2004/365/EC: Commission Decision of 13 April 2004 amending Decisions 98/119/EC, 98/121/EC and 98/125/EC approving the multiannual guidance programmes for the fishing fleets of France, the Netherlands and Ireland (notified under document number C(2004) 1300)
Date: 2004-04-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Ireland, Netherlands, exchange of information, fisheries policy, fishing controls, fishing fleet

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 April 2004

amending Decisions 98/119/EC, 98/121/EC and 98/125/EC approving the multiannual guidance
programmes for the fishing fleets of France, the Netherlands and Ireland

(notified under document number C(2004) 1300)

(Only the English, French and Dutch texts are authentic)

(2004/365/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 97/413/EC of 26 June 1997
concerning the objectives and detailed rules for restructuring
the Community fisheries sector for the period from 1 January
1997 to 31 December 2001 with a view to achieving a balance
on a sustainable basis between resources and their exploita-
tion (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The objectives of the multi-annual guidance programmes
fixed by Commission Decisions 98/119/EC (2), 98/121/
EC (3) and 98/125/EC (4)
for France, Netherlands and
Ireland were calculated using the information available
at that time.

In December 1999 the Dutch authorities requested an
adjustment of the objectives of the multiannual guidance
programme for the fishing fleet of the Netherlands to
take into account additional
fishing opportunities in
waters off Northwest Africa.

For the same reasons the French authorities requested an
adjustment of the objectives of the multiannual guidance
programme for the fishing fleet of France in February
2002.

Articles 2 and 8 of Decision 97/413/EC provide for such
adjustments of
the multiannual
the objectives of
guidance programmes.

The capacity objectives of the pelagic segments of Deci-
sions 98/119/EC and 98/121/EC should be adapted in
order to allow vessels operating under the fisheries
Agreement between the Community and the Republic of
Mauritania to exploit existing fishing opportunities.

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

This adaptation is in line with the 10th report of the
Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fish-
eries (STECF) (5) and of the FAO Fisheries Report No
657 (6), recommending that catch levels of small pelagic
stocks in these fishing areas should not increase, and
takes account of the report of the Mauritanian fisheries
research institute (IMROP) of December 2002.

Based on the information available at that time the capa-
city objectives for the pelagic segment of Ireland were
adapted by Commission Decision 2002/104/EC (7)
to
allow the exploitation of fishing opportunities in waters
off north-west Africa.

Fishing effort resulting from the additional capacity for
Ireland, France and the Netherlands in waters off North-
west Africa should not be redirected towards small
pelagic stocks in Community and international waters in
the north-east Atlantic.

should be

Fisheries
identified within the pelagic
segments of Decisions 98/119/EC and 98/121/EC in
order to distinguish clearly between the exploitation of
stocks in European and International waters in the north
Atlantic and the exploitation of stocks in waters off
north-west Africa.

The multiannual guidance programmes for the fishing
fleets concerned cover the period 1 January 1997 to 31
December 2002. Thus the present decision should apply
from 31 December 2002.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(1) OJ L 175, 3.7.1997, p. 27. Decision as amended by Decision 2002/

70/EC (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 77).

(2) OJ L 39, 12.2.1998, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Decision

2002/652/EC (OJ L 215, 10.8.2002, p. 23).

(3) OJ L 39, 12.2.1998, p. 15. Decision as last amended by Decision

2002/652/EC (OJ L 215, 10.8.2002, p. 23).

(4) OJ L 39, 12.2.1998, p. 41. Decision as last amended by Decision

2002/652/EC (OJ L 215, 10.8.2002, p. 23).

The Annex to Decision 98/119/EC is replaced by the text in
Annex I to this Decision.

(5) SEC(2002)1130 of 28 June 2000.
(6) Report of the FAO Working Group on small pelagic fish off north-

west Africa, Rome 2001.
(7) OJ L 38, 8.2.2002, p. 51.

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Article 2

Article 4

The Annex to Decision 98/121/EC is replaced by the text in
Annex II to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic,
Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Ireland.

the

It shall apply from 31 December 2002.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 13 April 2004.

