Council Regulation (EC) No 2386/98 of 3 November 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 45/98 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1998 and certain conditions under which they may be fished
Date: 1998-11-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, sea fish

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2386/98

of 3 November 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 45/98 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1998 and certain conditions under
which they may be fished

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) 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 Regulation (EC) No 45/98 (2) fixes, for certain
fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the TACs for 1998
and certain conditions under which they may be fished;

Whereas scientific opinion indicates that cod caught in
the North Sea (ICES Sub-area IV) and in the eastern
Channel (ICES Division VIId) belong to the same stock;

Whereas quotas of cod which may be taken by Member
States are defined separately for the North Sea and for an
area which includes the eastern Channel;

Whereas some Member States are experiencing, during
1998, large catches of cod in the eastern Channel, which

may lead to large-scale discarding of this species when
national quotas for this area become exhausted;

Whereas small quantities of cod included in the quotas
for the North Sea taken in the eastern Channel will have
no adverse effects on the stock of cod from which they
are taken;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 45/98 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to this Regulation shall replace the corres-
ponding elements of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
45/98.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following that 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, 3 November 1998.

For the Council

The President

B. PRAMMER

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

1994 Act of Accession.

(2) OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1957/98 (OJ L 254, 16. 9.
1998, p. 3).

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‘Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

ANNEX

Zone: IIa (1), North Sea

(1) Community waters
(2) Of which no more than 60 000 tonnes may be fished in
waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Norway
(3) Of which no more than 17 tonnes may be fished in ICES

Division VIId

(4) Of which no more than 21 tonnes may be fished in ICES

Division VIId

(5) Of which no more than 54 tonnes may be fished in ICES

Division VIId

(6) Of which no more than 220 tonnes may be fished in ICES

Division VIId'

4 460 (3)

5 510 (4)

25 610
16 240

Belgi(cid:137)/Belgique
Danmark
Deutschland
Ekk(cid:145)da
Espa(cid:157)a
France
Ireland
Italia
Luxembourg
Nederland
(cid:153)sterreich
Portugal
Suomi/Finland
Sverige
United Kingdom 58 740 (6)

14 470 (5)

170

EC

TAC

125 200 (2)

140 000