CELEX: 51991PC0512
Language: en
Date: 1991-12-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) amending Regulation ( EEC ) n° 3927/90 laying down for 1991, certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                        C0M(91) 512 final
                                        Brussels,10  December 1991
                            Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
   amending Regulation (EEC) No 3927 >90 laying dovm for 19 91, certain
   measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources
            applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway
                    (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
By regulation (EEC) N* 3927/90 the Council has allocated      the shares
available   for  1991  to Norwegian   vessels fishing  In the   Community
fIshIng zone.
Following   a Norwegian   request  the Community  and Norway   have  held
consultations regarding an increase of 3.000 t of the Norwegian 1991
catch possibilities of "sprat"     In the Community fishing zone. As a*
result the Community agreed that the catch quota allocated to Norway
for 1991 was    increased on the condition that Norway was prepared to
compensate the Community under the 1992 Fisheries Arrangement.
 It Is therefore proposed to amend the above Regulation accordingly.
 ---pagebreak---                                   Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N°       /
                                 Of         19 91
       amending Regulation (EEC) No 3927 A ) laying down for 19 9 1, certain
       measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources
                applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25 January 1983
establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of
 fishery resources (1), as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3927/90 (3) lays down, for 19<?1, certain
 measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources
 applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway;
 Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 2 of the
 Fisheries Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom
 of Norway (4), the Community and Norway have held further consultations
  concerning mutual fishing rights in 1991;
   (1)  OJ No L 24, 27.1.1983, p. 1-
   (2)  OJ No L 302, 15..11.1985, p. 1.
   (3)  OJ No L 378 , 31.12.1990, p- 38.
   (4)  OJ No L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 48.
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                        ^.   _      ~ l r H r l p 3 of Regulation VEEC) No 170/83,
Whereas, pursuant to the terms of Article J 01 w y «
                                                                                   s
it is for the Council to fix the total catches allocated to third country
and to lay down the specific conditions under which such catches must be
taken,
 HAS ADOPTED T H I S REGULATION :
                                      Article     1
 in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3927/90, the figure relating to         sprat
       (ICES IV                    ) is hereby replaced by the one set Out in
  the Annex to this Regulation.
                                       Article 2
  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in U>«*
  Official Journal of the European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety
                     and directly applicable in all Member States,
   Done at Brussels,
                                                       For the Council
                                                        The president
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                          ANNEX
             Norwegian catch quotas for 1991
                                (tonnes - fresh round weight)
                   Area within which fishing     Quantity   |
     Species
                         is authorized       I   (tonnes)
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