Council Regulation (EC) No 1447/2000 of 26 June 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 fixing for 2000 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required
Date: 2000-06-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU waters, authorised catch, fishery management, fishing controls, fishing fleet, fishing regulations

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1447/2000

of 26 June 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 fixing for 2000 the fishing opportunities and associated
conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and,
for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 (2) fixes for 2000 the
fishing opportunities and associated conditions
for
certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable
in Community waters.

In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article
3 of the Agreement on Fisheries of 11 December 1992
concluded between the Government of the Kingdom of
Sweden and the Government of the Russian Federation,
the Community, on behalf of the Kingdom of Sweden,
held
Federation
concerning their mutual fishing rights for 2000. The
results of the abovementioned consultations have to be
inserted in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999.

consultations with

the Russian

Since 1977, the Community has operated a system of
conservation and management of
fishery resources
applicable to vessels flying the flag of certain non-
member countries in the 200-nautical-mile-zone off the
the French department of Guyana. The
coast of
continuity of the system must be assured, in particular
by maintaining the restriction on some fish stocks in the
zone in order to conserve the stock and ensure adequate
profitability for the fishermen concerned.

The processing industry based in the French department
of Guyana depends on landings from vessels of non-
member countries operating in the fishing zone off that
It appears necessary, therefore, to define
department.
appropriate conditions
the fishing and
landing by these vessels.

to control

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 should be amended
accordingly,

(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 341, 31.12.1999, p. 1.

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 is hereby amended as follows:

1. A new paragraph shall be inserted in Article 13, reading as

follows:

‘2a.
The granting of licences to fish in the waters of the
French Department of Guyana shall be subject
to the
the vessel concerned to
undertaking by the owner of
permit an observer to come on board at the Commission's
request.’

2. A new paragraph shall be inserted in Article 14, reading as

follows:

‘1a.
The master of each vessel in possession of a licence
for finfish or tuna fishing in the waters of the French
Department of Guyana shall, on landing the catch after
each trip, submit to the French authorities a declaration,
for whose accuracy the master alone is responsible, stating
the quantities of shrimp caught and kept on board since
the last declaration. This declaration shall be made using
the form of which a model appears in Annex VI b.

The French authorities shall take all appropriate measures
to verify the accuracy of the declarations, by checking
them in particular against the logbook referred to in para-
graph 2. The declaration shall be signed by the competent
official after it has been verified.

Before the end of each month, the French authorities shall
send to the Commission all the declarations relating to the
preceding month.’

3. The following subparagraph shall be added to Article

14(2):

‘When fishing in the waters of the French Department of
Guyana,
the log-book shall correspond to the model
appearing in Annex VII a. A copy of this log-book shall be
sent to the Commission within 30 days of the last day of
each fishing trip via the French authorities.’

4. The following subparagraph shall be added to Article

14(3):

‘If, for a period of one month, the Commission receives no
communication concerning a vessel
in possession of a
licence to fish in waters of the French Department of
Guyana, the licence of such vessel shall be withdrawn.’

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5. The entries in Annex I hereto shall replace or be inserted

in the corresponding entries in Annex IA.

6. The entries in Annex II hereto shall be inserted in Annex

VI.

7. The entries in Annex III hereto shall be inserted in Annex

VI a.

8. In Annex VI a:

— A new footnote 2a shall be inserted beside the refer-
ences ‘Penaeus shrimps’ appearing in the entries corre-
sponding to the countries ‘Barbados’,
‘Suri-
name’ and ‘Trinidad and Tobago’. The text of the foot-
note shall read as follows:

‘Guyana’

‘(2a) The licences concerning fishing for shrimp in the
waters of the French Department of Guyana shall
be issued on the basis of a fishing plan submitted
by the authorities of the third country concerned,
approved by the Commission. The period of
validity of each of these licences shall be limited

to the fishing period provided for in the fishing
plan on the basis of which the licence was issued.’
— A new paragraph shall be inserted at the end of the
text of footnote 3, which shall read as follows:

‘Where the endorsement referred to above is refused,
the French authorities shall give notification of this
refusal and state their reasons for it
to the party
concerned and to the Commission.’

9. Annex IV hereto shall be inserted as a new Annex VI ter.

10. Annex V hereto shall be inserted as a new Annex VII bis.

11. In Annex VIII, the following entries shall be inserted in the

list of species names and codes:

‘Bob shrimp (Xyphopenaeus kroyerii)
Shark (Selachii, Pleurotremata)

BOB
SKH’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day 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 Luxembourg, 26 June 2000.

For the Council

The President

J. COELHO

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(Entries replacing or inserted in the corresponding entries in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999)

ANNEX I

Zone: IIIbcd (EC waters), except Management Unit 3

(1) To be counted against the Latvian share of the IBSFC TAC.
(2) To be counted against the Lithuanian share of the IBSFC TAC.

Species: Herring

Clupea harengus

Denmark
Germany
Finland
Sweden
EC

23 243
70 486
26 350
95 971
216 050

Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Russian Federation

1 000 (1)
500 (2)

4 000
2 500

TAC

405 000

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones
specified:

Latvian waters

Lithuanian waters

Management Unit 3

1 000

500

8 000

Zone: IIId (waters of the Russian Federation)

Zone: IIId (waters of the Russian Federation)

EC

Sweden

Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Sweden

EC

TAC

Species: Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

Sweden

EC

TAC

125

125

105 000

2 150

2 150

400 000

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ANNEX II

(Entries to be inserted in Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999)

Waters of the Russian Federation

All fisheries

Fisheries for cod

Fishing for sprat

ANNEX III

(Entries to be inserted in Annex VI bis to Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999)

Russian Federation

Herring, IIId (Swedish waters)

Herring, IIId (Swedish waters, non-fishing
mother ships)

17

17

17

20

5

10

7

10

20

5

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ANNEX IV

(Annex to be inserted as Annex VI b to Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999)

‘Annex VI b

Declaration pursuant to Article 10 (2)

LANDING DECLARATION (1)

Name of vessel:

Name of master:

Master's signature:

Registration
No:

Name of
agent:

Voyage made from the

to the

Port of landing:

‘Head-off’ shrimps:

‘Head-on’ shrimps:

Thunnidae:

Shark:

Quantity of shrimps landed (in live-weight)

or (

× 1,6) =

kg (head-on shrimps)

kg

kg

kg

kg

Snapper (Lutjanidae):

Other:

kg

kg

(1) One copy is kept by the master, one copy is kept by the control officer, and one copy is to be sent to the Commission of the

European Communities.’

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ANNEX V

(Annex to be inserted as Annex VIIa to Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999)

‘ANNEX VIIa

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