CELEX: 51996PC0457
Language: en
Date: 1996-09-23
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3076/95 allocating, for 1996, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                           Brussels, 23.09.1996
                                           COM(96) 457 final
                            Proposal for a
                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
   amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3076/95 allocating, for 1996,
  certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in the
Norwegian exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen
                   (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Under the Agreement on fisheries between Sweden and Norway of 9 December 1976, Sweden
enjoys, free of charge, certain fishing rights within the Norwegian exclusive economic zone
south of 62°00'N.
In the autumn of 1995, consultations were held between the Community, on behalf of Sweden,
and Norway in order to specify the relevant fishing rights for 1996. It was not possible to
conclude these consultations because of Norway's insistence on too drastic a reduction in
Swedish catch quotas. Therefore, Council Regulation (EC) No 3076/95 had to leave open the
allocation of the corresponding catch quotas to Sweden.
Consultations continued in 1996 and proved to be protracted. They eventually led to a
successful conclusion, on 5 July 1996, by way of which an agreement was reached on the
following catch quotas to be allocated to Sweden in 1996:
        Cod:                             460 tonnes  )
        Haddock:                         850 tonnes   )     2,560 tonnes
        Saithe:                        1,060 tonnes  )
        Pollack and Whiting:             190 tonnes   )
        Herring:                         840 tonnes
        Mackerel:                        240 tonnes
        Shrimp:                          150 tonnes
        Industrial Species:              800 tonnes   *
        Other Species:        at a traditional level
 *       Of which no more than 400 tonnes of Horse Mackerel.
The objective of this proposal is to implement, at Community level, these agreed catch quotas
 and to amend Council Regulation (EC) No 3076/95 accordingly.
 ---pagebreak---                                                 Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No
                                             of
                amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3076/95 allocating, for 1996,
              certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in the
          Norwegian exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen
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 aquaculture0} as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria,
Finland and Sweden, and, in particular, Article 8(4) thereof,
having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3076/95(2) had to leave open the allocation of certain catch
quotas to which Sweden is entitled under the Agreement on fisheries between the Kingdom of Sweden
and the Kingdom of Norway of 9 December 1976;
Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the aforementioned Agreement on fisheries
of 9 December 1976, the Community, on behalf of Sweden, continued to hold consultations with
Norway concerning the relevant fishing rights for 1996;
Whereas these consultations have been concluded and, consequently, it is now necessary to implement
the agreed measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                   Article 1
Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 3076/95 shall be replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
                                                   Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the 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
 (i)
         O J N o L 3 8 9 , 31.12.1992, p. 1.
 (2)
         OJ No L 330, 30.12.1995, p. 51.
 ---pagebreak---                                                    ANNEX
           Allocation of Community catch quotas in Norwegian waters for 1996,
                                        as referred to in Article 1
                                   (Norwegian waters south of 62 "00 'N)
                                   ICES      Community                      Quotas allocated
           Species
                                 division   catch quotas                   to Member States
  Norway pout(1)                    IV           50,000         Denmark                           47,500(2)
                                                                United Kingdom                      2,500(3)
   Sandeel                          IV          150,000         Denmark                          142,500(2)
                                                                United Kingdom                      7,500(3)
   Shrimp                           IV            1,230         Denmark                               1,080
                                                                Sweden                                   150
   Other species                    IV           11,000         Denmark          -                     5,500
                                                                United Kingdom                        4,125
                                                                Germany                                  620
                                                                Belgium                                   60
                                                                France                                   255
                                                                Netherlands                              440
                                                                Sweden                                p.m.(4)
   Cod, haddock, saithe,            IV            2,560          Sweden                                2,560
   pollack, whiting
   Herring                           IV            840           Sweden                                840(5)
   Mackerel                          IV            240           Sweden                                240(5)
    Industrial species               IV            800           Sweden                              800(4M6)
(1)      Including blue whiting and inextricably mixed horse mackerel.
(2)
         Within a total quota for Norway pout and sandeel up to 38,000 tonnes may be interchanged upon
         request.
(3)
          Within a total quota for Norway pout and sandeel up to 2,000 tonnes may be interchanged upon request.
(4)      Quota allocated by Norway to Sweden of "other species" at a traditional level.
(5)       By-catches of cod, haddock, saithe, pollack and whiting are to be counted against the quotas for these
          species.
(6)       Of which no more than 400 tonnes of horse mackerel.
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