CELEX: 51983PC0693
Language: en
Date: 1983-11-15
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No. 198/83 on fishing activities in waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Member States, adopted provisionally pending the fixing of TACs and quotas for 1983 (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                                                 COM(83) 693 f i n a l
                                                                 B r u s s e l s , 15th November 1983
                   PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         amending R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) No. 198/83 on f i s h i n g a c t i v i t i e s
         in w a t e r s u nde r t h e s o v e r e i g n t y o r j u r i s d i c t i o n o f t h e Mem-
         b e r S t a t e s , a do pt e d p r o v i s i o n a l l y p en d in g t h e f i x i n g of
         TACs and q u o t a s f o r 1983
               ( p r e s e n t e d by t h e Commission t o t h e Co u n c i l)
     COM(83) 693 f i n a l
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation (EEC) No 172/83 of 25.1.1983 (1) in conjunction with Regulation
(EEC) No 198/83 of 25.1.1983 (the "roll-over") (2) limits fishing for
herring to the southern North Sea and eastern English Channel (ICES
divisions IVc and Vlld), except for minor catch possibilities which are
still     available   to France under Regulation        (EEC)  No   1353/83  of
26.5.1983 (3).       The TAC of 68,000 t available under the "roll-over"
exceeds the TAC of 40,000 t proposed by the Commission for 1983 (4), which
is based on scientific advice and is agreed with Norway.
The proposed Regulation modifies Regulation (EEC) No. 198/83 as follows:
firstly, it increases the TACs and quotas in ICES divisions IVa and IVb;
secondly, it provides that catches which have already been taken in those
divisions shall be debited against these TACs and quotas;
thirdly, it provides that catches of herring in ICES divisions IVa and IVb
 from the date of entry into force of the Regulation until 15 December 1983
 shall be debited against the TAC and quotas permitted in ICES divisions
 IVc and VIId under the "roll-over".       This will reduce the possibility of
 over-fishing this stock of herring and will permit more rational fishing
 activities; TACs for ICES divisions IVa and IVb will not exceed the
 Community shares agreed with Norway;
 fourthly, and in order to reflect the fact that the Belgian fleet does not
 fish herring in the northern and central North Sea, it provides for an
 increase of 1,000 tonnes in the herring fishing possibilities available
 for Belgium in ICES divisions IVc and Vlld whose catches will be reported
 by Belgium up to 15 December next as specifically coming from the
 additional 1,000 t.
 Twice weekly reporting       of  landings  is  proposed   in order  to  provide
 effective control.
  (1)  O.J.-L24 of 27.1.1983, p. 30
  (2)  Û.J. L25 of 27.1.1983, p. 32
  (3)  O.J. L 139 of 26.5.1983, P. 54
  ('4) COM(83 ) 385 final of 24.6. 1983.
 ---pagebreak---                            Proposal for a
                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
              amending           Regulation (EEC) No. 198/83 on
   fishing activities in waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of
    the Member States, adopted provisionally pending the fixing of TACs
                              and quotas for 1983
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having   regard   to   the   Treaty   establishing    the   European  Economic
Community,
Having regard     to    Council   Regulation    (EEC)    No    170/83  of   25
January 1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and
management of fishery resources        (1), and in particular Article 11
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Council adopted on 25 January 1983 a common fisheries policy
covering inter alia the fixing of total allowable catches (TACs) and
quotas for 1982, access arrangements and a structural policy;
Whereas those TACs and quotas are provisionally applied to 1983, pending
the adoption by the Council of the Commission's subsequent proposals for
TACs and quotas for 1983, by virtue of Council Regulation (EEC) No 198/83
of 25 January 1983 on fishing activities in waters under the sovereignty
or jurisdiction of the Member States, adopted provisionally pending the
fixing of TACs and quotas for 1983 (2);
Whereas, having regard to scientific advice obtained, fishing for northern
and central North Sea herring stocks may be authorized, taking into
account the results of consultations with Norway concerning the shares
available to the Community;
Whereas  fishing for limited quantities of herring in the northern and
central  North Sea was authorised by Regulation (EEC) No 1353/83 (3);
Whereas, pending a final Council decision, it is appropriate to amend
Council Regulation (EEC) No 198/83 in order to authorize Community
fishermen to fish the northern and central North Sea herring stocks until
15 December 1983;
Whereas such catches should be counted against the quantities which may be
caught from the southern North Sea and eastern English Channel in
accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 198/83;
(1) O.J. No L24, 27.1.1983, p. 1
(2) O.J. No L25, 27.1.1983, p. 32
(3) O.J. No L139, 28.5.1983, p. 54
 ---pagebreak---                                        -  2 -
Whereas the possibilities for transfers opened by this Regulation will
have the effect of reducing catches in the southern North Sea and eastern
English Channel;
Whereas Belgium does not have quotas in the northern and central North Sea
and that it appears opportune to increase its catch possibilities in the
southern North Sea and eastern English Channel;
Whereas   it  is  necessary  that   these     catches  should  be  reported   twice
weekly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
The following article is added to Regulation (EEC) No 198/83 :
                                   "Article 1a
   1.   Fishing for herring shall be authorized in the northern and central
        North Sea (ICES divisions IVa) and b)) until 15 December 1983 in
        accordance with the Annex        hereto. All the quantities caught in
        these divisions in 1983 shall be counted against the TACs and
        quotas listed in the Annex.