The Annex to Decision 98/125/EC is replaced by the text in
Annex III to this Decision.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

FRANCE MAINLAND

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Stocks

Segment

Fishery

Catch
composition

Pilot
rate

Weight-
ed
reduc-
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Situation 1.1.1997

Objective 1.1.1997

Objective 31.12.2002

GT (*)

kW

GT (*)

kW

GT (*) × t
(' 000)

kW × t
(' 000)

GT (*)

kW

GT (*) × t
(' 000)

kW × t
(' 000)

EU waters

4F1

Small
coastal
metres

scale
< 12

12 602 170 809

9 583 164 874

9 583 164 874

SUBTOTAL

12 602 170 809

9 583 164 874

9 583 164 874

Atlantic,
Channel,
North Sea

Demersal
and pelagic

4F2

Trawlers
30 m

0-

Demersal
and pelagic

4F3

Trawlers
> 30 m

Demersal
and pelagic

4F4 Non

trawlers

12-2 m

Demersal
and pelagic

4F5 Non

> 25 m

trawlers

Pelagic

4F6

Pelagic trawlers
> 50 m

Community

DR: 4 %
OF: 25 %
Others: 71 %

DR: 8 %
OF: 23 %
Others: 69 %

DR: 3 %
OF: 18 %
Others: 79 %

DR: 0 %
OF: 94 %
Others: 6 %

DR: 11 %
OF: 19 %
Others: 70 %

30 %

8,7 %

60 610 393 326 88 384 365 429

80 695 333 637

36 %

11,2 %

34 364 85 388 47 350 85 388 15 223 23 909

47 350 85 388 13 524 21 240

30 %

6,3 %

11 764 67 908 13 742 65 418

12 876 61 297

24 %

22,6 %

1 249

3 295

1 392

3 142

1 078

2 433

36 %

10,8 %

5 857

8 580

6 804

8 580

2 014

2 540

11 304 13 080 1 796 (4) 2 265 (4)

Waters off West
Africa (1)

0 %

0 %

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Segment

Fishery

Catch
composition

Pilot
rate

Weight-
ed
reduc-
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Situation 1.1.1997

Objective 1.1.1997

Objective 31.12.2002

GT (*)

kW

GT (*)

kW

GT (*) × t
(' 000)

kW × t
(' 000)

GT (*)

kW

GT (*) × t
(' 000)

kW × t
(' 000)

Mediterra-
nean

4F7

Small
specialised

scale

4F8

Trawlers (2)

Demersal
and small
pelagic

Demersal
and small
pelagic

Pelagic

4F9

Seiners

Tuna

Small pelagics

DR: 0 %
OF: 0 %
Others: 100 %

DR: 0 %
OF: 0 %
Others: 100 %

DR: 0 %
OF: 100 %
Others: 0 %

DR: 0 %
OF: 0 %
Others: 100 %

0 %

0 %

4 915 96 877

4 062 99 722

4 062 99 722

0 %

0 %

8 412 48 644

9 397 43 144

2 047 10 673

9 397 43 144

2 047 10 673

24 %

24,0 %

785

4 676

597

3 554

0 %

0 %

106

626

106

626

SEGMENT
TOTAL

International
waters

Pelagic (3)

4FA Dakar pole &
line vessels

4 974 25 965

5 540 25 965

891

5 302

5 540 25 965

0 %

0 %

1 744

3 935

1 744

3 935

1 744

3 935

Large
pelagic
(Tuna) (3)

4FB

Seiners

0 %

0 %

32 978 82 859 46 630 87 494

46 630 87 494

Subtotal

Total

166 867 816 777 225 044 788 217

220 675 756 095

179 469 987 586 234 626 953 091

230 258 920 969

DR: Depletion Risk; OF: Overfished
(*)

Includes estimated GT values in accordance with Article 4 of the present Decision, when applicable.
The tonnage objectives for the segments 4F5, 4F6, expressed in terms of GT, are definitive. There will be no further adjustment to take into account the remeasurement of the fleet.
The final and definitive revision of the tonnage objectives for the segments 4F1, 4F2, 4F3, 4F4, 4F7, 4F8, 4F9, 4FA, 4FB,4FC, 4FD, 4FE, 4FG, 4FH, 4FJ, 4FK, 4FL and 4FM, to take into account the remeasurement of the fleet, will be
completed before the end of 2004.

