CELEX: 51991PC0070
Language: en
Date: 1991-03-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL CATCH QUOTAS AMONG MEMBER STATES FOR VESSELS FISHING IN SWEDISH WATERS, FOR 1991

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                C0MC91) 70 final
                                               Brussels, 5 March 1991
                            Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
 allocating additional catch quotas among Member States for vessels
                 fishing in Swedish waters, for 1991
                    (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY yjEMQRAMfilH
1. The accession to the Community of the Kingdom of Spain and tho
   Portuguese Republic meant that adjustments had to be mad© to th©
   free trade agreement between Sweden and the Community concluded in
   1972. At the same time, the parties concluded, In the form of ?-.\\
   exchange of letters, a supplementary agreement on agriculture and
   fisheries; that agreement was initialled on 22 February 1986. Under
   It, Sweden offered the Community certain catch quotas for cod and
   herring for 1991 In the Swedish fishing zone of the Baltic Sea,
   excluding the area previously In dispute between Sweden and the
   USSR. Those catch quotas are to be added to the reciprocal fishing
   rights which are agreed annually between the parties under the
   fisheries agreement between the Community and Sweden.
   By notification dated 11 January 199), Sweden informed the Community
   of the supplementary catch quotas for 1991.
2. The purpose of this Regulation Is to allocate among the Member
   States the supplementary catch quotas in the Swedish fishing zone in
   accordance with the principles of Community law and of the common
   fisheries policy. This allocation must be non-discriminatory and
   fair and guarantee each Member State a relative stability as regards
   Its fishing of each of the stocks in question.
   The Commission considers that the allocation of the somewhat limited
   suppiementary amounts in this zone, which can only be fished in
   Swedish waters according to the reference base of 1983, will best
   contribute to the relative stability of fishing activities regarding
   these stocks, and proposes that the Council adopt the attached
   Regulation as soon as possible.
3. The Commission notes that the supplementary quotas secured from
   Sweden under the 1986 agreement were not taken Into consideration
   when the general allocation was made In 1983 which was Intended to
   serve as a reference base In later years for the allocation of all
   TACs and quotas In the North Atlantic and the Baltic. The question
   of future quota allocations will have to be considered in the
   context of a review of the general allocation made in 1983, the
   original balance of which may have been affected by            later
   biological, commercial and political developments.
    If it should prove that the original overall balance has been
   substantially modified, the Commission reserves the possibility of
   proposing the necessary adjustments to the Council In line with the
   statement entered by the Council in the minutes of its meeting on
   23 January 1983 in connection with Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No
   170/83.
 ---pagebreak---                                                    PROPOSAL FOR A
                                          C O U N C I L REGULATION (EEC) N o
                                                          of
                   allocating additional catch quotas among Member States for vessels fishing in
                                                           Swedish waters f o r 1 9 9 1
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES.                          Whereas, under Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 170/83,
                                                                    it is for the Council to lay down in particular the specific
                                                                    conditions for taking those catches : whereas, under
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Article 4 of the said Regulation, the quantity available to
  Economic Community,                                               the Community is to be distributed among the Member
                                                                    States ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of
  25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for               Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation
  the conservation and management of fishery resources ('),         are subject to the control measures provided for by
  as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and                   Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987
  Portugal (*), and in particular Article 11 thereof,               establishing certain control measures for fishing
                                                                    activities Çj), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    3483/88 fe),
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
  Whereas the Community and the Kingdom of Sweden
  have initialled an agreement on their mutual fishing
  rights for 199} which provides, inter alia, for the               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  allocation of certain catch quotas for Community vessels
  in Swedish waters ; whereas those catch quotas were
  allocated by Regulation (EEC) N o 3 9 3 0 / 9 0 ( 3 )
                                                                                              Article 1
  Whereas, in order to take account of the accession of             Vessels flying the flag of a Member State shall be
  Spain and Portugal to the Community, the Community                authorized in 19Ç») to take catches within the geograph-
  ar.d the Kingdom of Sweden have, inter alia, concluded            ical limits and the quotas set out in the Annex in waters
  an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters                tailing within the fisheries juridisction of Sweden, without
  concerning agriculture and fisheries $ ; whereas, under           prejudice to catches already authorized for the same
  that Agreement, the Kingdom of Sweden undertook in                period by Regulation (EEC)'No 3 9 3 0 / 9 0
  particular to grant the Community catch quotas for cod
  and herring in the Swedish fishing zone in the Baltic Sea,
  in addition to the fishing possibilities agreed annually
  under the Agreement on fisheries between the
  Community and the Kingdom of Sweden ;                                                       Article 2
  Whereas the Government of Sweden, by notification                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
  dated 1$ January 199f , informed the Community of                 publication in the Official Journal of the European
  the supplementary catch quêtas fer           \99t.                 Communities.
