Council Regulation (EC) No 2473/1999 of 22 November 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 61/1999 allocating, for 1999, catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Lithuanian waters
Date: 1999-11-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Lithuania, authorised catch, catch quota, common fisheries policy, fishing area, fishing regulations

25. 11. 1999

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2473/1999

of 22 November 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 61/1999 allocating, for 1999, catch quotas between Member States
for vessels fishing in Lithuanian 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 aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 8(4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(5)

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 61/1999 should be amended accord-
ingly;

in order to ensure the livelihood of Community fish-
ermen it is important to open these fisheries as early as
possible in 1999; given the urgency of the matter, it is
imperative to grant an exception to the six-week period
mentioned in paragraph I(3) of the Protocol on the role
of national parliaments of the European Union annexed
to the Treaty of Amsterdam,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 61/1999 (2) allocates,
for 1999,
catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing
in Lithuanian waters;

in accordance with the procedure provided for in the
Agreement on fisheries relations between the European
Community and the Republic of Lithuania (3), and in
particular Articles 3 and 6 thereof, the Community and
Lithuania have held further consultations concerning
their mutual fishing rights for 1999 and the manage-
ment of common living resources;

in the course of
these consultations, agreement was
reached on a transfer of an additional quota of 5 000
tonnes of sprat from Lithuania to the Community;

to ensure efficient management of the catch possibilities
available in Lithuanian waters,
the additional quota
should be allocated among the Member States in accord-
ance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 61/1999, the entry refer-
ring to sprat shall be replaced by that set out in the Annex to
this Regulation.

Article 2

The financial contribution for the additional quota of sprat
provided for in Article 4 of the Agreement on Fisheries Rela-
tions between the European Community and the Republic of
Lithuania shall be set at EUR 62 500, payable to an account
designated by Lithuania.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 22 November 1999.

For the Council

The President

K. HEMILÄ

(1) OJ L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 1181/98 (OJ L 164, 9.6.1998, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 13, 18.1.1999, p. 111.
(3) OJ L 332, 20.12.1996, p. 7.

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ANNEX

Allocation of Community catch quotas in Lithuanian waters for 1999

(in tonnes, fresh round weight)

Species

Sprat

ICES division

Community catch quota

Quotas allocated to Member States

III(d)

19 000

Denmark
Finland
Germany
Sweden

11 052
0
2 938
5 010