CELEX: 51978PC0425
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Date: 1978-08-21
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) making certain technical adjustments to Regulations (EEC) Nos 1849/78 and 1848/78 laying down certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources a applicable respectively to vessels flying the flag of Norway and vessels registered in the Faroe Islands (submitted by the Commission to the Council)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                         COM(78)425 final
                                         Brussels , 21 Augsut 1978
                              Proposal for a   ,
                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
     making certain technical adjustments to Regulations ( EEC )
     Nos 1849 / 78 and 1848 / 78 laying down certain measures for
     the conservation and management of fishery resources a
     applicable respectively to vessels flying the flag of
     Norway and vessels registered in the Faroe Islands
              ( submitted by the Commission to the Council )
C0MC78 ) 425 final
 ---pagebreak---                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Council / in the course of its session of the 24 / 25 July , adopted ■
regulations No . 1849/ 78 and No . 1848/ 78 concerning fishing by vessels •
flying the flag of Norway and vessels registered in the Faroe islands ,
subject to possible modifications following the revision by ICES of
recommended TAC 's for certain stocks , subsequent to the consultations
which were held between the Community and Norway and the. Faroe Islands .
After further consultations , which ended on 4 August , on the basis
of this scientific work , the delegations of the Community , of Norway ,
and of the Faroe Islands agreed to recommend to their respective
authorities an adjustment of the quantities . previously established for
mackerel and herring .
The Commission proposal , therefore , is intended to modify the Council' ,
regulations , and in view of the urgency , is based upon Article 103 of the
Treaty­
       *
 ---pagebreak---                            Proposal for a
                     COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
              making certain technical adjustments to
                         . *
              Regulations ( EEC ) Nos 1849 / 78 and 1848 / 78
              laying down certain measures for the conservation
              and management of fishery resources app li cable ■ re­
              spectively to vessels flying the flag of Norway and
              vessels registered in the Faroe Islands .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community and in particular Article 103 thereof .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission-
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the Community and the . Kingdom of Norway have negotiated a Framework
Agreement on' fisheries ;                      /
Whereas the Community of the one part         and the Government of Denmark and
the Home Government of the Faroe Islands         of. the other have signed a Frame- .
work Agreement on fisheries ;
Whereas Article 2 of these Framework Agreements lays down that the annual
allotments determined by-either party shall be made in accordance with the
objective of establishing a mutually satisfactory balance in their         ,
fishery relations ;                                                 .•
               V       ..                              ...               •        (1 )
Whereas the Council adopted , on 25 July 1978 , Regulations ( EEC ) Nos 1849 / 78 '    and
 and 1848 / 78 ( 2 ) laying down certain measures for'the conservation and management
of fishery resources applicable respectively to vessels flying the flag of Norway and
vessels registered in the Faroe Islands ;
Whereas these allotments are subject to such adjustments as may be ne­
cessitated by unforeseen circumstances ;
Whereas the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea has re­
commended that certain modifications should be made in the total allowable
catch for 1978 for certain fish stocks ;
Whereas as a result of the above scientific recommendations , i^ was
considered that adjustment to the catch quotas for 1978 was necessary ;
Whereas the parties concerned have held further consultations ;
Whereas the Relegations agreed to recommend to their authorities the immediate           '
 implementation of the results of these consultations ;
                                        . ' i .,                .■
 Whereas , in order to protect the rights of Community fishermen in the waters ,
 of the parties concerned , this Regulation should be adopted forthwith on the
 basis of Article 103 of the Treaty , subject to its being included at a later
 date in the common fisheries policy ;
  C1 ) 0J No L 211 , 1.8.1978 , p. 13 .
  ( 2 ) 0J No L 211 , 1.8.1978 , p. 6 .
 ---pagebreak---    HAD ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                   Article 1
          Annex I to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No .  1849       / 78 is replaced
  by Annex I to the present Regulation and Annex I to Council Regulation
   ( EEC ) No . 1848/ 78   is replaced by Annex II to the present Regulation .
                                  Article 2                                - • 1
          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication
  in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
          It shall apply until 31 December 1978 .
  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable ,
  in all Member States .
I                                       -              ·
                           \
  Done at Brussels /                                 For the Council
                                                        The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                 ANNËX I
                                        " ANNEX L
       Fishing quotas for the period 1 January to 31 December 1978.
                                                    Pishing zones                      Quantity
       Species                                      ICES Division                      ( tonnes )
                                                    or ICNAF zone       ■
                                                                       '  ■   ■
       Herring                                           - Ilia ( 1 )         j
  t                       ,
                                                            Via               j
      Mackerel                          IV & Illa North ( Skagerrak) !                       65,000     (■*) •
                                             VIa( 2 ) + Vild + Vile           j           . 42,500    "
      Horse Mackerel                                IV , VI , VII             |          unlimited
      Sprat                                                 IV , ' - .                      80,000       •
            .
                                                           Ilia                      :      15,000
      Cod             .     .                          ■ ..iv' - .          ' |               6,000     .        '
      Haddock           /.                           ' - - Fr "                               5,000 ,
      Saithe                            IV & Illa North ( Skagerrak) j                      14,000
      Whiting                   I   •     •
                                                           IV                      •     : 8,000 •
      Plaice                  .                     ■■     IV       "                         1,000        ..
