1999/447/EC: Commission Decision of 14 June 1999 amending Decision 98/122/EC approving the multi-annual guidance programme for the fishing fleet of Germany for the period from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2001 (notified under document number C(1999) 1533) (Only the German text is authentic)
Date: 1999-06-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, common fisheries policy, fishing controls, fishing fleet, fishing regulations

L 175/66

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

10. 7. 1999

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 June 1999

amending Decision 98/122/EC approving the multi-annual guidance programme for the fishing fleet
of Germany for the period from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2001

(notified under document number C(1999) 1533)

(Only the German text is authentic)

(1999/447/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2468/98 of 3 November 1998 laying down the criteria and
arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the Fisheries and Aquaculture sector and the
processing and marketing of its products (1), and in particular Articles 5 and 6 thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 97/413/EC of 26 June 1997 concerning the objectives and detailed rules
for restructuring the Community fisheries sector for the period from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2001
with a view to achieving a balance on a sustainable basis between resources and their exploitation (2), and
in particular Article 9(1) thereof,

(1) Whereas the objectives fixed by Commissione Decision 98/122/EC of 16 December 1997 approving
the multi-annual guidance programme for the fishing fleet of Germany for the priod from 1 January
1997 to 31 December 2001 (3) were calculated using the information available at that time;

(2) Whereas in the light of new information provided by Germany on the historical activity levels of the

vessels in the fleet the objectives for certain segments should be revised;

(3) Whereas the measures envisaged in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the

Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The table of objectives for the multiannual guidance programmes for the fishing fleet of Germany for the
period 1997 to 2001, shown in the Annex to the present Decision, including the footnotes, cancels and
replaces that shown in the Annex to Decision 98/122/EC.

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 14 June 1999.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 312, 20.11.1998, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 175, 30.7.1997, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 39, 12.2.1998, p. 21.

Area

Stocks

Segment

Catch composition

Pilot rate

ANNEX

Weighted
reduction

Situation
1.1.1997

Objective
31.12.1996

Objective
31.12.2001

GT (*)

kW

GT (*)

kW

GT (*) · t
(’000)

kW · t
(’000)

GT (*)

kW

GT (*) · t
(’000)

kW · t
(’000)

Baltic and North
Sea

Demersal and
herring

Small scale coastal
: 12 metres

0 %

0 %

4 050

27 999

4 827

31 433

4 827

31 433

Baltic and North
Sea

Baltic and North
Sea

Demersal

Passive gear
; 12 metres

Demersal

Trawlers

North Sea

Flatfish

Beam trawlers

North Sea

Flatfish and
crustacea

Beam trawlers
(Lists I and II)

EU waters

Pelagic

Trawlers

Third country,
NAFO, NEAFC and
EU waters

Demersal

Trawlers

DR:
OF:

DR:
OF:

DR:
OF:

DR:
OF:

DR:
OF:

DR:
OF:

4,8 %
18,6 %

14,9 %
54,4 %

93,5 %
0,9 %

25,5 %
5,9 %

29,3 %
24,3 %

9,9 %
10,2 %

Subtotal

4 050

27 999

4 827

31 433

25 %

5,9 %

2 004

5 605

2 186

6 200

4 827

31 433

2 057

5 834

30 %

20,8 % 11 204

34 798 14 910

40 657

11 809

32 200

30 %

28,3 %

1 731

5 903

2 263

6 759

564

1 658

2 263

6 759

404

1 189

30 %

9,4 % 12 544

50 334 11 944

52 522

10 821

47 585

30 %

16,1 % 18 264

11 749 18 356

12 841

4 684

3 336

18 356

12 841

3 930

2 799

30 %

6,0 % 20 357

25 495 33 872

35 529

31 840

33 397

Subtotal

66 104 133 884 83 531 154 508

Total

70 154 161 883 88 358 185 941

77 146 138 617

81 973 170 050

DR: Depletion risk.
OF: Overfished.
(*) Includes estimated GT values in accordance with Article 4 of the present Decision. The objectives will be revised as real GT values become available.

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