Council Regulation (EC) No 2579/2000 of 17 November 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 subject to catch limits
Date: 2000-11-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU waters, authorised catch, fishery management, fishing fleet, fishing regulations, sea fish

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2579/2000

of 17 November 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 subject to catch limits

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(5)

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)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 (2)
for
2000, the fishing opportunities and associated condi-
tions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks.

fixes,

Regulation (EC) No 65/98 (3) gave the Commission a
mandate to undertake a revision of catch statistics in the
International Commission for
the Conservation of
Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) and to modify Community
quotas for 1998 accordingly.

its annual meeting of November 1998,

At
ICCAT
adopted a revision of the catch statistics for 1993 and
1994, which constitute the reference for the 1998 catch
limitations.

its annual meeting of November 1999,

At
ICCAT
adopted the principle that the Community had under-
fished its catch limitation for 1998 by 2 581 tonnes, on
the basis of the revised data.

In this exceptional situation, and given the fact that this
Community surplus results from the under-exploitation
by some Member States of the 1998 fishing opportuni-
ties established by ICCAT, it is necessary for the surplus
of 2 581 tonnes to be allocated on the basis of the
respective contribution of each Member State to the
generation of the 1998 Community surplus, without
this amounting to a change in the allocation formula
laid down by Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 49/
1999 (4) for the annual TAC allocation.

(6)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The entry concerning blue fin tuna appearing in the Annex to
this Regulation shall replace the corresponding entry in Annex
I F to Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 17 November 2000.

For the Council

The President

J. GLAVANY

(1) OJ L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 341, 31.12.1999, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1902/2000 (OJ L 228, 8.9.2000,
p. 50).

(3) Council Regulation (EC) No 65/98 of 19 December 1997 fixing, for
certain stocks of highly migratory fish, the total allowable catches
for 1998, their distribution in quotas to Member States and certain
conditions under which they may be fished (OJ L 12, 19.1.1998,
p. 145).

(4) Council Regulation (EC) No 49/1999 of 18 December 1998 fixing,
for certain stocks of highly migratory fish,
the total allowable
catches for 1999, their distribution in quotas to Member States and
certain conditions under which they may be fished (OJ L 13,
18.1.1999, p. 54).

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ANNEX

Zone: Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and Mediterranean

(1) Except Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal, and only as by-catch.
(2) TAC agreed by ICCAT.

Species: Blue fin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

Greece
Spain
France
Italy
Portugal
All Member States (1)
EC

652
6 365
7 490
5 899
705
60
21 171

TAC

29 500 (2)