Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 393/97 laying down, for 1997, certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of the Faroe Islands
Date: 1997-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Faroes, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, fishing licence

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  13.05.1997 
COM(97) 212  final 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EO 

amending Regulation (EC) No 393/97 laying down, for 1997, certain measures for the 
conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of 
the Faroe Islands 

(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 82,000 tonnes became available to the 
Faroe Islands. 

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 
12,500 tonnes of  its share  in Faroese  waters and the  Faroe Islands  were given  access to 
fish a maximum of  12,500 tonnes in Community fishing waters. 

Further  consultations  between  the  Community  and  the  Faroe  Islands  led,  on  10 March 
1997, to specifying  the licensing conditions pertaining to this access arrangement. 

This  proposal  intends  to  address  the  issue  of  access  of  Faroese  vessels  to  Community 
fishing waters by modifying  Council Regulation (EC) No 393/97. 

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 

/97 

of 

1997 

amending Regulation (EC) No 393/97 laying down, for  1997, certain measures for the 
conservation and management of fishery  resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of 
the Faroe Islands 

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 393/97 
lays down, for  1997, certain measures for 
the  conservation  and  management  of  fishery  resources  applicable  to  vessels  flying  the 
flag of the Faroe Islands; 

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 the Faroe Islands, under which the Faroe Islands 
may fish  12,500 tonnes of their share in Community fishing waters north of 62° N; 

Whereas  the  Community  and  the  Faroe  Islands  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 the Faroe Islands to Community fishing waters is concerned and 
to amend Council Regulation (EC) No 393/97 accordingly, 

OJ No 1.38*), 3I.I2.IW2, p.I 

OJ No L 66, 6.3.1997, p. 61 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Regulation (EC) No 393/97 is hereby amended as follows: 

Article 1 

1. 

The  following  sub-paragraph  shall  be  inserted  after  Article  3, paragraph  2,  sub 
paragraph (f): 

"(g) 21 for  the fishing  of herring  in ICES division Ha, (north of 62° N). Requests 
for  replacement  of  licences  and  special  fishing  permits  within  this  maximum 
number may be made at any time and shall be processed expeditiously". 

2. 

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

Article 2 

This Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on the day  following  that  of its publication  in the 
Officiai  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 

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ANNEX 

Faroese  catch  quotas  for  1997 

Pishing a&ae: ICES 
subarea/divtskm 

Ha 

Quantity 
(tonnes) 

12,500 

5" 

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