   2.   Member States shall report by telex to the Commission on each
        Tuesday and Friday landings of herring caught in the area mentioned
        in paragraph 1 by their vessels.
   3.   Catches made in ICES divisions IVa) and IVb) under paragraph 1 of
        this Article from the date of entry into force of this Regulation
        shall count against the total allowable catch, the share available
        to the Commmunity and the allocations to each Member State
        permitted under Regulation (EEC) No 198/83 for the stock of herring
        in the southern North Sea and eastern English Channel (ICES
        divisions IVc) (excluding the Blackwater stock) and Vlld))."
                                     Article 2
By derogation from Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) N° 198/83, an additional
quantity of 1,000 tonnes of herring is allocated to Belgium in the
southern North Sea and eastern English Channel (ICES divisions IVc)
(excluding    the   Blackwater    stock)      and   Vlld)),   to   be   fished   by
15 December 1983.
                                     Article 3
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 Brussels,              1983.
                                                     For the Council
                                                     The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                    ANNEX
                          S to rk
                                                                                                         Quota
                                                                                    M e m b e r Nimr
                   C ie o g i. ip h ic a i   i f ' i ' . S N A i- O                                       (tonnes)
    Species             r e g io n s       j           d iv is io n                                      1983
Herring             Northern                 I Va)                     Belgium
                    North Sea                                        I Denmark.                         4260
                                                                     j Federal Republic of Germany      2 620
                                                                       Greece
                                                                     . France                           1 460
                                                                     ! Ireland
                                                                      i Italy
                                                                      i Luxembourg
                                                                      . Netherlands                     3 530
                                                                      i United Kingdom                13 780
                                                                      j Available Tor Member States
                                                                         HliC total                    25 650
Herring              Central                            IV b)            Belgium
                     North Sea                                           Denmark                        1 250
                                                                          Federal Republic of Germany   1 400
                                                                         Greece
                                                                          France                        1 440
                                                                          Ireland
                                                                        I Italy
                                                                        | Luxembourg
                                                                        , Netherlands                   5 450
                                                                        | United Kingdom                 5 870
                                                                        JAvailable for Member S ates
                                                                         j EEC total                  •h 5 410
  F i s h i n g f o r h e r r i n g i s p r o h i b i t e d i n ICES d i v i s i o n IVb e a s t of 3°E
  t h r o u g h o u t t h e whole y e a r .
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               Proposed declarations for the Council minutes
The Council and the Commission declare that Regulation ......... shall be
considered as an exceptional measure, which does not in any sense
represent an allocation key or reflect principles relevant for determining
such a key and does not in any way prejidice future allocations of North
Sea herring TACs.
Belgium declares that the additional 1,000 tonnes of herring which may be
fished until 15 December 1983 cannot in any circumstances be debited
against the 5,000 tonnes allocated to Belgium in divisions IVc and Vlld
under the "roll-over". Catches made until 15 December 1983 by Belgian
fishermen will be notified to the Commission as counting against the
1,000 tonnes.