CELEX: 51979PC0525
Language: en
Date: 1979-10-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the charging by the Community of a fee for permits authorizing a vessel flying the flag of a Member State of the Community to fish for salmon in the Swedish fishing zone (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM(79)525 final.
                                                   Brussels . 9 October 1979
                             Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   on the charging by the Community of a fee for permits authorizing
   a vessel flying the flag of a Member State of the Community to
               fish for salmon in the Swedish fishing zone
             ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(79 ) 525 final .
 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY MEMORMDUM .
1*    The Commission has put before the Council a recommendation for
      the signature and conclusion of an agreement between the Community
      and the Swedish Government on measures to promote salmon breeding
      in the Baltic Sea . The agreement provides for a Community
      contribution towaxds the cost of salmon stocking programmes
      implemented by the Swedish Government in return for salmon catch
      quotas for Community fishermen in the Swedish fishing zone .
2.    It seems fair that the fishermen hoping to benefit from these
      additional fishing possibilities should bear some of the cost
      entailed .
      If the Community decided to meet the full cost it might be thought
      unfair that other Community fishermen must themselves pay the fees
      charged by some non-member countries for permission . to fish in
      their waters .
      Moreover , the Danish fishermen - who are by tradition the most
      interested in salmon fishing in the Baltic Sea - have already
      contributed to these breeding measures through a tax charged by
      the Banish Government on salmon landings , the proceeds of which are
      paid to the Swedish authorities .
      Naturally, this tax would be abolished after adoption of the
                                                 .
      regulation proposed here .
3.    The Commission considers that the most appropriate way of getting
      the fishermen in question to contribute to the cost is to charge a
      fee for fishing permits granted by Sweden , such permits to be issued
      to fishermen through the Commission and the Member States .
( 1 ) COM (    ) 79
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4. The Commission proposes that the amount of the fee "be calculated
   each year "by the following method :
   ( a) The average fee per permit would be calculated on the following
         formulax
                                k  * s
                                   n
         where
         s « the sum to "be paid "by the Community to Sweden for the year
             in question in accordance with the agreement
         n » the maximum number of permits that may be issued
         k « a coefficient to be fiied every year by the Council between
             0.50 and 0.75 .
   ( b ) Should it emerge that the catch capacity of the vessels concerned
         varies considerably according to their tonnage , the fee will be
         calculated for each category of vessels on the basis of their
         catch capacity .
5. An example of the application of this method to the amounts agreed
   betv?een the Community and Sweden for 1979 » if "the coefficient k is
   fixed at 0.75 » is given below :
   B M 2 million Swedish crowns
   n *= 50
   Average fee per vessel » 0.75 * 2 million * 30,000 Swedish crowns -
                                     50            ( approx.) 5,100 ECU
   Total catch quota » 325 » 000 kg
   therefore , average catch per vessel - 325 9 000 j 50 « 6,500 kg
   at an estimated value of 35 Danish crowns/kg
   or 6,500 • 35 - DKR 227,500 « ( approx .) 32,300 ECU
   The fee therefore corresponds to approximately 15.8 ^ of the
   estimated value of the average catch per vessel .
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However , in 1979 the Community did not pay the full contribution ,
&B laid down in the agreement , for the quota of 300 t agreed for 1979 *
During the consultations held for the purpose of fixing the quotas
for 1979 , the Swedish Delegation agreed to grant a quota of 300 t
of salmon for the Community subject to a firm commitment "by the
Community 's representative that the Community would pay 2 million
Swedish crowns towards the breeding measures carried out in 1979 *
The representatives of all the Member States taking part in these
consultations accepted this commitment *
Revenue from the fees shall be made over to the Community budget under
the heading of "Other receipts ", destined to offset in part the
expenses incurred under the Agreement with Sweden . It would consequently
be a receipt directly covered by Article 43 as well as Article 40 para­
graph 4 of the Treaty and should not , therefore , be considered as "own
resources" in the sence of the Decision of 21 April 1970 .
 ---pagebreak---                               PROPOSAL FOR
                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
               on the charging by the Community of a fee for permits
               authorizing a vessel flying the flag of a Member
               State of the Community to fish for salmon in
               the Swedish fishing zone .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard, to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community , and in particular Article 43 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament^,
Whereas the Council has approved the Agreement "between the European
Economic Community and the Swedish Government relating to certain
measures intended to promote the reproduction of salmon in the Baltic
Sea }
Whereas under this Agreement the Community has undertaken to contribute
towards the cost of measures implemented by Sweden in order to promote
salmon breeding in the Baltic Sea , and whereas such measures are likely
to increase the catch potential of certain Community fishermen }
Whereas it is fair that the fishermen hoping to benefit from the
additional fishing opportunities acquired through the Agreement and
the more advantageous fishing conditions available thereunder should
bear some of the cost involved * by means of a fee payable to the Community
intended to offset in part the expenses incurred ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION ;
 ( 1 ) OJ No®
 ( 2 ) OJ No .
