CELEX: 51996PC0405
Language: en
Date: 1996-09-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending, for the 4th time, Regulation (EC) No. 3074/95 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1996 and certain conditions under which they may be fished

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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                                                  Brussels, 09 09.1996
                                                  COM(%) 405 final
                                   Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
                amending, for the 4th time, Regulation (EC) No. 3074/95
fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for
              I99(> and certain conditions under which they may he fished
                          (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The objective of the present proposal is to fix fishing possibilities for certain stocks of fish
and to allocate these equitably to Member States. The fixing and the sharing of possibilities
for fishing falls exclusively within the competence of the Community and arises from
obligations set out in Article 8(4) of Regulation (EEC) n° 3760/92 of the Council of
20 December 19921, establishing a Community regime for fishing and aquaculture.
Within the framework of the bilateral consultations on the reciprocal fishing rights between
the Community and Norway, the Community share for North Sea plaice has been increased
and the part of the TAC of blue whiting available to Norway in areas Vb (EC zone), VI and
VII has been increased.
Within the framework of the bilateral consultations on the reciprocal fishing rights between
the Community and Poland, the Community share for Baltic cod has been decreased.
This proposal intends to address these matters by modifying Council Regulation (EC)
N° 3074/95.
                O.J. No L389, 31.12.1992, p.l
 ---pagebreak---                                                  Proposal for a
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
                    amending, for the 4th time, Regulation (EC) No. 3074/95
    fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for
                  1996 and certain conditions under which they may be fished
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
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 aquaculture1 as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria,
Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas under the terms of Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 it is incumbent upon the
Council to establish the total allowable catches (TACs) by fishery or group of fisheries;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No. 3074/952 fixes, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the
TACs for 1996 and certain conditions under which they may be fished;
Whereas, within the framework of the bilateral consultations on the reciprocal fishing rights between
the Community and Norway, the Community share for North Sea plaice has been increased and the
part of the TAC of blue whiting available to Norway in areas Vb (EC zone), VI and VII has been
increased;
Whereas, within the framework of the bilateral consultations on the reciprocal fishing rights between
the Community and Poland, the Community share for Baltic cod has been decreased;
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No. 3074/95, lastly amended by Council Regulation (EC) No.
 1602/963, should therefore be amended accordingly,
                   O.J. No L 389, of 31.12.1992, p.l
           2
                   O.J. No L 330, of 30.12.1995, p.l
            3
                   O.J. No L 198, of 08.08.1996, p.l
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
                                              Article I
The annex to this Regulation shall replace the corresponding elements of the Annex to Regulation
(EC) No 3074/95.
                                              Article 2
 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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,
                                                                           For the Council,
                                                                           The President
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 ---pagebreak---                                                                 ANNEX
 Species:          Plaice                   Zone: lia (1), IV
                   Pleuronectes platessa
 België / Belgique       4900               (1 )  Waters of the Community as constituted in 1994
 Danmark               15920                (2)   Of which no more than 40 000 tonnes may be fished in
 Deutschland             4590                     waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Norway.
 FJIada
 Espafia
 France                   920
 Ireland
 Italia
 Luxembourg
 Nederland             30600
 Osterreich
 Portugal
 Suomi/Finland
 Sverige
 United Kingdom        22650
 EC (2)                79580
 TAC                  81 000
ISpecies:          Blue whiting             Zone: Vb(1),VI, VII
                   Micromesistius poutassou
 België / Belgique                          (1 )  Community waters.
 Danmark                                    (2)   Of which 5000 tonnes may be fished either in ICES Divisions Vb(EC zone), VI, VII
 Deutschland                                      or Vllla.b.d.
 Ellada                                     (3)   Available to all Member States, except Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Finland
 Espafia               20000 (2)            (*)   Precautionary TAC
 France
 Ireland
 Italia
 Luxembourg
 Nederland
 Osterreich
 Portugal                1500
 Suomi/Finland
 Sverige
 United Kingdom
                       47500 (3)
 EC                    69000
 TAC                  350000 (*)
ISpecies:          Cod                      Zone: lllbcd (1)
                   Gadus morhua
 België / Belgique                                Community waters
 Danmark               45910                      Excluding an additional 601 of flatfish as bycatch in waters of the Community as
 Deutschland           20070                      constituted in 1994
 Ellada                                           Of which, for Germany and Denmark together, no more than 11001 may be fished in the
 Espafia                                          Estonian zone, no more than 7001 in the Latvian zone, and no more than 700 t in the
 France                                           Lithuanian zone.
 Ireland                                    (4)   Of which no more than 1351 may be fished in the Latvian zone
 Italia
 Luxembourg
 Nederland
 Osterreich
 Portugal
 Suomi/Finland           2260 (4)
 Sverige                33895 (2)
 United Kingdom
 EC                   102135 (3)
 TAC                  103915
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