Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 54/1999 allocating, for 1999, Community catch quotas in Greenland waters
Date: 1999-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greenland, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing agreement, fishing regulations

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 14.10.1999
COM(1999) 472 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending Regulation (EC) No 54/1999 allocating, for 1999, Community catch
quotas in Greenland waters

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

Pursuant to Article 1 paragraph 2 of the Third Protocol1, the Community is entitled to
70% of the Greenland share of the capelin. This provision has to be seen against the
background that the capelin stock in the waters off Eastern Greenland is managed
jointly by Greenland, Iceland and Norway. This year’s tripartite consultations have
led to an agreement, by way of which the relevant TAC was set at 1,285,000 tonnes
for 1999. Under the Third Protocol, the ensuing Community catch quota in Greenland
waters will be 98,945 tonnes and, after deduction of the quantities granted to the
Faroe Islands, Iceland and Norway, the net quota available to Member States will be
48,945 tonnes.

Council Regulation (EC) No 54/19992 established the corresponding Community catch
quota at 109,340 tonnes on the basis of a TAC of 1,420,000.

The objective of this proposal is to implement the measures resulting from the variation
of the underlying TAC.

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OJ L 351, 31.12.1994, p. 1.
OJ L 13, 18.1.1999, p. 81.

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending Regulation (EC) No 54/1999 allocating, for 1999, Community catch
quotas in Greenland waters

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 aquaculture3 and in particular
Article 8(4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 54/19994 established, for 1999, the Community
catch quota for capelin in Greenland waters on the basis of the TAC for
1998/99;

a revision of the relevant TAC in the meantime has resulted in a change in the
share available to the Community;

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 54/1999 has to be amended accordingly;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION

Article 1

In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 54/1999, the entry referring to capelin is amended
as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

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OJ L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1181/98 (OJ L 164,
9.6.1998, p. 1).
OJ L 13, 18.1.1999, p. 81.

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Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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,

For the Council
The President

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ANNEX

Allocation of Community catch quotas in Greenland waters for 1999

Species

Geographical
area

Community
catch quotas
(in tonnes)

Quotas allocated to
Member States

Quantities
allocated to
Norway

Quantities
allocated
to Iceland

Faroese
quotas
under EC/
Greenland

Capelin

ICES XIV/V

98,9455 Community

48,945

10,000

30,000

10,000

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70% of the Greenland share of the TAC for capelin minus 10 000 tonnes to the Faroe Islands. Upon any
further revision of the relevant TAC in the course of 1999, the Community quota shall be revised
accordingly.

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