WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1298/97 by Bárbara DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP to the Commission. Utilization of international fisheries agreements
Date: 1997-04-11
Institutions: DUEHRKOP DUEHRKOP, European Parliament
Subjects: EU Member State, authorised catch, catch of fish, catch quota, exclusive economic zone, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing controls, fishing fleet, international agreement

C 21/36

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Official Journal of the European Communities

22. 1. 98

It is a declared objective of the Commission to proceed with rural development policies in the context of a further
reform  of  the  CAP.  As  a  general  orientation,  the  Commission  favours  an  approach  which  strengthens  the
coherence  between  rural  development  policies  and  market  policies  and  which  reinforces  the  role  of
agri-environmental policies.

Currently, the Commission is carrying out a thorough analysis of certain key market organisations, i.e. dairy,
beef, cereals, oilseeds and protein crops, and of rural development. As a result of these analyses, the Commission
will publish in due course a document which will give a factual background for proposals concerning a further
reform of the CAP and rural development policies.

As an important document, the Commission adopted in November 1996 the first report on economic and social
cohesion. This deals in particular with the effects of structural and sectorial policies › such as the CAP › on
cohesion during 1989-1999. These questions were raised during the European forum on cohesion which was held
at the end of April in Brussels.

In  any  case,  the  Commission  will  be  presenting  its  guidelines  and  its  first  proposals  ›  including  financial
perspectives  ›  within  the  (cid:145)Santer  package(cid:146),  following  the  conclusions  of  the  Amsterdam  European  Council
concerning the intergovernmental conference.

(98/C 21/110)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1298/97

by Ba·rbara Du¤hrkop Du¤ hrkop (PSE) to the Commission

(11 April 1997)

Subject: Utilization of international fisheries agreements

What  percentages  of  the  quotas  laid  down  in  international  fisheries  agreements  are  actually  caught  by  the
Community fleet?

Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission

(9 June 1997)

The fisheries agreements concluded on the basis of reciprocity give the Community fishing opportunities in the
northern Atlantic (i.e. the exclusive economic zones of the Faroes, Iceland and Norway) and in the Baltic. These
fishing opportunities are normally fully taken up by Community fishing vessels.

The annual catch tonnage (250 000 tonnes) permitted under the agreement with Argentina to vessels operating
within joint enterprises and joint ventures has so far been fully utilized.

In the case of the agreements with Morocco and 14 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP States), there
are no fixed catch quotas; fishing opportunities are expressed in gross registered tonnage (GRT) for trawlers and
in  numbers  of  vessels  in  the  tuna  fisheries.  The  catch  tonnages,  which  depend  on  the  extent  to  which  these
possibilities  are  taken  up,  are  declared  by  Community  shipowners  directly  to  the  authorities  of  the  third
countries, in accordance with the agreements. In the case of the tuna agreements, the Commission has figures for
the  tonnages  caught  each  year  by  the  Community  fleet  and  would  be  able  to  send  them  to  the  Honourable
Member.  For  the  agreements  concerned  mainly  with  trawling,  Member  States  have  begun  to  send  the
Commission, under the (cid:145)control(cid:146) regulation, overall data which require detailed examination.

(98/C 21/111)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1304/97

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(11 April 1997)

Subject: Veterinary checks

The Commission has submitted a proposal for a Council Directive laying down the principles governing the
organization  of  veterinary  checks  on  products  entering  the  Community  from  third  countries,  amending
Directives  71/118/EEC,  72/462/EEC,  85/73/EEC,  91/67/EEC,  91/492/EEC,  91/493/EEC,  92/45/EEC  and
92/118/EEC governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third
countries (COM(96)170 final › 96/0109/0110 (CNS)) (1), (CES 1395/96 › 96/0109/0110/CNS).