Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending, for the third time, Regulation (EC) No 390/97 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1997 and certain conditions under which they may be fished
Date: 1997-06-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, aquaculture, catch quota, fishery management, fishing rights

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 05.06.1997 
COM(97)277  final 

Proposal for a 

flOTINCTf, REGULATION ŒO 

amending, for the third time,  Regulation (EC) No. 390/97 
fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups offish  stocks, the total allowable catches for 
1997 and certain conditions under which they may be fished 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The objective of the present proposal is to fix fishing  possibilities for certain stocks offish  and 
to  allocate  these  equitably  to  Member  States.  The fixing and  the  sharing  of  possibilities  for 
fishing  falls  exclusively  within the competence of the Community  and arises from  obligations 
set out  in Article  8(4) of Regulation  (EEC) n° 3760/92 of the Council  of 20 December  19921, 
establishing a Community regime for fishing and aquaculture. 

Within the framework  of the bilateral consultations on the reciprocal fishing rights between the 
Community  and Norway,  the TAC and the Community  share for North  Sea plaice have been 
increased. 

This  proposal  intends  to  address  these  matters  by  modifying  Council  Regulation  (EC) 
N° 390/972. 

O.J. No L389, 31.12.1992, p. 1 
O.J. N° L66, 6.3.1997, p.l,  Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) N°711/97 (OJ N° LI06, 
24.4.1997, p. 1) 

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Council Regulation (EC) No  191 of 

1997 

Proposal for a 

amending, for the third time,  Regulation (EC) No. 390/97 
fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 
1997 and certain conditions under which they may be fished 

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 under the terms of Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No. 3760/92 it is incumbent upon 

the Council to establish the total allowable catches (TACs) by fishery or group of  fisheries; 

Whereas Regulation (EC) No. 390/97  fixes,  for certain fish stocks and groups offish  stocks, the 

TACs for  1997 and certain conditions under which they may be  fished; 

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Whereas,  within  the  framework  of  the  bilateral  consultations  on  the  reciprocal  fishing  rights 

between the Community  and Norway, the TAC and the Community  share for North  Sea plaice 

have been increased; 

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No. 390/97  should therefore be amended accordingly, 

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O.J. No L 389, of 31.12.1992, p. 1 

O.J.  N°  L66,  6.3.1997,  p.J,  Regulation  as  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  N°711/97  (OJ  N°  L106, 
24.4.1997, p. 1) 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 

ArtkleJ. 

The  annex 

to  this  Regulation  shall  replace  the  corresponding  elements  of  the  Annex  to 

Regulation (EC) No 390/97. 

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

Journal of the European Communities. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council, 

The President 

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Annex 

Species: 

Plaice 
Pleuronectes platessa 

Zone: lia (1), IV 

( 1 ) 

( 2) 

Waters  of the Community  as constituted  In 1994 

Of which no more than 400001 may be fished in waters under the sovereignty  or 

jurisdiction of  Norway. 

Belgiê / Belgique 
Danmark 
Deutschland 
Ellada 
Espafla 
France 
Ireland 
Italia 
Luxembourg 
Nederland 
Osterreich 
Portugal 
Suomi/Finland 
Sverige 
United Kingdom 

EC 

ITAC 

4730 
15380 
4440 

890 

29570 

21890 

76900 (2) 

80000 

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