Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/98 of 13 July 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States' catches of fish
Date: 1998-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, authorised catch, catch quota, data recording, fishing controls

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1488/98

of 13 July 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 laying down detailed rules for recording
information on Member States’ catches of fish

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing
a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2635/97 (2), and in particular Article 6(8) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 395/98 (4), lays down detailed rules for recording information on Member States’
catches of fish for which a TAC and quota have been fixed;

fish stocks,

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 45/98 of 19 December 1997 fixing, for certain fish
stocks and groups of
the total allowable catches for 1998 and certain
conditions under which they may be fished (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
783/98 (6), (EC) No 50/98 of 19 December 1997 allocating, for 1998, Community catch
quotas in Greenland waters (7) and (EC) No 65/98 of 19 December 1997 fixing, for certain
stocks of highly migratory fish, the total allowable catches for 1998, their distribution in
quotas to Member States and certain conditions under which they may be fished (8), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1283/98 (9), set for 1998 new TACs and allocate these
TACs among Member States in order to limit the catches of a number of additional fish
stocks or group of fish stocks;

Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion
of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2807/83 is amended as follows:

1.

in Annex VII, point 1, the following is added:

Megrims
Anglerfish
Turbot
Brill
Skates and rays
Dab
Flounder

LEZ
ANF
TUR
BLL
SRX
DAB
FLE

‘Lepidorhombus spp.
Lophiidae
Psetta maxima
Scophthalmus rhombus
Rajidae
Limanda limanda
Platichthys flesus

(1) OJ L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 14.
(3) OJ L 276, 10. 10. 1983, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 50, 20. 2. 1998, p. 17.
(5) OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 113, 15. 4. 1998, p. 8.
(7) OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 72.
(8) OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 145.
(9) OJ L 178, 23. 6. 1998, p. 1.

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Microstomus kitt
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Mallotus villosus
Trachurus spp.
Pandalus borealis
Ammodytidae
Solea spp.
Penaeus spp.
Thunnus thynnus
Xiphias gladius

Lemon sole
Witch
Capelin
Horse mackerel
Northern prawn
Sandeel
Common sole
“Penaeus” shrimps
Bluefin tuna
Swordfish

2.

in Annex VII, point 1, the following lines are deleted:

‘Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
Lophius spp.
Trachurus trachurus

Megrim
Angler/Monk
Horse mackerel

3.

in Annex VII, point 2, the following is added:

LEM
WIT
CAP
JAX
PRA
SAN
SOX
PEN
BFT
SWO’;

MEG
MON
HOM’;

‘Boreogadus saida
Coryphaenoides rupestris

Polar cod
Roundnose grenadier

POC
RNG’.

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 1998.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission