Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No.50/98 allocating, for 1998, Community catch quotas in Greenland waters
Date: 1998-09-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, Greenland, catch quota, fishery management, fishing area

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  18.09.1998 
COM(1998) 532  final 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EC) 

amending  Council  Regulation  (EC) No. 50/98 allocating, for  1998, 

Community  catch  quotas  in Greenland  waters 

(presented by the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Pursuant  to  Article  1 paragraph  2  of  the  Third  Protocol  (1), the  Community  is  entitled  to 
"70%  of  the  Greenland  share  of  the  capelin  TAC  minus  10,000 tonnes  to  the  Faroe 
Islands". This  provision  has to  be  seen  against  the  background  that  the  capelin  stock  in 
the waters off  Eastern  Greenland  is managed jointly  by  Greenland,  Iceland, and Norway. 
This  year's  tripartite  consultations  have  led  to  an  agreement,  by  way  of  which  the 
relevant  TAC  was  set  at  1,420,000  tonnes  for  1998.  Under  the  Third  Protocol,  the 
ensuing Community catch quota in Greenland waters will be  109,340 tonnes. 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No.  50/98(2)  established  the  corresponding  Community  catch 
quota at 97,405 tonnes on the basis of a TAC of  1,265,000. 

The objective  of this proposal is to implement the measures resulting from  the variation of 
the underlying TAC. 

(1)  OJ No. L 351, 31.12.1994, p. 1 

(2)  OJ No. LI 2,  19.01.1998, p. 72 

t Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) Nô......../98 

of.... 1998 

amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 50/98 allocating, for 1998, 

Community catch quotas in Greenland 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),  as  amended  by  the  Act  of  Accession  of 
Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 8(4) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas  Council  Regulation  (EC) No.  50/98(2)  established,  for  1998, the  Community  catch 
quota for capelin in Greenland waters on the basis of the TAC for 1997/98; 

Whereas a revision of the relevant TAC in the meantime has resulted in a change in the share 
available to the Community; 

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No. 50/98 has to be amended accordingly; 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 

Article 1 

In the Annex  I to  Council  Regulation  (EC) No. 50/98, the entry  referring  to capelin  shall  be 
amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. 

Article 2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  following  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 

(1)  OJ No. L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. 
(2)  OJNo.L  12, 19.01.1998, p. 72 

ANNEX 

Allocation of Community catch quotas in Greenland waters for 1998 

Species 

Geographical 
area 

Community catch 
quotas 
(in tonnes) 

Quotas allocated to 
Member, States  -

Quantities 
allocated to  -
Norway 

Quantities 
<  allocated to 
Iceland 

Faroese 
quotas under 
EC/ 
Greenland 

Capelin 

ÎCES XIV/V 

109,340"» 

Community 

53,340 

16,000 

30 000 

10 000 

<f,) 

70%  of the  Greenland  share of  the TAC  for  capelin  minus  10 000  tonnes to the  Faroe  Islands.  Upon  any  further 
revision of the relevant TAC in the course of 1998, the Community quota shall be revised accordingly. 

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