Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) allocating, for 1998, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Faroese waters
Date: 1997-12-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Faroes, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing rights

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 04.12.1997 
COM(97)662  final 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 

allocating, for  1998, certain catch quotas between Member States 
for  vessels fishing in Faroese waters 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

The  consultations  between  the  Community  and  the  Faroe  Islands,  held  in  Torshavn  on  13  and 
14 October  1997,  resulted  in an agreement  on reciprocal  fisheries  arrangements  for  1998.  These 
arrangements imply, inter alia, certain catch quota for Community vessels in Faroese waters. 

The  purpose  of  this  proposal  for  a  regulation  is  to  allocate  among  Member  States  the  quotas 
available  in  1998  to  Community  vessels  fishing  in  the  Faroese  zone  under  the  above  mentioned 
arrangements. 

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 

/98 

of....  December 1997 

allocating,  for  1998, certain catch quotas between Member States 
for  vessels fishing in Faroese waters 

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(1), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas,  in accordance with the procedure provided for  in the Agreement on fisheries between the 
European  Economic Community,  of the one part,  and the Government  of Denmark  and  the Home 
Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part,  the two parties have held consultations  on their 
mutual fishing  rights for 1998; 

Whereas, as a result of these consultations, the two Parties have agreed on an arrangement for  1998 
whereby certain catch quotas are allocated to Community vessels in the Faroese fishing zone; 

Whereas,  to  ensure  efficient  management  of  the  catch  possibilities  available,  they  should  be 
allocated  among  Member  States  as  quotas  in  accordance  with  Article  8  of  Regulation  (EEC) No. 
3760/92; 

Whereas  the  fishing  activities  covered  by  this  Regulation  are  subject  to  the  relevant  control 
measures provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of  12 October  1993 establishing a 
control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(2); 

Whereas additional conditions for  the year-to-year management of TACs and quotas, in accordance 
with  the  provisions  laid  down  in  Article  2  of  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No. 847/96(3),  were  not 
agreed with the Faroe Islands, 

Whereas,  for  imperative  reasons  of  common  interest,  this  Regulation  will  apply  from  1 January 
1998, 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

OJ No L 389, 31.12.1992, p.  1.  Regulation as amended by the  1994 Act of Accession 

OJ No L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.. 

OJ NO LI  15,9.5.1996, p.3 

HAS ADOPTED  THIS REGULATION: 

Article  1 

From  1 January to 31  December  1998 catches taken by vessels flying the flag of  a Member  State  in 
the  waters  falling  within  the  fisheries  jurisdiction  of  the  Faroe  Islands,  under  the  arrangement  on 
reciprocal  fishing  rights  for  1998  between the  Community  and the  Faroe  Islands,  shall  not  exceed 
the quotas set out in the Annex hereto. 

Article  2 

Fishing  quotas  referred  to  in the  Annex  shall  not be  subject to the conditions  laid  down  in  Articles 
2,  3 and 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No.  847/96. 

Article  3 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  of  its  publication  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the 
European  Communities. 

It shall apply from 1 January  1998. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

December  1997. 

For the Council 
The President 

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ANNEX 

Allocation of Community catch quotas in Faroese waters for 1998, 

as referred to in Article 1 

(in metric tonnes, fresh round weight) 

Species 

ICES Division 

Community 
catch quotas 

Quotas allocated to Member 

Cod, haddock 

V bl 

500 

Saithe 

Vb 

2,500 

Redfish 

Vb 

7,000 

Blue ling, ling 

Vb 

3,600' 

(

,

!

) •• 

Blue whiting 

Vb 

25,000 

Flatfish 

Mackerel 

Other species 

Vb 

Vb 

Vb 

,(2) 
1,000' 

3,270 

760(3) 

France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 

Belgium 
France 
Germany 
Netherlands 
United Kmgdbm 

Belgium 
France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 

France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 

Denmark 
France 
Germany 
Netherlands 
United Kingdorri 

France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 

Denmark 

France 
Germany 
United Kingdom 

60 
io 

430 

50 
i,5ib 
310 
50 
580 
50 
435 
6,440 
75 

2,340 
1,055 
2(55 
ii.rido 

3, 

11,000 

14(5 
180 
68t) 

3,27d 

275 
305 
180 

(1) 
a) 

(3) 

By-catches of roundriose grenadier and black scabbard to be counted against this quota. 
Including Greenland halibut. 
Excluding fish species of no commercial value. 

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