Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3680/93 laying down certain conservation and management measures for fishery resources in the Regulatory Area as defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North West Atlantic Fisheries
Date: 1994-04-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, conservation of fish stocks, fishery management, fishing net, fishing regulations

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Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 

amending Council  Regulation (EC)  No 3680/93  laying down certain conservation and 
management measures  for fishery resources in the Regulatory  Area as defined  in the 
Convention on Future Multilateral  Cooperation in the North West Atlantic Fisheries 

(presented  by  the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

This proposal  relates to the Union's  international obligations with regard  to the conservation 
of living  resources  in the Regulatory  Area of the Northwest  Atlantic  Fisheries  Organization 
(NAFO). 

At  its  special  meeting  of  February  1994,  the  NAFO  Fisheries  Commission  adopted  a 
proposal  to  ban  the  directed  fishery  on  cod  in division  3NO  for  1994,  based  on  scientific 
evidence showing that the percentage of undersized  fish of the total biomass of this stock was 
too  high. 

It  is  proposed  that  full  implementation  be  given  to  proposals  of  the  NAFO  Fisheries 
Commission,  as the conservation  of fisheries  resources  on the  high seas  is best achieved by 
applying  the  measures  proposed  by  the relevant  international  fisheries  organisations. 

The  implementation  of this proposal  makes  it necessary  to amend  Council  Regulation  (EC) 
No  3680/93,  which  established,  for  1994,  a  Community  quota  of  2,213  tonnes  for  cod  in 
division  3NO. 

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of 

amending Council  Regulation (EC)  No 3680/93  laying down certain conservation and 
management measures  for  fishery  resources  in the Regulatory  Area as defined  in the 
Convention on Future Multilateral  Cooperation  in the North West Atlantic  Fisheries 

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 establishing 
a Community  system  for  fisheries  and aquaculture1,  and in particular  Article  8(4)  thereof, 

Having  regard  to the proposal  from the Commission, 

Whereas  Council  Regulation (EC) No 3680/932 lays down quotas for Member States in the 
NAFO Regulatory  Area for  1994; 

Whereas these quotas corresponded to the proposals adopted by NAFO at its annual meeting 
of  1993; 

Whereas the NAFO Fisheries Commission,  at its special meeting of February  1994, adopted 
a proposal for cod fishery  in NAFO division 3NO for 1994, in the light of scientific evidence 
showing  that a very  high proportion  of the biomass  of this  stock  is undersized  fish; 

Whereas  the  NAFO  Fisheries  Commission  proposed  a derogation  to  the  general  130 mm 
mesh size  rule for nets made of polyamide; 

Whereas  Council  Regulation (EC)  No  3680/93  should therefore  be amended, 

HAS ADOPTED  THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

Council  Regulation (EC)  No  3680/93  is hereby  amended as follows: 

1. 

2. 

The first  page of  Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. 

In Article  4(1)  the following  is  added after  the second paragraph: 

"For the nets made of polyamide  fibres  the equivalent  minimum mesh  size  shall be 
120 mm.  Vessels  using these materials  shall have aboard certificates,  issued by the 
competent  authorities  of  the flag  Member  State,  certifying  that the fibres  in the net 
used  are made of polyamide." 

1  OJNoL389,  31.12.1992, p. 1. 
2  OJ No L 341,  31.12.1993,  p. 42. 

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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, 

For the Council 
The President 

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"ANNEX 

I 

Stock 

S pet to. 

Geographical  region 

Zone 

Cod 

North-west  Atlantic 

NAFO  2  J  —  J  Kl. 

Cod 

NemVwest  Atlantic 

NAFO  3  NO  (1) 

Cod 

North-west  Atlantic 

NAFO  3 M 

Member  State 

1994  qiMxa 
(tonnes) 

Belgium 
Dcnm.uk 
(krrmany 

GAECCC 

Spa MI 
France 

Ireland 

kaly 
lojxcmbourg 
Netherlands 
Portugal 
United  Kingdom 

Available  for  Member  States 

EC  total 

Belgium 
Denmark 
Germany 
Greece 
Spam 
France 
k e b nd 
kaJy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 

Portugal 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for  Member  States 

EC  total 

Belgium 
Denmark 
Germany 
Greece 
Spain 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
Portugal 

United  Kingdom 
Available  for  Member  States 

EC total 

1 832 
2S 

345 
3 

2213 

513 

1 574 
221 

2 1 SS 
I 022 

5 485 

(1) 

There will be no direct  fishing on this species, which will be caught only as a by-catch, 
without prejudice to the rules set out in Article 4(3) hereof." 

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