(1) The capacity objectives of this segment have been increased by 4 500 GT and 4 500 kW to take into account additional fishing opportunities in the waters off West Africa. From the point in time when capacity is added to this segment

exceeding the capacity objectives that existed before this decision, the effort objectives as mentioned in footnote (4) apply.

(2) The capacity objectives for 1996 have been increased by 722 GT and 4 500 kW, representing 45 % of the backlog from the MAGP III
(3) The objectives for this segment may be revised when the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries has given its opinion concerning additional information submitted by France.
(4) Applies only under the condition of footnote (1).

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Segmentation MAGP
IV

Fishery

Catch
composition

Pilot rate

Weight-
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reduc-
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Situation 1.1.1997

Objective 1.1.197

Objective 31.12.2002

GT (*)

kW

GT (*)

kW

GT (*) -
× t
('000)

kW × t
('000)

GT (*)

kW

GT (*) -
× t
('000)

kW × t
('000)

Coastal
waters

Waters of
third coun-
tries, interna-
tional waters,
EU-waters

4J1 Small

scale
coastal non-
trawling
fishing (1)

Pelagic
anddemersal

4J2 A. Pelagic

traw-
lers (1)

and

EU-
interna-
tional
waters
in
the North-
east Atlantic

DR =
5,97 %
OF =
10,57 %
Other =
83,46 %

0 %

0 %

229

1 968

229

1 968

229

1 968

36 %

5,95 %

55 523

65 280 48 790 (3) 62 475 (4)

12 859

18 140 93 678 (8) 103 964 (8) 12 093

17 060

Waters
off
West Africa

Other =
100 %

0 %

0,00 %

EU-waters

Pelagic
anddemersal

4J3

B. Cutters
[> 221
kW] (1)

EU-waters

Flatfish,pe-
lagic andde-
mersal

4J4 C. Eurocut-
ters [< =
221 k-
W] (1)

EU-waters

Flatfish,pe-
lagic andde-
mersal

4J5 D. Small
vessels
[traw-
lers] (1)

DR
= 69,99 %
OF =
6,58 %
Other =
23,43 %

DR =
25,2 %
OF =
0,2 %
Other =
74,6 %

DR =
47,33 %
OF = 0 %
Other =
52,67 %

36 %

27,57 % 78 422 307 192 73 065 302 467 (5) 14 248

58 227

71 345

275 616

10 320

42 177

36 %

9,14 %

13 447

41 142

13 427

41 529

2 497

7 630

13 427

41 529

2 269

6 933

36 %

17,04 %

221

2 279

213 (6)

2 245 (7)

40

432

213

2 245

33

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Segmentation MAGP
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Fishery

Catch
composition

Pilot rate

Weight-
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reduc-
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Situation 1.1.1997

Objective 1.1.197

Objective 31.12.2002

GT (*)

kW

GT (*)

kW

GT (*) -
× t
('000)

kW × t
('000)

GT (*)

kW

GT (*) -
× t
('000)

kW × t
('000)

EU-waters

Flatfish,pe-
lagic andde-
mersal

4J6

E. Shrimp
vessel-
s (1) (2)

EU-waters

Shrimps

4J7

F. All

gears (1)

Other =
100 %

Other =
100 %

0 %

0 %

2 340

8 599

2 813

10 318

2 813

10 318

0 %

0 %

8 886

28 603

8 703

29 010

8 703

29 010

Total 159 068 455 063 147 240 450 012

29 644

84 430 190 408 464 650

DR: Depletion Risk; OF: Overfished
(*)

Includes estimated GT values in accordance with Article 4 of the present Decision, when applicable.
The tonnage objectives for the segments 4J2, 4J3 and 4J4 expressed in terms of GT, are definitive. There will be no further adjustment to take into account the remeasurement of the fleet.
The final and definitive revision of the tonnage objectives for the segments 4J1, 4J5, 4J6 and 4J7, to take into account the remeasurement of the fleet, will be completed before the end of 2004.
Including the ‘reserved hp's’, which are existing investment obligations administered within the limits of the objectives.

