CELEX: 31990R3931
Language: en
Date: 1990-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3931/90 of 20 December 1990 allocating, for 1991, Community catch quotas in Greenland waters

31 . 12 . 90                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 378 / 57
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3931 / 90
                                                          of 20 December 1990
                                  allocating, for 1991 , Community catch quotas in Greenland waters
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                               Whereas it is for the Community to lay down , under the
                                                                        terms of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 170 / 83 , the
                                                                        conditions subject to which these catch quotas may be used
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   by Community fishermen ;
Economic Community ,
                                                                        Whereas, to ensure efficient management of the catch
                                                                        possibilities available , they should be shared out among the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 170 / 83 of               Member States by means of quotas in accordance with
25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the                 Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 170 / 83 ;
conservation and management of fishery resources ( 1 ), as
amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal (2),              Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation
and in particular Article 11 thereof,                                   are subject to the relevant control measures provided for by
                                                                        Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241 / 87 of 23 July 1987
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                      establishing certain control measures for fishing
                                                                        activities ( s), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
                                                                        3483 / 88(6),
Whereas the Agreement on fisheries between the European
Economic Community, on the one hand, and the
Government of Denmark and the local Government of                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Greenland, on the other ( 3 ), and the Protocol laying down
the conditions relating to fishing provided for in the
Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic                                                 Article 1
Community, on the one hand , and the Government of
Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland,                      For 1991 , the allocation of the Community catch quotas in
on the other (4), establish the catch quotas allocated to the           Greenland waters shall be as set out in the Annex.
Community in Greenland waters;
                                                                                                     Article 2
Whereas these catch quotas may be used by vessels not
flying the flag of a Member State of the Community to the               Should the authorities responsible for Greenland make an
extent that this is necessary for the proper functioning of             offer regarding supplementary catch possibilities referred to
the fisheries agreements which the Community has                        in Article 8 of the Agreement on fisheries, the Council
concluded with third countries;                                         shall , acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the
                                                                        Commission, take a decision on that offer within six weeks
                                                                        of receipt thereof.
Whereas the Community shall inform the authorities
responsible for Greenland of its reaction to offers regarding
supplementary catch possibilities referred to in Article 8 of                                        Article 3
the Agreement on fisheries not later than six weeks after
receipt of the offer ;                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 20 December 1990.
                                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                                 The President
                                                                                                  P. BUKMAN
0)  OJ No  L 24 , 27. 1 . 1983 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No  L 302, 15 . 11 . 1985 , p. 1
(3) OJ No  L 29 , 1 . 2. 1985 , p. 9 .                                  (*) OJ No L 207, 29 . 7. 1987 , p. 1 .
(4) OJ No  L 252, 15 . 9 . 1990, p. 2.                                  (6) OJ No L 306 , 11 . 11 . 1988 , p. 2.
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                                                                          ANNEX
                                         Allocation of Community catch quotas in Greenland waters for 1991
                                                                                                               Amounts                  Faroese quotas in
                                                                                                             allocated to               Greenland waters
                                                  Community
                                                                                                                Norway                     according to
                              Geographical            catch       Quotas allocated to Member States             (tonnes)            EC / Greenland Fisheries
          Species                                                               (tonnes)
                                  region             quotas                                                   (shown for                   Protocol (')
                                                    (tonnes)                                                 information                     (tonnes)
                                                                                                                  only)          (shown for information only)
             1                      2                   3                           4                               5                            6
Cod                         NAFO 0 / 1              19 000       Germany                        14  630
                                                                 United Kingdom                   4 370
                             ICES XIV / V           15 000       Germany                        13  040
                                                                 United Kingdom                   1 960
Redfish                      NAFO 0 / 1               5 500      Germany                          5 395
                                                                 United Kingdom                     105
                             ICES XIV / V           46 820       Germany                        46 270             —                            500
                                                                 France                             330
                                                                 United Kingdom                     220
Greenland halibut            NAFO 0 / 1               1 850      Germany                          1 575           200 (2)                       150
                                                                 United Kingdom                      75
                             ICES XIV / V             3 750      Germany                          3 375           200 ( 2)                      150
                                                                 United Kingdom                     175
Halibut                      NAFO 0 / 1                  200                                          —
                                                                                                                  200 (2)
Deep-water prawns            NAFO 0 / 1                  440 (3) Denmark                            220                                         160
                                                                 France                             220
                             ICES XIV / V             3 910      Denmark                            705        2 500                            990
                                                                 France                             705
Catfish                      NAFO 0 / 1               2 000      Germany                          2 000            —
Blue whiting                 ICES XIV / V            30 000      Denmark                          3 000            —
                                                                 France                           3 000
                                                                 Germany                        24 000
Capelin                      ICES XIV / V           30 000       Community                       30 000                                     10 000 (2)
(!) These Faroese quotas are additional to the Community catch quotas and form part of the fishery arrangement for 1991 agreed on by the Community and the
     Faroe Islands .
(2) If fishing gear other than long-line is used, Norway will submit a report on this fishing (zone, number of vessels, net specification, catch composition).
(3 ) South of 68° N.