CELEX: 51989PC0095
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Date: 1989-03-13
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2245/85 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fish stocks in the Antarctic (presented by the Commission)

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                                                COM(89 ) 95 final
                                               Brussels , 13 March 1989
                                   Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 2245 / 85 laying down certain technical measures
                   for the conservation of fish stocks in the
                                      Antarctic
                          ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                              EXPIANATOKY MEMORANDUM
On 7 November 1988 the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine
Living Resources ( CCAMLR) carmunicated that it had adopted the following
conservation measures s
- Conservation Measure ll/VII concerning the prohibition of directed fishery
on Chanpsocephalus gunnari off the coasts of South Georgia ( FAQ Antarctic
sub-area 48.3 ) in the period 4 November 1988 to 20 November 1989 .
- Conservation Measure 12/VII concerning the limitation of the total catch of
Patagonotothen brevicauda guntheri in the same area in 1988/89 .
Pursuant to Article IX(6 ) ( b)  of the Convention on the Conservation of
Antarctic Marine Living Resources , these measures become binding for all the
Contracting Parties on 7 May 1989 , as they were accepted by all Members of
the CCAMLR before 5 February 1989 .      The members of the CCAMLR, however ,
undertook to implement the first conservation measure as from 4 November 1988
and the second retroactively as from 1 July 1988.
In view of the agreement between the members of CCAMLR and the importance of
the conservation measures , the Community is called upon to apply these
measures to Community fishermen immediately.
The purpose of this Regulation is to implement these recommendations by
amending the existing Regulation laying down certain technical measures for
the conservation of fish stocks in the Antarctic .
 ---pagebreak---                                Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
  amending Regulation (EEC ) No 2245/85 laying down certain technical measures
                for the conservation of fish stocks in the Antarctic
TOE COUNCIL OF TOE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 170/83 of 25 January 1983
establishing a Gcmmxnity system for the conservation and management of
fishery resources ( 1 ), as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal , and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Gcnmissicn ,
Whereas , under Article 2 of Regulation (EEC ) N° 170/83 , the conservation
measures necessary to achieve the aims set out in Article 1 of that
Regulation are to be formulated in the light of the available scientific
advice ;
Whereas the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources , hereinafter called " the Convention", was approved by Council
Decision 81/691 /EEC ( 2 ) ; whereas it entered into force for the Community on
21 May 1982 ;
Whereas the Coimission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources    ( OCAMLR),   established   by  the    Convention , adopted, on the
recommendation of its Scientific Committee , conservation measures for the
waters off South Georgia , providing for a ban on directed fishing on
Champsocephalus gunnari from 4 November 1988, through a closed season from 1
April 1989 to 1 October 1989, to 20 November 1989, and for a total allowable
catch (TAC ) of 13,000 tonnes of Patagonotothen brevicauda guntheri for the
1988/89 fishing season with a catch reporting system;
( 1 ) 0J N° L 24 of 27.1.1983 , p. 1
( 2 ) CJ N° L 252 of 5.9.1981 , p. 26
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Whereas these conservation measures were notified to the members of the
OCAMIi* on 7 November 1988 ; whereas , in the absence of objections to the
measures they become binding on 7 May 1989 under Article IX ( 6 ) of the
Convention ;
  Whereas the members of the CCAMLR stated that they intended to apply these
conservation measures on a provisional basis , without waiting until they
became binding , in view of the fact that the TAC for Patagonotothen
brevicauda guntheri was fixed for the 1988/89 fishing season , which began on
1 July 1988, and that the closed season for Champsocephalus gunnari started
on 4 November 1988 ;
Whereas , therefore , the necessary provisions should new be laid down to
ensure that the conservation measures adopted by the CCAMLR are applied to
Camrunity fishermen ;
Whereas , under Article 3 of Regulation (EEC ) N° 170/83 , it is for the Council
to establish the TAC per stock or group of stocks , the share available to the
Ocmnunity, and the specific conditions under which catches have to be taken ;
Whereas the fishing activities referred to in this Regulation are subject to
the control measures provided for in Council Regulation (EEC ) N° 2241/87 of
23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities
( 1 ), as amended by Regulation ( EEC ) N° 3483/88 ( 2 );
Whereas the TAC adopted by the CCAMLR for Patagonotothen brevicauda guntheri
covers the entire 1988/89 fishing season ; whereas Member                  States should
therefore also catmunicate to the Coimissicn the catches taken by their
vessels between 1 July 1988 and the date on which this Regulation enters into
force ;
Whereas Council. Regulation (EEC) No 2245 /85 (3), as last amended by ' Regulation (EEC )
N° 1810/88 (4 ), should be amended accordingly,
 (1 ) CJ N° L 207 of 29.7.1987 , p. 1
(2)   0J N° L 306 of 11.11.1988 , p. 2
 (3)  OJ N° L 210 of   7.8.1985 , p. 2
(4 )  OJ N° L 162 of 29.6.1988 , p. 1
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HAS ADOPTED THIS PECULATION :
                                           Article 1
Regulation ( EEC ) N° 2245 /85 is hereby amended as follows :
1 . In Article 2(3 ), "1 April to 1 October 1988 " is replaced by "4 November
    1988, through a closed season from 1 April 1989 to 1 October 1989, to 20
    November 1989 ".
2 . Article 2a is replaced by the following :
    "Article 2a
    Catch limitations (*)
    1 . Catches of Patagonotothen brevicauda gunthen taken                in the waters      off
         South Georgia ( FAD Antarctic sub-area 48.3 ) in the period 1 July 1988
        to 30 June 1989 shall be limited to a TAC of 13 000 tonnes .
    2 . The date on which the catches taken by Community vessels or the other
        vessels concerned are deemed to have exhausted the TAC specified in
        paragraph 1 shall be fixed by the Ccrmissian pursuant to Article 11 ( 3 )
        of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 2241/87 as soon as the required information is
        received from the CCAMLR.
    3 . With effect from the date fixed pursuant to paragraph 2 fishing for
        Patagonotothen brevicauda guntheri shall be prohibited in FAD Antarctic
         sub-area 48.3 , and Community vessels shall cease to retain on board ,
        tranship or land any catches of this fish taken in the mentioned
         sub-area referred to in paragraph 1 after that date .
     (*) The FAO zones mentioned in this Regulation are defined in Commission communication 85/C 335/02
          ( 0J No C 335 , 24.12.1985 , p. 2 )."
3 . In Article 2b(l ), "Champsocephalus gunnari" is replaced by "Patagonotothen
    brevicauda guntheri ".
4. In Article 2b(2 ), "1 July 1987" is replaced by "1 July 1988".
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following tbat of
publication in the Official Journal of the European Camunities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at  Brussels                            Fbr the Council
                                             The President
 ---pagebreak---                    BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT IMPACT STATEMENT
This proposal aims to organize fishing activities in the Antarctic so that
fish stocks may be conserved . It has no particular effects on the SMEs , and
the conservation objective is - in the long term - in the interests of both
the SMEs and of trade in general .