 ---pagebreak---                             Article 1
  Salmon fishing "by Community vessels in the Swedish fishing zone
  shall he subject to payment of a fee to the Community .
  The fee shall he charged by the Member States upon the issue to the
  fishermen concerned of the permit authorizing them to fish for ' salmon
  in the Swedish fishing zone .
  The amount of the fee shall be determined each year before 1 November
  for the coming year , in accordance with the procedure laid down in
  the third subparagraph of Article 43(2 ) of the Treaty.
  The fee , which may vary according to the catch capacity of vessels ,
  shall be fixed at a level which ensures that the anticipated proceeds
  of the fees in a given year constitute 50-75 % of the
  Community 's financial contribution laid down for that year under
  the Agreement between the Community end Sweden on the reproduction
  of salmon in the Baltio Sea .
, The Member States shall within 60 days following the end of each
* quarter pay over to the Commission the amounts collected during
  that quarter .
                            Article 2
  This Regulation shall enter into foroe on the third day following,
  its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
  It shall apply to fishing carried on on or after 1 January 1980 .
  Ibis Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and direotly
  applicable in all Member States .
                                            Done at Brussels ,
                                            For the Council
                                            •The President
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                     FINANCIAL                RTATRMENT
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fi 1. budcct uns coiicLTC/ED t          999 revenue
    i. ACTION i Proposal for a Council Regulation on the fe!e to be charged "by the
         Community for a permit authorizing a vessel flying the flag of a Community
        Member State to fish for' salmon in the Swedish fishing zone .
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   3. LECAL BASIS i        Article 43 of the EEC Treaty
       OBJECT! VE3 i      Pee to "be charged on "behalf of the Community "by the Member States
         upon the issue , to the Community fishermen concerned, of the permit
         authorizing them to fish for salmon in the Swedish fishing' zone of the
         Baltic Sea .
   5 . PXHANCIAL CPfîSEQ'JUJCS                   OR TUE KAWCCTINO TZAR    amnort PIXAKCIAL TEAS  FCLLOTFLNO PIXAFLCIAU TEAR
  5.0 ΕΧΤΓΓΓΊΤΫΗΞ                                                              i    1                     1      i
        -CHARGED TO TOB EC BUDGET
          ( REKUIU6/I NTIIRVENTI (SIS )
        -CHARGE» TO NATIONAL ADKXNISTR.
        -CHARGED TO OTHER NATIONAL CROUPS
  J.L RECEIPTS                                                                                      (1
        -o*N RESOUOCUS or TIE EC
         ( LEVL EO/CUSTORS DUT1FS )
        -NATI O'IAX
                                                TSAR                      TZAR                  TEAR
  5-0.1 PUJRI A-'.TJUAt, PATTUIR OP EXPEIDITORE
  5.1.1 PLURI A.VNUAL PATTER1I OP RECEIFTS
  5.2 KCTIIOB OP CALCULATION The amount of the fee is to be calculated each- year by the
         following method: ( a) The average fee per permit is to be calculated by the
         following formula:                    k » s
                                                  η
         where k « a coefficient to be fixed every year by the Council between 0.50 and
                          0.75
                    s = the stun to be paid by the Community to Sweden for the year in question
                           in accordance with the agreement
                    n « the maximum number of permits that may be issued
          (b ) Should it emerge that the catch capacity of the vessels concerned varies
         considerably according to their tonnage , the fee will be calculated for each
                                                                                                            TES/KO
 6.1 FINANCING POSSIBLE lit TRANSFER BiHViSK CHAPTERS OP CUJWE.VT BUDGET t                                  ΤΕΠ/Ν0
 6.2 NLCKiSm P03 A SUFrLKUiiTART BUDGET T                                                                   TE3/W0
6.3 CREDITS TO BE WH1TT3J ItJTO FUTURE BUDCOTi 1                                                            TES/N0
co;o3»ra *             The yield from +he fses cannot, be estimated precisely as it is subject
       to unforeseeable .elements „ It is estimated that the reverme for 1980 will be
       between o»20 MUA and C.50 MUA .                          .........       ■     ... .              ^            ■
       This revenue should be allocated to Article 999 ( aniBcellaiieous receipts ) of the
       "budget .