Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending, for the fourth 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: 1997-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: authorised catch, catch by species, catch quota, fishery management, fishing area

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  26.06.1997 
COM(97)  328  final 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EC) 

amending, for the fourth 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. 

The  allocation  of  catch  restrictions  in  ICES  area  Vile  applied  to  the  quotas  of  plaice  in  ICES 
divisions  VIId,e  is  causing  unnecessary  distorsions  of  the  geographic  pattern  of  activities  of 
certain  fleets.  A  reallocation  of  these  restrictions  is required  in  order  to  better  reflect  the  recent 
patterns. 

This  proposal 
N° 390/972. 

intends  to  address  these  matters  by  modifying  Council  Regulation  (EC) 

I. 
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O.J. No L389, 31.12.1992, p. 1 
O..I. N° L66, 6.3.1997, p.I,  Regulation as amended  by Regulation  (EC) N°xxx/97 (OJ N° Lxxx, 
xx.xx.1997, p. 1) 

Council Regulation (EC) No  191 of 

1997 

amending, for the fourth 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 

TI Hi 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; 

whereas the allocation  of catch restrictions  in ICES area Vile applied to the quotas of plaice in 

ICES divisions  VIId,e  is causing  unnecessary  distorsions  of the geographic  pattern  of activities 

of certain fleets; whereas a reallocation  of these restrictions  is required  in order to better  reflect 

the recent patterns; 

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

I 

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

O.J.  N°  L66,  6.3.1997,  p.I,  Regulation  as  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  N°xxx/97  (OJ  N°  Lxxx, 
xx.x.1997, p. 1) 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 

Article 1 

The  annex 

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

Regulation (EC) No 390/97. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council, 

The President 

Annex 

Species: 

Plaice 
Pleuronectes p/afessa 

Zone: viide 

(1 ) 

(2) 

(3) 

Of which no more than 301 may be fished in Division Vile 

Of which no more than 1801 may be fished in Division Vile 

Of which no more than 8801 may be fished in Division Vile 

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

EC 

TAC 

1 130 (1) 

3 780 (2) 

2 010 (3) 

6 920 

6 920 

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