Proposal for a Council Regulation amending for the second time Regulation (EC) No 48/1999 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1999 and certain conditions under which they may be fishe
Date: 1999-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, sea fish

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 30.11.1999
COM(1999) 637 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending for the second time Regulation (EC) No. 48/1999 fixing, for certain
fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1999 and
certain conditions under which they may be fished

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

The TACs for the stocks of Norway lobster in the North Sea and in the Skagerrak, the
Kattegat and ICES area IIIbcd and of sprat in ICES areas IIa (EC waters) and North Sea
(EC waters), which are subject to a precautionary TAC, appear insufficient to maintain
exploitation for the whole of 1999. In accordance with the provisions laid down in
Regulation (EC) No 847/961, precautionary TACs may be reviewed on request by a
Member State and under conditions stipulated in Article 3(1) therein. The United
Kingdom and Denmark have presented requests to raise the TACs in the North Sea and
in Skagerrak and Kattegat, respectively, giving the necessary data to justify the
application. Moreover, the observed large abundance of cod in the Kattegat is likely to
result in massive discarding of fish following an early exhaustion of the TAC. According
to the most recent scientific evidence, catches from this stock may be increased in 1999
while still keeping with the conservation principles underlying the current TAC.

Moreover, within the framework of the bilateral consultations on the reciprocal fishing
rights between the Community and Poland for 1999, the Community share for Baltic
sprat have been modified.

This proposal intends to address these matters by modifying Council Regulation (EC)
N(cid:176) 48/1999.

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OJ L115 of 9.5.1996, p. 3.

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending for the second time Regulation (EC) No. 48/1999 fixing, for certain
fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1999 and
certain conditions under which they may be fished

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 aquaculture2, and in particular
Article 8 (4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas :

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No.48/19993 fixes, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish
stocks, the TACs for 1999 and certain conditions under which they may be
fished;

In accordance with the provisions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of
the Council of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year
management of TACs and quotas 4, precautionary TACs may be raised under
conditions stipulated in Article 3(1) therein; whereas those conditions are
satisfied for the stocks of Norway lobster in the North Sea and in the
Skagerrak, the Kattegat and ICES area IIIbcd and of sprat in ICES areas IIa
(EC waters) and North Sea (EC waters);

(3)

According to the most recent scientific evidence, the TAC for cod in the
Kattegat for 1999 may be increased while still keeping with conservation
principles;

(4) Within the framework of the bilateral consultations on the reciprocal fishing
rights between the Community and Poland for 1999, the Community share for
Baltic sprat have been modified;

(5)

Council Regulation (EC) No 48/1999 should therefore be amended
accordingly,

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OJ L 389 of 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession.
OJ L 13 of 18.01.1999, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) 1570/1999 (OJ L 187
20.07.1999, p. 5).
OJ L 115 of 9.5.1996, p. 3.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to this Regulation replaces the corresponding elements of the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 48/1999.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of 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

Species:

Cod

Zone:

Kattegat

Gadusmorhua

België / Belgique

Danmark

Deutschland

4 320

90

Ellada

España

France

Ireland

Italia

Luxembourg

Nederland

Österreich

Portugal

Suomi/Finland

Sverige

2 590

United Kingdom

EC

TAC

7 000

7 000

Species:

Norway lobster

Zone:

Skagerrak and Kattegat (1), IIIbcd (1)

Nephropsnorvegicus

België / Belgique

Danmark

Deutschland

3 675 (2)

10 (3)

(1)

(2)

Community waters

No fishing of this quota may take place, in the Skagerrak, within 4 miles of the baselines

of the Kingdom of Norway

(3)

No fishing of this quota may take place, in the Skagerrak, within 12 miles of the baselines

of the Kingdom of Norway

Ellada

España

France

Ireland

Italia

Luxembourg

Nederland

Österreich

Portugal

Suomi/Finland

Sverige

1 315 (2)

United Kingdom

EC

TAC

5 000

5 000

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Species:

Norway lobster

Zone:

IIa (1), North Sea (1)

Nephropsnorvegicus

(1)

Community waters

900

900

15

25

465

België / Belgique

Danmark

Deutschland

Ellada

España

France

Ireland

Italia

Luxembourg

Nederland

Österreich

Portugal

Suomi/Finland

Sverige

United Kingdom

14 895

EC

TAC

17 200

17 200

Species:

Sprat

Zone:

IIa (1), North Sea (1)

Sprattussprattus

België / Belgique

2 370

Danmark

Deutschland

187 380

2 370

(1)

(2)

Community waters

Including sandeel

Ellada

España

France

Ireland

Italia

Luxembourg

Nederland

Österreich

Portugal

Suomi/Finland

2 370

2 370

Sverige

1 330 (2)

United Kingdom

7 810

EC

TAC

206 000

225 000

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Species:

Sprat

Zone:

IIIbcd (1)

Sprattussprattus

België / Belgique

Danmark

Deutschland

48064

30450

(1)

(2)

Community waters

Of which no more than 8000 t may be fished in the Estonian zone, no more than

6000 t in the Latvian zone, and no more than 4000 t in the Lithuanian zone

(3)

Whenever consumption of this quota had reached a level of 105917 t, the remainder

4000 tonnes may only be taken in waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of

the Kingdom of Sweden

Ellada

España

France

Ireland

Italia

Luxembourg

Nederland

Österreich

Portugal

Suomi/Finland

25160

Sverige

109916 (3)

United Kingdom

EC

TAC

213590 (2)

468000

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