CELEX: 51996PC0288
Language: en
Date: 1996-06-20
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3089/95 allocating, for 1996, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Polish waters

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                       COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                         Brussels, 20.06.1996
                                                         COM(96)288 final
                                          Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
                amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3089/95 allocating, for 3996,
          certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Polish wa ers
                                 (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
In accordance with the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, the fisheries
agreements concluded by these countries with third countries shall be managed by the
Community.
The Community, on behalf of Sweden, has held consultations with Poland resulting in
agreements defining fisheries arrangements for 1996. In accordance with these reciprocal
fisheries arrangements, the quotas obtained by the Community in the Polish zone have been
allocated to Member States by Council Regulation (EC) No 3089/95.
Further consultations between the Parties have resulted in an additional exchange of quotas.
The purpose of this proposal is to amend the above mentioned Council Regulation
accordingly.
                                             z
 ---pagebreak---                                            Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No                       /96
             amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3089/95 allocating, for 1996,
       certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Polish waters
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 aquaculture (l) and, in particular, Article 8 (4) thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 124 of the 1994 Act of Accession, fisheries agreements
 concluded by the Kingdom of Sweden with third countries are managed by the Community;
 Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3089/95 <2) allocates, for 1996, certain catch quotas
between Member States for vessels fishing in Polish waters;
 Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article III of the Agreement on
 Fisheries of 1 February 1978 between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Republic of Poland,
the Community have held further consultations concerning on their reciprocal fishing rights
 for 1996, resulting in the allocation of 150 tonnes of cod to the Community;
 Whereas to ensure efficient management of the catch possibilities available in Polish waters
they should be allocated among Member States as quotas in accordance with Article 8 of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                              Article 1
In the Annex to the Council Regulation (EC) No 3089/95, the figures relating to the allocation
of Community catch quotas in Polish waters for 1996 are hereby replaced by those set out
in the Annex to this Regulation.
(l)
         OJ No L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of" Accession.
,:)
         OJ No L 330, 21.12.1995, p. 106.
                                                   '.\
 ---pagebreak---                                           Article 2
Tiis Regulation shall enter into force the day after its publication in the Official Journal.
      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
       Allocation of Community catch quotas in Polish waters for 1996
 (in metric tonnes, fresh round weight; for salmon: numbers of individual fish)
                    ICES             Community               Quotas allocated
Species
                   division          catch quotas           to Member States
Herring               Hid                  1,000        Sweden                 1,000
Salmon                Hid                  1,350        Sweden                 1,350
 Sprat                Hid                 15,000        Sweden               15,000
Flatfish              Hid                     50        Sweden                    50
  Cod                 Hid                    150        Sweden                   150
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                                                     ISSN 0254-1475
                                                             COM(96) 288 final
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