Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending, for the second time, Regulation (EC) No. 3090/95 laying down for 1996 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: 1996-04-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, catch quota, conservation of fish stocks, fishery management, fishing area

COMMISSION  OH THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  16.04.1996 
COM(96)  161 final 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EC) 

amending,  for  the  second  time,  Regulation  (EC)  No.  3090/95  laying down  for  1996 
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) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Regulation  (EC) No.  3090/95  established,  for  1996,  Community  catch quotas for  different 
fishery resources in the NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization) Regulatory Area. 
While most of  these catch quotas are allocated  to Member States in the said Regulation,  in 
the case of Atlantic redfish in NAFO zone 3M, the Community catch quota of 4,030 tonnes 
is unallocated. 

The  allocation  to  the  Member  States  should  be  based  on  the  relative  stability  criteria  -
historical  performance,  losses  in third  country  waters  and dependence  on fisheries  of  the 
regions concerned.  As  far as the historical  performance  is concerned,  a period of  5 years 
is deemed  to provide  an adequate  balance  between the past catch records  and the current 
fishing patterns. These criteria have been used for the allocation of Greenland halibut in the 
NAFO Regulatory  Area  for  1996. 

The present proposal establishes an allocation of this quota among Member States,  in order 
to ensure coherence and consistency among different quotas for different stocks in the NAFO 
Regulatory  Area. 

The Council  is requested to adopt this proposal. 

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1996 

amending,  for  the  second  time,  Regulation  (EC) No.  3090/95  laying  down  for  1996 
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 toCouncil Regulation (EEC) No. 3760/92 of 20 December  1992 establishing 
a Community system  for fisheries  and aquaculture(1), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof, 

Having  regard  to the  proposal  from  the  Commission, 

Whereas Regulation (EC) No. 3090/95 (2) as amended by Regulation (EC) No 
down,  inter  alia,  fishing  quotas  for  Member  States  in the  Regulatory  Area  for  1996; 

/96  (3) lays 

Whereas  in  order  to  ensure  full  coherence  and  consistency  between  different  measures 
concerning  the limitation  of catches  on different  stocks of the same  species,  it  is  necessary 
to allocate, among Member  States, the Community catch quota of Atlantic redfish  in NAFO 
zone  3M; 

Whereas  Regulation  (EC)  No.  3090/95  should  therefore  be amended  for  the  second  time; 

HAS ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 

Regulation  (EC)  No.  3090/95  is hereby  amended  as  follows: 

Article 1 

The  Annex  to  this  Regulation  shall  replace  the  corresponding  section  of  the  Annex  to 
Regulation  (EC) No.  3090/95. 

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O.J. L 389,  31.12.1992,  p. 1. 

O.J.  L 330,  30.12.95,  p. 108. 

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Article 2 

This  regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  following  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,  ....1996 

For  the Council 
The President 

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ANNEX 

Stock 

Geographical 
région 

Species 

Member State 

1996 quota 
(tonnes) 

Zone 

Atlantic  redfish 

North West  Atlantic 

NAFO 3M 

Belgium 
Denmark 
Germany 
Greece 
Spain 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
Portugal 
United Kingdom  ^ 
Austria 
Finland 
Sweden 
Available  for 
Member  States 

1,332 

204 

2,494 

EC total 

4,030 

5 

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