  (') OJ No L 24, 27. 1. 1983. p. 1.                                 It shall apply until 31 December l # *
  (*) OJ Ne L 302, 15. II. 1985. p. 1.
( 3 > 0 J No L 3 7 3 , 3 1 . T 2 . 1 9 9 0 ,  p,   55
                                                                    fi OJ No L 207. 29. 7. I9S7. p. 1.
  (tjOJ No L 328, 22. 11. 1986. p. »0.                               Û OJ No L 304, 11. 11. 1988. p. 2.
 ---pagebreak--- This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels
                                                         For the Council
                                                           The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                ANNEX
                             Quantities referred to in Article 1 for 1991
                                                                                         (tonnes)
        Species             ICES division (')       Quous                    Allocations
Cod                              Hid                 2 500           Denmark               1 830
                                                                     Germany                670
Herring                          nid                 1 500           Denmark                855
                                                                     Germany                645
0) except for the area defined in Footnote (1) in the Amex to Counci I Regulation (EEC) n° 1059/89 (2)
(2) 0J nm L113, 26.4.1989, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak--- COMPETITIVENESS AND EMPLOYMENT IMPACT STATEMENT
The object of the proposed Regulation is to divide between Member states
the supplementary catch quotas in the Swedish fishery sone in the Baltic
Sea for 1991, as agreed upon in the exchange of letters between the
Community and Sweden based upon the respective EFTA Adaptation Protocol,
consequent to the enlargement of the Community by Portugal and Spain.
It will not involve undertakings in any particular obligations except for
the evident respect of the relevant fisheries regulations in force.
RAPPORT DE L'IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L'EMPLOI
L'objet du Règlement proposé est de répartir entre les Etats Membres les
quotas de capture supplémentaires dans la zone de pêche suédoise en Mer
Baltique pour 1991, tels que accordés dans l'échange de lettres entre la
Communauté et la Suède, basé sur le Protocole d'Adaptation EFTA respectif,
suite à l'élargissement de la Communauté à l'Espagne et au Portugal.
Cela n'implique pas d'obligation particulière pour les entreprises excepté,
évidemment, le respect des règlements de pêche en vigueur.
BERICHT UBER DIE AITSWIRKUNGEN AUF W E T T B E W E R B S F X H I G K E I T UND BESCHAFTIGUNG
Gegenstand der vorgeschlagenen Verordnung ist es, die zusatzlichen
Fangquoten in der schwedischen Fischereizone in der Ostsee fîir 1991, so wie
im Briefwechsel zwischen der Gemeinschaft und Schweden, gegrundet auf das
diesbezûgliche EFTA Anpassungsprotokoll im AuschluB an die Erweiterung der
Gemeinschaft um Spanien und Portugal vereinbart, auf die Mitgliedstaaten
auf zuteilen.
Dieser Vorschlag bringt keine besonderen Verpflichtungen fur die
Unternehmen mit sich, mit Ausnahme der Einhaltung der entsprechenden
geltenden Fischereibestimmungen.
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