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

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COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  12.12.1996 
COM(96)658  final 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 

allocating  for  1997 catch quotas  between  Member  States 
for vessels fishing  in Icelandic waters 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Consultations between the Community and Iceland, held in Brussels on 18 October  1996, have 
resulted  in  an  agreement  defining  a  reciprocal  fisheries  arrangement  for  1997.  This 
arrangement  provides  for,  inter  alia,  certain  catch  quotas  for  Community  vessels  in  the 
Icelandic  fishing  zone. 

The arrangement also maintains an amendment to the fishing  area; the South-Eastern area has 
been expanded  by  approximately  1,000  square miles. 

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  Icelandic  zone  under  the  above 
mentioned  arrangement. 

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Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EC) No 

/96 

of  .... December  1996 

allocating  for  1997 catch  quotas  between  Member  States 
for vessels fishing  in Icelandic  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 aquaculture0\ 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 
Relations between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland(2), and in 
particular  Article  4  thereof,  the  Community  and  Iceland  have  held  consultations  concerning 
their  mutual  fishing  rights  for  1997 and the management  of  common  living  resources; 

Whereas,  in the course  of  these  consultations, the  delegations  agreed  to  recommend  to  their 
respective authorities that certain catch quotas for  1997 should be fixed  for  the vessels of the 
other  Party; 

Whereas, in the course of these consultations, the delegations agreed  to maintain the  adjusted 
fishing  area  designated  to  Community  vessels  in Icelandic waters; 

Whereas  the  necessary  measures  should  be taken  to  implement,  for  1997,  the  results  of  the 
consultations  held  between  the  delegations  of the  Community  and  Iceland; 

Whereas to ensure efficient  management of the catch possibilities available in Icelandic waters, 
they  should be allocated  among the Member  States as quotas in accordance with Article  8 of 
Council  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(3); 

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(4), were  not  agreed  with  Iceland, 

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(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

O J N oL  389,  31.12.1992,  p.  1. 
O J N oL  161, 2.7.1993,  p.  1. 
O J N o L 2 6 1,  20.10.1993,  p.  1. 
O J N oL  115, 9.5.1996,  p. 3. 

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HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 

Article 1 

From  1 January to  31  December  1997 vessels flying the flag of  a Member  State  are  hereby 
authorised to make catches within the quota limits set out in the Annex in waters falling within 
the  fisheries jurisdiction  of  Iceland. 

The  catch quotas  shall  be fished  in areas of the Icelandic  Exclusive Economic  Zone  defined 
by  straight  lines connecting  the following  coordinates: 

South  Western  Area 

63°12,Nand23°05'W 
62°58'N  and  22°25'W 
63°06,Nand21°30'W 
63°03,Nand21°00'W 

South  Eastern  Area 

63°14'Nand  10°40'W 
63°14'Nand  11'23'W 
63°35'N  and  12°21'W 
64°00'N  and  12°30'W 
63°53'N  and  13°30'W 
63°36'N  and  14°30'W 
63°10'N  and  17°00'W 

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 

through  62°00'N  and 26°00'W 

from  there  180°00'S 

from  there  180°00'S 

Article 2 

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. 

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 

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ANNEX 

Allocation  of Community  catch  quotas  in Icelandic waters  for  1997 

(in  metric tonnes, fresh  round  weight) 

Species 

ICES 
division 

Redfish 

Va 

Community 
catch  quotas 

3,000(1) 

Quotas  allocated 
to  Member  States 

Germany 
United  Kingdom 
Belgium 
France 

1,690 
1,160 
100 
50 

(1) 

Including  unavoidable  by-catches  (cod  not  allowed). 

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