divisions Vllb, c, d,  e,  f,  g, 
h,  j,  k,  VIII,  IX  and  X  and  COPACE  division  34.1.1.  (EC  zone),  the  catch 
should  be  in a  range which would  permit  an  increase  of  the TAC  from  24  600 
tonnes to 25 400 tonnes, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

The  Annex  to  this  Regulation  shall  replace  the  corresponding  items  of  the 
Annex to Regulation  (EEC) N° 4194/88. 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force on  the day  following  its publication 
in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 

Article 2 

This  Regulation  shall  be binding  in  its entirety and  directly applicable  in 
all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

1989. 

For the Council 

The President 

(1) OJ N° L 24, 27.1.1983, p. 1. 
(2) OJ N° L 369, 31.12.1988, p. 1. 
(3) OJ N° L 218, 24.7.1989, p. 5. 
(4)  15th  Report  of  the  Scientific  and  Technical  Committee  for  Fisheries 

(SEC(89)1872, 27.10.1989). 

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BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT IMPACT STATEMENT 

This  proposal,  if  adopted,  will  have  a  positive  impact  on  small  and 

fnedium-sized  enterprises  because  it  will  increase  the  opportunities  for 

catching cod in the English Channel. 

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