Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 391/97 laying down, for 1997, certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway
Date: 1997-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, conservation of fish stocks, fishing agreement, fishing licence, management of resources

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  13.05.1997 
COM(97)211  final 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EC) 

amending Regulation (EC) No 391/97 laying down, for 1997, certain measures for the 
conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of 
Norway 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The relevant  coastal  States, i.e. the  Community, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway  and 
the  Russian  Federation,  held  consultations  which,  on  14  December  1996,  led  to  an 
arrangement  on  the  management  and  sharing  of  Norwegian  spring  spawning  herring 
(Atlanto-Scandian  herring)  in  1997. Under  this  arrangement,  a total  of  130,000  tonnes 
became  available  to the  Community  and  a quota of  854,000 tonnes  became  available to 
Norway. 

In connection  with this  arrangement,  a subsequent  arrangement  on reciprocal  access has 
been  agreed  upon, under which the Community  was given  access to fish  a maximum of 
40,000  tonnes  of  its  share  in  Norwegian  waters  (30,000  tonnes  in  the  Norwegian 
Economic Zone and  10,000 tonnes  in the Fishery  Zone around  Jan Mayen)  and Norway 
was given access to fish a maximum of 10,000 tonnes in Community fishing waters. 

Further consultations  between the Community  and Norway  led, on  19 February  1997, to 
specifying  the licensing conditions pertaining to this access arrangement. 

This proposal  intends to address the issue of access of Norwegian vessels to Community 
fishing  waters by modifying  Council Regulation (EC) No 391/97. 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 

/97 

of 

1997 

amending Regulation (EC) No 391/97 laying down, for  1997, certain measures for the 
conservation and management of fishery  resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of 
Norway 

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  , 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 391/97 
lays down, for  1997, certain measures for 
the  conservation  and  management  of  fishery  resources  applicable  to  vessels  flying  the 
flag of Norway; 

Whereas the Community, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway  and the Russian  Federation 
held  consultations  which  led, on  14 December  1996 to  recommending  to the  respective 
authorities  an  arrangement  on  the  management  and  sharing  of  Norwegian  spring-
spawning herring (Atlanto-Scandian herring) in 1997; 

Whereas  pursuant  to  this  arrangement,  a  subsequent  arrangement  on  reciprocal  access 
was agreed  upon by the Community  and Norway, under which Norway  may fish  10,000 
tonnes of its share in Community fishing  waters north of 62° N; 

Whereas the Community and Norway held further  consultations pertaining to the conduct 
of this fishery  and, in particular, the licensing conditions; 

Whereas  it  is now necessary  to  implement  these  arrangements  in  as  much  as  access  of 
vessels  flying  the  flag  of  Norway  to  Community  fishing  waters  is  concerned  and  to 
amend Council Regulation (EC) No 391/97 accordingly, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

1 

OJ No L 3^9,31.12.1992, p. I 

OJ No L 66, 6.3.1997, p. 49 

1 

Regulation (EC) No 391/97 is hereby amended as follows: 

Article 1 

1. 

The following  sub-paragraph shall be inserted after  sub-paragraph  1  of Article  1 : 

"By  way  of  derogation  from  sub-paragraph  1,  ten  licences  and  special  fishing 
permits valid  on any  one day  shall  be  issued  by the  Commission  on behalf  of the 
Community for vessels fishing herring in ICES division Ha (north of 62° N)". 

2. 

The table which is given in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to Annex 1. 

Article 2 

This Regulation  shall  enter  into force  on the day  following  that  of its publication  in the 
Official  Journal of the European Communities. 

This  Regulations  shall  be  binding  in  its  entirely  and  directly  applicable  in  all 
Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

1997 

For the Council 
The President 

V 

ANNEX 

Norwegian catch quotas for 1997 

(in tonnes, fresh round weight) 

Species 

Herring 

Area within  which 
authorized 

m 

ICES lia 

Quantity 

10,000 

S 

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