Council Regulation (EC) No 2598/1999 of 7 December 1999 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
Date: 1999-12-07
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: authorised catch, catch quota, common fisheries policy, fishing area, fishing regulations, sea fish

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2598/1999

of 7 December 1999

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,

(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 has been modified;

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,

(5)

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 48/1999 (2) 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 Council
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing
additional conditions for year-to-year management of
TACs and quotas (3), precautionary TACs may be raised
under conditions stipulated in Article 3(1) therein; 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);

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;

(6)

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

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

(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;

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communi-
ties.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 December 1999.

For the Council

The President

K. SASI

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

tion (EC) No 1181/98 (OJ L 164, 9.6.1988, p. 1.)

(2) OJ L 13, 18.1.1999, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) 1570/1999 (OJ L 187, 20.7.1999, p. 5).

(3) OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3.

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ANNEX

Zone: Kattegat

Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

België/Belgique
Danmark
Deutschland
Ελλάδα
España
France
Ireland
Italia
Luxembourg
Nederland
Österreich
Portugal
Suomi/Finland
Sverige
United Kingdom

EC

TAC

4 320
90

2 590

7 000

7 000

Species: Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone: Skagerrak and Kattegat (1), IIIbcd (1)

(1) Community waters.
(2) 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.

België/Belgique
Danmark
Deutschland
Ελλάδα
España
France
Ireland
Italia
Luxembourg
Nederland
Österreich
Portugal
Suomi/Finland
Sverige
United Kingdom

EC

TAC

3 675 (2)
10 (3)

1 315 (2)

5 000

5 000

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Species: Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone: IIa (1), North Sea (1)

(1) Community waters

België/Belgique
Danmark
Deutschland
Ελλάδα
España
France
Ireland
Italia
Luxembourg
Nederland
Österreich
Portugal
Suomi/Finland
Sverige
United Kingdom

EC

TAC

900
900
15

25

465

14 895

17 200

17 200

Species: Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

Zona: IIa (1), North Sea (1)

(1) Community waters
(2) Including sandeel

België/Belgique
Danmark
Deutschland
Ελλάδα
España
France
Ireland
Italia
Luxembourg
Nederland
Österreich
Portugal
Suomi/Finland
Sverige
United Kingdom

EC

TAC

2 370
187 380
2 370

2 370

2 370

1 330 (2)
7 810

206 000

225 000

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Species: Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

Zone: IIIbcd (1)

(1) Community waters
(2) Of which no more than 8 000 t may be fished in the Estonian zone,
no more 6 000 t in the Latvian zone, and no more than 4 000 t in
the Lithuanian zone

(3) Whenever consumption of

this quota had reached a level of
105 917 t, the remaining 4 000 tonnes may only be taken in waters
under the sovereignty or the Kingdom of Sweden

België/Belgique
Danmark
Deutschland
Ελλάδα
España
France
Ireland
Italia
Luxembourg
Nederland
Österreich
Portugal
Suomi/Finland
Sverige
United Kingdom

EC

TAC

48 064
30 450

25 160
109 916 (3)

213 590 (2)

468 000