Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending, for the fifth 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: 1997-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, authorised catch, catch quota, fish, fishery management

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  19.09.1997 
COM(97) 458  final 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EC) 

amending, for the fifth  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) 

Jji 
T.t 

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 
sol 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. 

(U  No 1.38*), 31.12.1W2, p.I 
O.J. N° 1.66, 6.3.IW7, p.I, Regulation as amended by Regulation (HC) N0xxxx/<>7 (OJ N° l.xxx, 
xxxxxx, p. xx) 

Council Regulation (EC) No 

/97of 

1997 

Proposal for a 

amending, for the fifth  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 

TIIE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

I laving 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, 

I laving 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 boon increased; 

* 

\ 

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

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O.J. No L 389, oF31.12.1992, p. 1 

O.J.  N°  L66,  6.3.1997,  p.l.  Regulation  as  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  N°xxxx/97  (OJ  N°  Lxxx, 
xxxxxxxxxx, p. x) 

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IAS 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  platessa 

Zone:  Ha (1), IV 

( 1 ) 

( 2) 

Waters of the Community 

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

jurisdiction of Norway. 

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

EC 

TAC 

5360 
17430 
5030 

1010 

33500 

24800 

87130 (2) 

91000 

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