Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) allocating for 1998 catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Icelandic waters
Date: 1997-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Iceland, catch quota, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing rights

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  12.12.1997 
COM(97)  701 final 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EC) 

allocating for 1998 catch quotas between Member States 
for vessels fishing in Icelandic waters 

(presented  by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Consultations  between the Community  and  Iceland, held  in Reykjavik  on 20-21  October  1997, have 
resulted  in  an  agreement  defining  a  reciprocal  fisheries  arrangement  for  1998.  This  arrangement 
provides for, inter alia, certain catch quotas for Community vessels in the Icelandic fishing zone. 

The  arrangement, also  maintains  an amendment  to the fishing  area; the  South-Eastern  area has  been 
expanded by approximately  1,000 square miles. 

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 Icelandic zone under the above mentioned arrangement. 

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Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) No 

/98 

of.... December  1997 

allocating for  1998 catch quotas between Member States 
for vessels fishing  in Icelandic  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 

, 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  Relations 
between  the European  Economic  Community  and the Republic  of Iceland(2), and  in particular Article  4 
thereof, the Community  and  Iceland  have held  consultations  concerning  their  mutual  fishing  rights  for 
1998 and the management  of common  living resources; 

Whereas,  in the course  of these  consultations, the delegations  agreed  to recommend  to their  respective 
authorities that certain  catch quotas for  1998 should be fixed  for the vessels of the other  Party; 

Whereas,  in  the  course  of these  consultations,  the  delegations  agreed  to  maintain  the  adjusted  fishing 
area designated  to Community  vessels in Icelandic waters; 

Whereas  the  necessary  measures  should  be  taken  to  implement,  for  1998,  the  results  of  the 
consultations  held  between  the delegations  of the Community  and  Iceland; 

Whereas  to  ensure  efficient  management  of  the  catch  possibilities  available  in  Icelandic  waters,  they 
should  be  allocated  among  the  Member  States  as  quotas  in  accordance  with  Article  8  of  Council 
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 

Whereas  addi^nal  conditions  for  the  year-to-year  management  of  TACs  and  quotas,  in  accordance 
with  the  p  >  -.  -JUS  laid  down  in  Article  2  of  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  847/96 
, were  not  agree4 
with  Iceland, 

(1) 
(2) 
(3) 
(4) 

O J N o L 3 8 9,  31.12.1992,  p.  1. Regulation  as amended  by the  1994 Act of  Accession. 

OJ  No  L  161, 2.7.1993,  p.  1. 

OJ  No  L 261,  20.10.1993,  p.  1. 

OJ No  LI  15, 9.5.1996,  p. 3. 

3> 

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

From  1  January to 31 December  1998 vessels flying the flag of a Member State are hereby authorised 
to  make  catches  within  the  quota  limits  set  out  in  the  Annex  in  waters  falling  within  the  fisheries 
jurisdiction of Iceland. 

The catch quotas shall be fished in areas of the Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone defined  by straight 
lines connecting the following coordinates: 

South Western Area 

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

63°12'Nand23°05'W 
62°58'Nand22025'W 
63°06,Nand21°30'W 
63°03,Nand21°00'W 

South Eastern Area 

63°14'Nand 
63°14'Nand 
63°35'N and 
64°00'N and 
63°53'N and 
63°36'N and 
63°10'Nand 

10°40'W 
11°23'W 
12°21*W 
12°30'W 
13°30'W 
14°30'W 
17°00'W 

through 62°00'N and 26°00'W 

from there 180°00'S 

from  there 180°00'S 

Article 2 

Stocks referred  to in the Annex  shall not be subject  to the conditions stipulated  in Articles 2, 3 and 5 
(2) of Council 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 

ANNEX 

Allocation of Community catch quotas in Icelandic waters for 1998 

(in metric tonnes, fresh round weight) 

Species 

ICES 
division 

Redfish 

Va 

Community 
catch quotas 

3,000(1) 

Quotas  allocated 
to Member  States 

Germany 
United Kingdom 
Belgium 
France 

1,690 
1,160 
100 
50 

(1) 

Including unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed). 

£ 

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