CELEX: 51996PC0161
Language: en
Date: 1996-04-16
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending, for the second time, Regulation (EC) No. 3090/95 laying down for 1996 certain conservation and management measures for fishery resources in the Regulatory Area as defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North West Atlantic Fisheries

COMMISSION OH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   Brussels, 16.04.1996
                                                   COM(96) 161 final
                                    Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
  amending, for the second time, Regulation (EC) No. 3090/95 laying down for 1996
 certain conservation and management measures for fishery resources in the Regulatory
Area as defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North West
                                   Atlantic Fisheries
                           (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation (EC) No. 3090/95 established, for 1996, Community catch quotas for different
fishery resources in the NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization) Regulatory Area.
While most of these catch quotas are allocated to Member States in the said Regulation, in
the case of Atlantic redfish in NAFO zone 3M, the Community catch quota of 4,030 tonnes
is unallocated.
The allocation to the Member States should be based on the relative stability criteria -
historical performance, losses in third country waters and dependence on fisheries of the
regions concerned. As far as the historical performance is concerned, a period of 5 years
is deemed to provide an adequate balance between the past catch records and the current
fishing patterns. These criteria have been used for the allocation of Greenland halibut in the
NAFO Regulatory Area for 1996.
The present proposal establishes an allocation of this quota among Member States, in order
to ensure coherence and consistency among different quotas for different stocks in the NAFO
Regulatory Area.
The Council is requested to adopt this proposal.
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 ---pagebreak---                                         Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No              196
                                          of     1996
    amending, for the second time, Regulation (EC) No. 3090/95 laying down for 1996
   certain conservation and management measures for fishery resources in the Regulatory
  Area as defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North West
                                       Atlantic Fisheries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC) No. 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing
a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture(1), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No. 3090/95 (2) as amended by Regulation (EC) No           /96 (3) lays
down, inter alia, fishing quotas for Member States in the Regulatory Area for 1996;
Whereas in order to ensure full coherence and consistency between different measures
concerning the limitation of catches on different stocks of the same species, it is necessary
to allocate, among Member States, the Community catch quota of Atlantic redfish in NAFO
zone 3M;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No. 3090/95 should therefore be amended for the second time;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                           Article 1
Regulation (EC) No. 3090/95 is hereby amended as follows:
The Annex to this Regulation shall replace the corresponding section of the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No. 3090/95.
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         O.J. L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1.
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         O.J. L 330, 30.12.95, p. 108.
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         O.J. L                     p.
 ---pagebreak---                                          Article 2
This regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, ....1996
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                                The President
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 ---pagebreak---                                         ANNEX
                      Stock
                                                               1996 quota
                  Geographical                 Member State
   Species                              Zone                    (tonnes)
                      région
Atlantic redfish North West Atlantic NAFO 3M  Belgium
                                              Denmark
                                              Germany                  1,332
                                              Greece
                                              Spain                      204
                                              France
                                              Ireland
                                              Italy
                                              Luxembourg
                                              Netherlands
                                              Portugal                 2,494
                                              United Kingdom ^
                                              Austria
                                              Finland
                                              Sweden
                                              Available for
                                              Member States
                                              EC total                 4,030
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