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

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  12.12.1997 
COM(97)  704 final 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EC) 

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

(presented  by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

In  accordance  with  the  Act  of  Accession  of  Austria,  Finland  and  Sweden,  the  fisheries 
agreements  concluded  by  these  countries  with  third  countries  shall  be  managed  by  the 
Community. 

On the basis  of the bilateral  Fisheries Agreement concluded between Poland  and  Sweden in 
1978, the Community, on behalf of Sweden, held consultations with Poland which resulted in 
a reciprocal Fisheries Arrangement for 1998. 

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

The  fishing  possibilities  obtained  by  Sweden  as  a  result  of  these  agreements  have  been 
allocated to them. 

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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 Polish 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 aquaculture1, and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas, in accordance with Article  124 of the 1994 Act of Accession,  fisheries  agreements 
concluded by the Kingdom of Sweden with third countries are managed by the Community; 

Whereas,  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  provided  for  in  the  Agreement  on  fisheries  of 
1 February  1978,  the Community, on behalf of the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Republic of 
Poland have held consultations concerning their mutual fishing rights for 1998; 

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 the necessary measures should be taken to implement, for  1998, the results of these 
consultations held with Poland; 

Whereas to ensure efficient  management of the catch possibilities  available in Polish waters, 
they should be allocated among the 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 policy2; 

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

2 

OJ No L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. 

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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.  847/961, were not agreed with Poland, 

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 
authorized  to  make  catches  in  waters  falling  within  the  fisheries  jurisdiction  of  Poland  and 
within the quota limits set out in the Annex hereto. 

Article 2 

Stocks  referred  to  in the annex  shall not be subject  to the  conditions  laid  down  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 

1 

OJ No L 115, 9.5.1996, p.3 

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ANNEX 

Allocation of Community catch quotas in Polish waters for 1998 

(in metric tonnes, fresh round weight) 

Species 

ICES division 

Community catch 
quotas 

Quotas allocated to 
Member States 

Herring 

Cod 

Sprat 

Flatfish 

md 

md 

ffld 

md 

1000 

500 

20.000 

Sweden 

1000 

Sweden 

500 

Sweden 

20 000 

50 

Sweden 

50 

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