1999/448/EC: Commission Decision of 14 June 1999 amending Decision 98/130/EC approving the multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet of Finland for the period from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2001 (notified under document number C(1999) 1534) (Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)
Date: 1999-06-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, common fisheries policy, fishing controls, fishing fleet, fishing regulations

L 175/68

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

10. 7. 1999

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 June 1999

amending Decision 98/130/EC approving the multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet
of Finland for the period from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2001

(notified under document number C(1999) 1534)

(Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)

(1999/448/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 98/130/EC of 16 December 1997 approving
the multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet of Finland for the period 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 Finland on the allocation between segments of

fishing vessels in the fleet the objectives for 31 December 2001 should be revised;

(3) Whereas the measures provided for 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 Finland 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 98/130/EC.

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Finland

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. 73.

ANNEX

Area

Stocks

Segment

Catch composition

Pilot rate

Weighted
reduction

Situation
1.1.1997

Objective
31.12.1996

Objective
31.12.2001

GT (*)

kW

GT (*)

kW

GT (*)

kW

Baltic, ICES III b c d

Pelagic
salmon

Small scale coastal
vessels : 12 m,
fykenet, gillnet, pount
net

Baltic herring salmon
and other species

Baltic, ICES III b c d

Pelagic

Trawlers

Baltic, ICES III b c d

Demersal (1)

Trawlers

DR:
OF:
Others:

DR:
OF:
Others:

0 %
0 %
100 %

0 %
100 %
0 %

0 %

0 %

9 918

139 894

10 100

142 110

10 100

142 110

Subtotal

9 918

139 894

10 100

142 110

10 100

142 110

0 %

0 %

9 688

54 629

10 470

58 031

10 470

58 031

20 %

20,0 %

731

2 100

731

2 100

585

1 680

Baltic, ICES III b c d

Salmon, demersal

Passive gear, gillnet,
longline

Salmon and
cod

100 %

30 %

30,0 %

3 030

21 100

3 246

22 590

2 272

15 813

Subtotal

13 449

77 829

14 447

82 721

13 327

75 524

Total

23 367

217 723

24 547

224 831

23 427

217 634

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.
(1) Taking into account the small number of vessels in this segment the Commission may review, following the procedures of Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92, the objectives for 2001 in the light of the development of the Baltic cod

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