Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) allocating, for 1997, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Faroese waters
Date: 1996-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, Faroes, catch by species, catch quota, fishing vessel

COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  12.12.1996 
COM(96)671  final 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 

allocating,  for  1997, certain  catch  quotas  between  Member  States 
for  vessels  fishing  in Faroese  waters 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The  consultations  between  the  Community  and  the  Faroe  Islands,  held  in  Brussels  on 
22  October  1996,  resulted  in  an  agreement  on  reciprocal  fisheries  arrangements  for  1997. 
These  arrangements  imply,  iner alia,  certain catch  quota  for  Community  vessels  in Faroese 
waters. 

The purpose  of this proposal  for  a regulation  is to allocate among Member  States the quotas 
available  in  1997  to  Community  vessels  fishing  in  the  Faroese  zone  under  the  above 
mentioned  arrangements. 

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Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC)  No 

/96 

of  ....  December  1996 

allocating,  for  1997, certain  catch  quotas  between  Member  States 
for  vessels  fishing  in  Faroese  waters 

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 aquaculture(1), as amended by the Act of Accession of 
Austria,  Finland  and  Sweden,  and  in particular  Article  8 (4)  thereof, 

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission, 

Whereas,  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  provided  for  in  the  Agreement  on  fisheries 
between  the  European  Economic  Community,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  Government  of 
Denmark  and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part,  the two parties 
have  held  consultations  on their  mutual  fishing  rights  for  1997; 

Whereas,  as a result  of these  consultations,  the two Parties  have  agreed  on an  arrangement 
for  1997  whereby  certain  catch  quotas  are  allocated  to  Community  vessels  in  the  Faroese 
fishing  zone; 

Whereas,  to ensure efficient  management  of the catch possibilities  available,  they  should be 
allocated  among Member  States as quotas  in accordance with Article  8 of Regulation  (EEC) 
No.  3760/92; 

Whereas  the  fishing  activities  covered  by this Regulation  are  subject  to the  relevant  control 
measures  provided  for  by  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2847/93  of  12  October  1993 
establishing  a control  system  applicable  to the  common  fisheries  policy(2); 

(i) 

(2) 

OJ  No  L389,  31.12.1992,  p.  1. 

OJ  No  L261,  20.10.1993, p.  1. 

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Whereas  additional  conditions  for  the  year-to-year  management  of  TACs  and  quotas,  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  laid  down  in  Article  2  of  Council  Regulation  (EC) 
No.  847/96(3),  were  not  agreed  with  the  Faroe  Islands, 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 

Article 1 

From  1 January  to 31 December  1997 catches taken by vessels flying  the flag  of a Member 
State  in  the  waters  falling  within  the  fisheries  jurisdiction  of  the  Faroe  Islands,  under  the 
arrangement  on  reciprocal  fishing  rights  for  1997  between  the  Community  and  the  Faroe 
Islands,  shall  not  exceed  the  quotas  set  out  in the  Annex  hereto. 

Stocks referred  to in the annex shall not be subject  to the conditions  stipulated  in Articles 2, 
3  and  5 (2)  of  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No.  847/96. 

Article 2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  1 January  1997. 

Article 3 

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

Done  at Brussels, 

December  1996. 

For  the  Council 
The  President 

OJ  NO  L  115, 9.5.1996,  p.3 

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ANNEX 

Allocation  of  Community  catch  quotas  in  Faroese  waters  for  1997, 

as referred  to in  Article 1 

(in  metric  tonnes,  fresh  round  weight) 

Species 

ICES  Division 

Community 
catch  quotas 

Quotas  allocated  to  Member 
States 

Cod,  haddock 

Vb 1 

500 

Saithe 

Vb 

2,500 

Redfish 

Vb 

7,000 

Blue  ling,  ling 

Vb 

3,600(1) 

Blue  whiting 

Vb 

25,000 

Flatfish 

Mackerel 

Other  species 

Vb 

Vb 

Vb 

1,000(2) 

3,270 

760 

France 
Germany 
United  Kingdom 

Belgium 
France 
Germany 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 

Belgium 
France 
Germany 
United  Kingdom 

France 
Germany 
United  Kingdom 

Denmark 
France 
Germany 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 

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France 
Germany 
United  Kingdom 

Denmark 

France 
Germany 
United  Kingdom 

60 
10 
430 

50 
1,510 
310 
50 
580 

50 
435 
6,440 
75 

' 2,340 
1,055 
205 

11,000 

3,000 

11,000 

140 
180 
680 

3,270 

275 
305 
180 

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(2) 

By-catches  of  roundnose  grenadier  and  black  scabbard  to be counted  against  this  quota. 
Including  Greenland  halibut. 

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