Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council 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: 1997-06-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, authorised catch, catch quota, fishery management, fishing area

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COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  05.06.1997 
COM(97)278  final 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EQ 

amending Council Régulation (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 

At the Fisheries Council of 20 December  1996, the Commission undertook to explore 
with Norway the means of obtaining  a higher quantity of plaice  in ICES division  IV. 
Thereupon,  consultations were held  with Norway, which  resulted  in  an agreement  to 
set  the  TAC  for  plaice  at  80,000  tonnes,  i.e.  to  increase  by  3,000  tonnes  the  TAC 
which  was  agreed  in  December  1996. Consequently,  the  Norwegian  catch  quota  for 
plaice  in  Community  fishing  waters  is  to  be  increased  from  2,890  tonnes  to  3,100 
tonnes. 

The objective of this proposal  is to implement the measures agreed with Norway  and, 
inasmuch  as  the  Norwegian  catch  quota  for  plaice  is  concerned,  to  amend  Council 
Regulation (EC) No 391/97 accordingly. 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 

/97 

of 

1997 

amending Council 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 391/972 allocates, for  1997, certain catch quotas 
to Norway in Community waters; 

Whereas,  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  provided  for  in  Articles  2  and  7  of  the 
Fisheries  Agreement  between  the  European  Economic  Community  and  the  Kingdom 
of Norway  , consultations were held in order to adjust the total allowable catch (TAC) 
for plaice in ICES division IV; 

Whereas these  consultations  led to an agreement to set the TAC  for plaice  at  80,000 
tonnes for  1997 and, inter alia, to adjust  the corresponding Norwegian catch quota to 
3,100 tonnes; 

Whereas it is now necessary to implement these agreed measures and, inasmuch as the 
Norwegian  catch  quota  for  plaice  is  concerned,  to  amend  Council  Regulation  (EC) 
No 391/97 accordingly, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

In Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 391/97, the entry dealing with plaice shall 
be replaced by that given in the Annex to this Regulation. 

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OJNo L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. 
OJ No L 66,6.3.1997, p. 49. 
OJ No L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 48. 

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Article 2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  following  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,.... 

1997. 

For the Council 
The President 

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ANNEX 

Norwegian catch quota for 1997 

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"Plaice 

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