Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 83/653/EEC on the allocation of the possibilities for catching herring in the North Sea as from 1 January 1984
Date: 1997-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, North Sea, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing regulations

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 23.10.1997 
COM(97) 511  final 

Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
amending Decision 83/653/EEC 
on the allocation of the possibilities for catching herring 
in the North Sea as from 1  January 1984 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

By  Decision  No  83/653/EEC  of  20  December  1983, the  Council  set  out  the  method  for 
allocation of the possibilities for catching herring in the North Sea. The allocation is mostly 
based  on  the  application  of  certain  percentages  to  the  share  of  the  TAC  available  to 
the Community. 

The Act  of Accession  of Austria,  Sweden  and  Finland  stipulates that  the  quota  of herring 
available to Sweden is calculated as 1.433% of the enlarged Community. 

to 

clarity, 

improve 

In  order 
amend 
Council Decision No 83/653/EEC  by introducing  the  percentages  that  should  apply  to  the 
share  of  the  TAC  available  to  the  enlarged  Community.  Wherever  possible,  the  new 
calculation  method  should  cover  all possible values  of  Community  share  in  a  precise  and 
transparent manner. 

convenient 

therefore 

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it 

Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
amending Decision 83/653/EEC 
on the allocation of the possibilities for catching herring 
in the North Sea as from  1  January  1984 

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  aquaculture1,  and  in  particular  point  (ii)  of 
Article 8(4) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission2, 

Whereas  Decision  No  83/653/EEC3  sets  out  the  method  for  the  allocation  of  the 
possibilities for catching herring in the North  Sea with a reference  to the share of the TAC 
(Total Allowable Catch) available to the Communiy as constituted  before  the accession  of 
Austria, Sweden and Finland; 

Whereas  the  Act  of  Accession  of  Austria,  Sweden  and  Finland  defines  the  share  of 
North Sea herring  allocated  to  Sweden  as  a  percentage  of the  share  of the  TAC  for  this 
stock available to the enlarged Community; 

Whereas it is appropriate to amend Decision No 83/653/EEC in order to refer specifically  to 
the enlarged Community and to include Sweden in the allocation, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

The Annex to Decision No 83/653/EEC shall be replaced by the Annex to this Decision. 

Article 1 

OJ No L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1, Regulation as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden 
and Finland. 
OJNo... 
OJ No L 371, 31.12.1983, p. 39. 

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 

Article 2 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President 

Method of calculation of the quotas allocated to Member States 
CS denotes Community share 

ANNEX 

Member State 

For a CS less than  157253 
tonnes 

For a CS between  157253 
and 254648 tonnes 

For a CS equal to or grater than 
254649 tonnes 

Belgium 
Denmark 
Germany 
France 
The Netherlands 
Sweden 
United kingdom 

0.045150 * CS 
0.198921 * CS 
0.125091 * CS 
0.129791 * CS 
0.259582 * CS 
0.014328 * CS 
0.227137 * CS 

0.013862 * CS +4920 
0.232238 * CS - 5239 
0.175356 * CS -7904 
0.092304 * CS + 5895 
0.260073 * CS - 77 
0.014330 * CS 
0.211837 * CS +2406 

0.009857 
0.344985 
0.172492 
0.083782 
0.202062 
0.014330 
0.172492 

*(CS 
*(CS 
*(CS 
*(CS 
*(CS 
*(CS 

254649)+ 8540 
254649) + 53900 
254649) + 36750 
254649)+ 29400 
254649)+ 66150 
254649)+3650 

(CS-254649)+ 56350 

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