Commission Regulation (EC) No 728/1999 of 7 April 1999 providing, pursuant to Article 7(3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, for a notification period for Community fishing vessels carrying on fishing activities in the Baltic Sea, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat
Date: 1999-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic Sea, North Sea, common fisheries policy, fishing area, fishing fleet, fishing regulations

L 93/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

8. 4. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 728/1999

of 7 April 1999

providing, pursuant to Article 7(3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, for a
notification period for Community fishing vessels carrying on fishing activities
in the Baltic Sea, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93
of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applic-
able to the common fisheries policy (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98 (2), and in particular
Article 7(3) thereof,

Whereas, under Article 7(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2847/93, the master of a Community fishing vessel who
wishes to utilise landing locations in a Member State
other than the flag Member State must, where there is no
designated port scheme established by that Member State,
inform the competent authorities in that Member State at
least four hours in advance of the landing location(s) and
estimated time of arrival together with the quantities of
each species to be landed;

Whereas, under Article 7(3) of the above Regulation, the
Commission may make provision for another notification
period taking into account,
the distance
between the fishing grounds, the landing locations and
the ports where the vessels in question are registered or
listed;

inter alia,

Whereas, in the light of the distance between the fishing
grounds, the landing locations and the ports where the
vessels in question are registered or listed, a shorter noti-

fication period is justified for Community fishing vessels
carrying on fishing activities in the Baltic Sea,
the
Skagerrak and Kattegat which wish to land catches in the
ports of certain Member States;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Notwithstanding Article 7(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2847/93, the notification period to be observed by the
master of a Community fishing vessel which carries on
fishing activities in the Baltic Sea and the Skagerrak and
Kattegat, and who wishes to use landing locations in
Denmark, Germany, Sweden or Finland, shall be not less
than two hours.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 April 1999.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5.