      Sandeel                   |.                    ■    IV                 !             35,000 ( 4 )
      Norway Pout/                ,                        IV                              35,000 ( )
      Blue Whiting
      Blue Whiting                           II , VI , VII , XIV                        unlimited'
      Ling , Blue Ling ,        I                       IV, VI , VII .                     20,000 '        :
      Tusk                      j     ■
      Dogfish                                      - IV , VI , VII                          12,500 ( 5 ) ;
      Basking shark ,                                  IV , VI , VII                    unlimited          . ■; •'
                                                                               i                        '    . ■   ..
      Porbeagle                                ^                * •
    , Norther?i'*deep water                      ICNAP 0 + 1 (?)               \             8,910 ( 7 )
      prawn ( Pandalus •                                   XIV                   experimental .
      borealis )                                                                 fishery only
      Halibut , Greenland                        ICNAF 0 + 1 ( b )                           4,000 (' )
      Halibut and                                        & XIV
      Redfish
I
      Other                                                  IV                              5,000 . '
      Other than herring ,                  Illa North ( Skagerrak )                       unlimited ( 9 )
      mackerel , sprat
      and saithe
 ---pagebreak---  ( 1 ) east of the line connecting Lindesnes to Hansholm
 (,) only north of 56°30'N
( J ) of which up to 9.000 tonnes in ICES division Ilia North
   .   ( Skagerrak)
( ) within the total quota of these two species up to 20,000 tonnes
   -   may be interchanged                "
( .) this quota does not include catches between 6 and 12 nautical
       miles from the base-lines of the UK , which are allowed under
       the conditions laid down in the Anglo-Norwegian. Fishery
   g Agreement' of 1964
( H ) east of the . median line
                               -      *
( ) this quota is . divided as follows :
          824 tonnes in ICltfAF zone 1A ( north of . 69°30' N ) , so called zone 1 1
          773 tonnes in ICNAF zone 1A ( south of 69°30'N ).+ 1B ( north of .68°0Q'N ),
                                        so called zone 2 ,        -
     - 6,180 tonnes in ICNAF zone 1B ( south of 68°00'N ) + 1C , so called zone 3 .
  Q 1,133 tonnes in ICNAF zone 1 DEF - so called zone 4
( ) of which a maximum of 3,000 tonnes may be taken in either the
  q West Greenland zones or the East Greenland zone
( ) subject to any further consultations between the parties
       concerned ."
 ---pagebreak---    r
                                •                                                            ,                                              ANNEX II
                                    " ANNEX J.                                                                                              •––»                             *
Pishing qootas for the period 1 January to 31 December 1978 .
                                                                Fialiin^ sone                                                                            Qxantity                        .
  Speoias                                                       ICES divìsion.
                                                                or ICIS&P scafi
                                                                                                                                                          ( tonnes )                         j.
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                              '■■■iwii !■         I I                                                                                                                                         i.
                                                0
                                         •J
HERRING '                                                       ÏHaKortÎ!                                                                                     1,000^                             ■;
                                                                ( Sca^eryak)
                                                                                                              ■
  Lisa                                                                 TD»                                                                                            930
                                                       l
                                                       I
  KAGKêSEL                                             J   •
                                                                        17, VI                                                                          . 41,000 ; ( 2 )
                                                             \
                                                                                                                        ?   !
                                                                                           !
  BOKW4.T PCOT                                                          I?
                                                                                                                        i
                                                                                                                                                            37*500^         »                  j'
                                                      i
                                                                                                                             !
  SA5IEEL                                                               19"                                                                      - 10^000^ '
  SFHAT                                                                                                                                                      30çC00
                                                                                                                                                                                                                »
  K0RTE2H5 DEEP ïii;CSa                                        XCBÀ7 0 + 1(4 )                                                                        ' • , 7»400 .
  PHAWSf ( Paadslus
  bort»ail»)
i TCSX
i
                                                                     ■ YXb                                                *
                                                                                                                               j '                                         550                   j
                                                                                                                                                                                    (c )            'V
  BUTS WHITiro                                                                                                                                                15,000^'                             y­
                                                                                                                                   '                                                               e-
                                                         !
                                                                                                                                                                                                   ν
   0THSH WB2TS PISS
                                                         !             IV                                                                                     . Χ Ρ 200
*
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   (l ) e&srfc of the line coxxaac-fcizig Liadesaos to Hanstholm* tsom 1 April to
           50 Sepisffi.'bar 197 8 o                                                   '                                                                                                             J
    ( 2 ) of which st least 29,000 tonnes shall be fished exclusively from the Western
         • Mackerel stock north of 60° North - in zone IV and north of 56°30' North in. zone.
    ( 3 ) this quota may be exceeded by a maximum of' 2,500 tonne s , provided that total
           catches of Norway Pout , Sandeel , and Sprat do not exceed 77,500 tonnes .
    ( 4 ) east of median line .                                                                                                              .
    ( 5 ) fishing is permitted up to a limit of 15. vessels "