Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 56/98 of 19 December 1997 laying down for 1998 certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Lithuania
Date: 1998-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lithuania, catch quota, conservation of fish stocks, fishery management, fishing licence

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 30.03.1998 
COM(1998) 196  final 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 

amending Regulation (EQN° 56/98 
of 19 December 1997 

laying down for 1998 certain measures for the conservation and management 
of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Lithuania 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

In conformity  with the Agreement on Fisheries Relations between the European Community  and the 
Republic of Lithuania, signed in Brussels on 20 December  1996, consultations were held between the 
Community  and  Lithuania  in  Brussels  from  15  to  16  October  1997,  resulting  in  a  fisheries 
arrangement for  1998. 
Suplementing  this  fisheries  arrangement,  the  Council  adopted  on  19  December  1997  Council 
Regulation N° 56/98 fixing  the specific  conditions for Lithuanian vessels to fish the quotas allocated 
to them for  1998 in waters of the Community. 

However,  due to difficulties  with the allocation to the Lihuanian fleet of the quotas  gained from the 
Community,  the Lithuanian  administration  requested to increase the number of transport  refrigerator 
vessels  and  vessels  authorised  to  work  simultaneously  in  Community  waters, from four  to five and 
three to four, respectively. 

After  consultations with the Member States, the Parties agreed to amend the fisheries  arrangement  for 
1998 accordingly. 

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 

/98 

amending Regulation (EC)N° 56/98 
of 19 December 1997 

laying down for  1998 certain measures for the conservation and management 
of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Lithuania 

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  Relations 
between the European Community and the Republic of Lithuania* \  and in particular Articles 3 and 6 
thereof, the Community  and Lithuania have held consultations concerning their mutual fishing rights 
for  1998 and the management of common living resources; 

Whereas Regulation (EC) N°.56/98(3) allocates, for  1998, certain catch quotas in Community  waters 
to vessels flying the flag of Lithuania and the conditions under which they can be fished; 

Whereas  the  Parties  have  had  further  consultations  on  licencing  conditions  for  Lithuanian  vessels, 
fishing in Community waters; 

Whereas these consultations have been concluded and, as a result, the maximum number of Lithuanian 
transport refrigerator  vessels has been increased; 

Whereas Regulation (EC) N° 56/98 should therefore be amended accordingly, 

(1) 
(2) 
(3) 

OJ No L 389,31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation amended by the 1994 Act of Accession 
OJ No L 332,20.12.1996, p. 8. 
OJ No L 12,19.01.1998, p. 95. 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

Annex I to Regulation (EC) N°.56/98 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. 

Article 2 

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

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

Done at Brussels, 

1998 

For the Council 
The President 

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ANNEXI 

Lithuanian catch quotas and licences for 1998 

Fishing zone of the Members States of the Community 

Area within which 
fishing is authorised 

Quantity 
(tonnes) 

Number of 
Licences*3* 

ICES 111(d)(I) 

ICES 111(d)(1) 

ICES 111(d)(1) 

ICES 111(d)(I) 

1,350 

500 

4,000 

500(2) 

70(50) 

Species 

•T1 lltT'MW 

Cod 

Herring 

Sprat 

Salmon 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

Beyond  12-nautical-miles from the baselines from which the territorial sea is measured and south of 59°30' North. 
Number of individual  fish. 
The  number  of  licences  and  special  fishing  permits  valid  at  any given  time  is mentioned  between  brackets. In 
addition, a maximum of five transport refrigerator  vessels will be authorized  in the herring and sprat fisheries, but 
no more than four vessels will be authorized at any given time. 

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