Council Regulation (EC) No 1520/98 of 13 July 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 88/98 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound
Date: 1998-07-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Baltic Sea, conservation of fish stocks, fishery resources, fishing area, fishing regulations, technical standard

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1520/98

of 13 July 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 88/98 laying down certain technical measures for
the conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts
and the Sound

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and, in particular,
Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Whereas, under Articles 2 and 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of
20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (3), the
Council is responsible for adopting, in the light of the available scientific advice, the
conservation measures necessary to ensure the rational and responsible exploitation of
living marine resources on a sustainable basis; whereas, to that end, the Council may lay
down technical measures concerning fishing gear and the ways in which it is used;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 88/98 (4)
conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound;

lays down certain technical measures for the

Whereas the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission, hereinafter referred to as the
‘Baltic Sea Fishery Commission’, set up by the Convention on fishing and conservation of
living resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Gdansk
Convention’, lays down the rules governing fishing operations in the Baltic Sea;

Whereas by letter of 17 September 1997 the Baltic Sea Fishery Commission notified the
Contracting States of certain recommendations, adopted at
the
Commission, to modify, among other things, some technical measures;

the 23rd session of

Whereas the Gdansk Convention provides that the Community must give effect to the
said recommendations in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound, subject to
the objection procedure laid down in Article XI of the Convention; whereas there are no
grounds for such objections;

Whereas, the Council may lay down technical measures concerning fishing gear and the
ways in which it is used,

(1) OJ C 4, 8. 1. 1998, p. 6.
(2) OJ C 210, 6. 7. 1998.
(3) OJ L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession.
(4) OJ L 9, 15. 1. 1998, p. 1.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Regulation (EC) No 88/98 is hereby amended as follows:

Article 1

1. In Article 2(1) the provisions concerning flounder (Platichtys flesus) and plaice (Pleu-

ronectes platessa) shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species

Water

Period of prohibition

Flounder (Platichtys
flesus)

Sub-divisions 26, 28 and 29 south of lati-
tude 59H30Y N

15 February to 15 May

Flounder

Sub-division 32

1 February to 30 June

Female flounder

Sub-division 22 except
graphical area described in Annex II

the geo-

for

1 February to 30 April

Plaice (Pleuronectes
platessa)

Sub-divisions 26, 27, 28 and 29 south of
latitude 59H30Y N

15 February to 15 May

Female plaice

Sub-division 22, except
the geo-
graphical area described in Annex II,
and Sub-divisions 24 and 25

for

1 February to 30 April’

2. Article 9(1) shall be replaced by the following:

It shall be prohibited, in fishing for salmon (Salmo salar) or sea trout (Salmo

‘1.
trutta):

— to use drifting or anchored nets from 1 June to 15 September in waters of Sub-

divisions 22 to 31,

— to use drifting or anchored nets from 15 June to 30 September in waters of Sub-

division 32,

— to use drifting lines and anchored lines from 1 April to 15 November in the waters

of Sub-divisions 22 to 31,

— to use drifting lines and anchored lines from 1 July to 15 September in the waters

of Sub-division 32.

The area of prohibition during the closed season is beyond four nautical miles
longitude 22H30Y E (Bengtsk(cid:132)r
measured from the baselines. In the area east of
lighthouse) inside the Finnish territorial waters and fishing zone fishing with driftlines
and anchored lines is prohibited from 1 July to 15 September.’

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 1998.

For the Council

The President

W. SCH(cid:154)SSEL