Council Regulation (EC) No 2801/98 of 14 December 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: 1998-12-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, authorised catch, catch quota, fishery management, fishing area, fishing regulations

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Official Journal of the European Communities

24. 12. 98

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2801/98

of 14 December 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 (EEC) No 3760/92
of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system
for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article
8(4) thereof,

Whereas, within the framework of the bilateral consulta-
tions on the reciprocal
fishing rights between the
Community and Poland for 1998, the Community shares
for Baltic sprat and cod have been modified;

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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, in accordance with the provisions laid down in
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (3), precautionary TACs may
be reviewed under conditions stipulated in Article 3(1)
therein; whereas those conditions are satisfied for the
stocks of nephrops in the Skagerrak, the Kattegat and
ICES area IIIbcd;

Article 1

The Annex to this Regulation replaces the corresponding
elements of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 45/98.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the 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, 14 December 1998.

For the Council

The President

W. MOLTERER

(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
Regulation (EC) No 2386/98 (OJ L 297, 6. 11. 1998, p.3).

(3) OJ L 115, 9. 5. 1996, p. 3.

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ANNEX

Zone: IIIbcd (1)

(1) Community waters
(2) Excluding an additional 60 t of flatfish as bycatch in waters

of the Community as constituted in 1994

(3) Of which no more than 1 100 t may be fished in the Esto-
nian zone, no more than 2 200 t in the Latvian zone, and no
more than 1 350 tonnes in the Lithuanian zone

Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

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

EC

TAC

38 524
16 846

1 931
26 196 (2)

83 497 (3)

136 950

Species: Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone: Skagerrak and Kattegat (1), IIIbcd (1)

(1) Community waters
(2) No fishing of this quota may take place, in the Skagerrak,
within 4 miles of the baselines of the Kingdom of Norway
(3) No fishing of this quota may take place, in the Skagerrak,
within 12 miles of the baselines of the Kingdom of Norway

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

EC

TAC

3 905 (2)
10 (3)

1 395 (2)

5 310

5 310

Species: Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

Zone: IIIbcd (1)

(1) Community waters
(2) Of which no more than 8 000 t may be fished in the Esto-
nian zone, no more than 6 000 t in the Latvian zone, and no
more than 4 000 t in the Lithuanian zone

(3) Whenever consumption of this quota has reached a level of
89 310 tonnes, the remainder 20 000 tonnes may only be
taken in waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the
Kingdom of Sweden

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

EC

TAC

48 780
30 910

25 540
109 310 (3)

214 540 (2)

219 540