Council Regulation (EC) No 49/98 of 19 December 1997 allocating, for 1998, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Faroese waters
Date: 1997-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, Faroes, catch quota, fishery management, fishing area, fishing rights

L  12/70

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Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

19.  1.  98

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC)  No  49/98

of  19  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,

1993  establishing  a  control  system  applicable  to  the
common  fisheries  policy (3);

Whereas  additional  conditions 
the  year-to-year
management of TACs and quotas, in accordance with the
provisions  laid  down  in  Article  2  of  Regulation  (EC)  No
847/96 (4),  were  not  agreed  with  the  Faroe  Islands;

for 

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

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION:

Whereas,  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  provided  for
in  the  Agreement  on  fisheries  between  the  European
Economic  Community,  of 
the
Government  of  Denmark  and  the  Home  Government  of
the  Faroe  Islands,  of  the  other  part (2),  the  two  Parties
have held consultations on their mutual fishing rights for
1998;

the  one  part,  and 

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

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,  19  December  1997.

For  the  Council

The  President

F.  BODEN

(1)  OJ L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the

1994  Act  of  Accession.

(2)  OJ  L  226,  29.  8.  1980,  p.  12.

(3)  OJ L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation  (EC)  No  2205/97  (OJ  L  304,  7.  11.  1997,  p.
1).

(4)  OJ  L  115,  9.  5.  1996,  p.  3.

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Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

L  12/71

Allocation  of  Community  catch  quotas  in  Faroese  waters  for  1998,  as  referred  to  in  Article  1

ANNEX

Species

Cod,  haddock

ICES
Division

Vb  1

Community
catch  quotas

500

Saithe

Vb

2 500

Redfish

Blue  ling,  ling

Blue  whiting

Flatfish

Mackerel

Other  species

Vb

Vb

Vb

Vb

Vb

Vb

(in  metric  tonnes,  fresh  round  weight)

Quotas allocated
to  Member  States

France
Germany
United  Kingdom

Belgium
France
Germany
Netherlands
United  Kingdom

Belgium
France
Germany
United  Kingdom

France
Germany
United  Kingdom

Denmark
France 
Germany
Netherlands
United  Kingdom 

France
Germany
United  Kingdom

7 000

3 600 (1)

25 000

1 000 (2)

3 890

Denmark

760 (3)

France
Germany
United  Kingdom

60
10
430

50
1 510
310
50
580

50
435
6 440
75

2 340
1 055
205

11 000

3 000

11 000

140
180
680

3 890

275
305
180

(1)  By-catches  of  roundnose  grenadier  and  black  scabbard  to  be  counted  against  this  quota.
(2)  Including  Greenland  halibut.
(3)  Excluding  fish  species  of  no  commercial  value.

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