Council Regulation (EC) No 149/1999 of 19 January 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2027/95 establishing a system for the management of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources
Date: 1999-01-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Denmark, fishery management, fishery resources, fishing area, fishing grounds, fishing regulations

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 149/1999

of 19 January 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2027/95 establishing a system for the management
of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

therefore transmit to the Commission its estimate of the
fishing effort required for these vessels;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Whereas industrial fishing by Denmark targets pelagic
species as well as demersal species, in particular Norway
pout and sandeel;

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 it is necessary therefore, on the basis of the
information forwarded with a request made by Denmark
on 22 July 1997, and in compliance with the criteria laid
down in Regulation (EC) No 2027/95,
the
maximum fishing effort for Denmark to take account of
industrial fisheries for these demersal species;

to adjust

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2027/95 should therefore be
amended,

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 685/95 of 27 March
1995 on the management of fishing effort relating to
certain Community fishing areas and resources (2) estab-
lishes the criteria and procedures for the introduction of a
system for the management of fishing effort in ICES
divisions Vb, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF areas 34.1.1,
34.1.2 and 34.2.0;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2027/95 (3) establishes a
system for the management of fishing effort relating to
certain Community fishing areas and resources and the
maximum annual fishing effort for each Member State
and for each fishery, on the basis of the information
forwarded by the Member States;

Article 1

The part of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2027/95
relating to the maximum annual fishing effort for towed
gear and fixed gear for demersal species for the Kingdom
of Denmark shall be replaced by the Annex to this Regu-
lation.

Whereas, when Regulation (EC) No 2027/95 was adopted,
Denmark took the view that industrial fishing was to be
treated in the same was as pelagic fishing and did not

Article 2

(1) OJ L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1181/98 (OJ L 164, 9. 6. 1998, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 71, 31. 3. 1995, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 199, 24. 8. 1995, p. 1.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 19 January 1999.

For the Council

The President

K.-H. FUNKE

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Fishery

Fishing effort (*)

Fishing gear

Target species

ICES or CECAF area

Towed gear

Demersal species

Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

of which:

Vb (1), VI

of which:

VII

of which:

(**)

(**)

VII a

VII f (2)

VIII a, VIII b, VIII d

VIII c, VIII e, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0

of which:

VIII c, VIII e, IX (3)

IX (4)

X (4)

CECAF 34.1.1. (3)

CECAF 34.1.2. (3)

CECAF 34.2.0. (3)

CECAF 34.1.1. (4)

CECAF 34.1.2. (4)

CECAF 34.2.0. (4)

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(*) Expressed in thousands of kW x days in the area.
(**) Part of the area included in the area defined in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 685/95. The fishing effort shown is for both towed and fixed gear.
(1) Except for waters under the sovereignty/jurisdiction of the Faeroe Islands and Iceland.
(2) North of 50(cid:190)30Y N.
(3) Solely in waters under the sovereignty/jurisdiction of Spain.
(4) Solely in waters under the sovereignty/jurisdiction of Portugal.

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Fishing effort (*)

Fishing gear

Target species

ICES or CECAF area

Fixed gear

Demersal species

Vb (1), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0

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of which:

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of which:

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VIII c, VIII e, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0

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VIII c, VIII e, IX (3)

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CECAF 34.1.1. (3)

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CECAF 34.1.2. (4)

CECAF 34.2.0. (4)

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