(1)
(2) This segment may be integrated in segment ‘C. Eurocutters’ by the end of 2002.
(3) The objective for 1996 has been increased by 5 509 GT, representing 45 % of the backlog from MAGP III.
(4) The objective for 1996 has been increased by 2 295 kW, representing 45 % of the backlog from MAGP III.
(5) The objective for 1996 has been increased by 3 866 kW, representing 45% of the backlog from MAGP III.
(6) The objective for 1996 has been increased by 7 GT, representing 45 % of the backlog from MAGP III.
(7) The objective for 1996 has been increased by 28 kW, representing 45 % of the backlog from MAGP III.
(8) The capacity objectives of this segment have been increased by 41 489 kW and 44 888 GT to take into account additional fishing opportunities in the waters off west Africa. This increase in capacity may under no circumstances lead

to an increase in fishing effort in EU- and international waters in the north-east Atlantic.

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ANNEX III

IRELAND

Weight-
ed
reduc-
tion

Situation 1.1.1997

Objective 1.1.1997

Objective 31.12.2002

GT (*)

kW

GT (*)

kW

GT (*) × t
(' 000)

kW (*) × t
(' 000)

GR (*)

kW

GT (*) × t
(' 000)

kW (*) × t
(' 000)

EU waters

Demersal
and pelagic

4G1

Polyvalent (1)

Pelagic

4G2

EU waters,
third country
and interna-
tional waters

Pelagic
and
seines (4)

trawl
purse

Mackerel IV, VI,
VIIbc VIIefghjk

Waters off West
Africa (2)

DR : 5,8 %
OF: 11,9 %
Others 82,3 %

DR : 2 %
OF : 19 %
Others 79 %

Flatfish and
demersal

4G3

Beam trawl (3)

Cod VIIa Plaice
and
Sole
VIIefghjk

DR : 7,9 %
OF : 27,6 %
Others 64,5 %

36 %

6,4 % 41 879 161 232 48 769 173 027

42 252 147 478

30 %

6,3 % 20 254

38 893 22 308

33 473 6 001

7 405

36 363

47 873 5 623

6 939

0 %

0 %

36 %

12,8 %

1 130

5 129

1 156

6 113

330

1 786

1 156

6 113

287

1 557

Total

63 263 205 254 72 234 212 613

79 771 201 464

DR: Depletion Risk; OF: Overfished
(*)

Includes estimated GT values in accordance with Article 4 of the present Decision, where applicable.
The final and definitive revision of the tonnage objectives for the segments 4G1, 4G2 and 4G3, to take into account the remeasurement of the fleet, will be completed before the end of 2004.

(1) The objectives of the polyvalent segment for 1.1.1997 have been increased by 5 473 GT and by 28 447 kW to take into account the capacity of previously unregistered vessels. Since by the end of June 2003 only 2 077 GT and

14 475 kW of that increase have been used, the objectives of this segment for 31.12.2002 are reduced by 3 396 GT and 13 972 kW.

(2) The capacity objectives of this segment have been increased by 14 055 GT and by 14 400 kW to take into account additional fishing opportunities in the waters off west Africa. This increase in capacity may under no circumstances

lead to an increase in fishing effort in EU- and international waters in the north-east Atlantic.

(3) Up to 285 GT and 906 kW from the polyvalent segment objective may be transferred to the beam trawl segment objective during MAGP IV in order to update existing vessels in that segment.
(4) The objective for 1.1.1997 has been increased by 4 434 kW, representing 45 % of the backlog from MAGP III.

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