CELEX: 51981PC0366
Language: en
Date: 1981-07-09
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2527/80 LAYING DOWN TECHNICAL MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES

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                                                            II
                                                    (Preparatory Acts)
                                               COMMISSION
             Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2527/80 laying down
                               technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources
                              (Submitted to the Council by the Commission on 15 July 1981)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                         Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof,                                             Regulation (EEC) No 2527/80 is hereby amended as
                                                                follows:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                  1. In Article 2 (1) the words 'for the purpose of
                                                                     fishing' shall be added after the words 'to use or
Having regard to the opinion of the European
                                                                     to haul'.
Parliament,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2527/80 (»),                 2. Article 3 (2) shall be deleted. Paragraphs 3 and 4
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No, provides                     become paragraphs 2 and 3.
for a comprehensive system for the taking and lan-
ding of biological resources arising in Community                3. In Article 3 (2) the words 'shrimps (Crangon)'
waters;                                                              shall be replaced by the words 'shrimps (Crangon
                                                                     spp.) and prawns (Pandalus montagui)'.
Whereas the rules governing fishing operations in the
Skagerrak and Kattegat agreed between the
                                                                 4. In Article 3 (3) the following words shall be
delgations of the Community and of Norway and
                                                                     added at the end of the sentence: 'except when
Sweden contain requirements additional to or
                                                                     fishing in accordance with Article 4'.
different from those set out in Regulation (EEC)
No 2527/80;
                                                                  5. Article 8 (1) shall be amended as follows:
Whereas experience of applying the provisions of
                                                                     (a) The second subparagraph shall be replaced by
Regulation (EEC) No 2527/80 has indicated that the
                                                                          the following: 'By-catches of the species set
wording in some cases could be improved;
                                                                          out in Annexes V and VI shall not in the
                                                                          aggregate exceed 30 % by weight of all the
Whereas it is necessary therefore to amend Regu-                          fish taken when fishing for whiting in the
lation (EEC) No 2527/80,                                                  Skagerrak and Kattegat with nets smaller
                                                                          than 80 mm. By-catches of herring alone shall
                                                                          not exceed 5 % by weight of the total catch
                                                                          taken when fishing for whiting with such
 (') OJ No L 258, 1. 10. 1980, p. 1.
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    (b) In the third subparagraph the words 'shrimp                                The third subparagraph of Article 14 (3) shall be
         of the species Crangon' shall be replaced by                              replaced by the following:
         the words 'shrimps (Crangon spp.) and
         prawns (Pandalus montagui)'.                                              'Nor may vessels carry beam trawls or other
                                                                                   trawls within the areas mentioned in this Article
    (c) In the first sentence of the fourth subpara-
                                                                                   where such beam trawls or other trawls may not
         graph the words 'prawns of the species
                                                                                   be used, unless they are properly lashed and
         Pandalus' shall be replaced by the words
                                                                                   stowed in such a way that they may not be
         'prawns (Pandalus spp. except Pandalus
                                                                                   readily used.'
         montagui)'; in the second sentence the word
         'Pandalus' shall be replaced by the words
         'prawns (Pandalus spp. except Pandalus
         montagui)'.                                                           10. Article 14 (4) shall be replaced by the following:
 6. The following sentence shall be added to the                                   '4.    Inside an area within 12 miles of the coast
    second subparagraph of Article 10 (1):                                         of the United Kingdom, beam trawls with a beam
                                                                                   whose effective length exceeds eight metres may
    'This provision shall not apply in the Skagerrak                               not be used and, if more than one trawl is used at
    and Kattegat.'                                                                 any one time, the aggregate effective length of
                                                                                   beam of the trawls so used may not exceed eight
 7. The third indent of the second subparagraph of                                 metres.'
    Article 11(1) shall be replaced by the following:
    '— landings of fish taken in the Skagerrak and
         Kattegat may consist of up to 10 % by                                 11. The following paragraph 4 shall be added to
         weight of by-catches of undersized fish of the                            Article 15:
         species mentioned in Annexes V and VI.'
                                                                                   '4. Explosives, poisonous or stupefying substances
    The following           paragraph shall be added                  to           as well as electric current and guns may not be
    Article 12:                                                                    used for the purpose of catching fish.
    'In the Skagerrak and Kattegat fishing for salmon
    and sea-trout is forbidden outside four nautical                               However, tuna and basking shark may be caught
    miles from the baselines.'                                                     using harpoon guns and electric current.'
              12. In Annex I the reference to Skagerrak and Kattegat shall be replaced by the
                  following:
                              Region           P a n of region              Date           Type of net        Mesh size
                                 '2         S k a g e r r a k and      From 1.6. 1981    All                    80(')
                                            Kattegat
                   (') When fishing for whiting, the minimum mesh size is 70 mm.'
                  In the same Annex the existing footnote (') becomes footnote (2).
              13. In Annex II the reference to prawns and shrimps in Region 2 shall be replaced by
                  the following:
                                                       Species                                     Minimum mesh size
                   ' P r a w n s (Pandalus spp. except P a n d a l u s montagui)                          3C
                   P r a w n s (Pandalus m o n t a g u i )                                                20
                   Shrimp ( C r a n g o n spp.)                                                           20'
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       14. In Annex III a comma shall be inserted after the words 'Member States' in
           paragraph 3, and the words '0° 00' longitude' shall be inserted after the word
           'meridian' in paragraph 4. (These amendments do not affect the Danish and German
           versions).
       15. The following species shall be added to the list in Annex V:
                                                                                                 (cm)
                               Species                    Region 1        Region 2     Region 3
            'Lobster (Homarus vulgaris)                       —              22           —'
           In the same Annex 'Wettim' shall be replaced by 'Megrim' and the words in brackets
            after 'Flounder' shall be replaced by '(Platichthys flesus)'.
       16. The following shall be inserted in Annex VI:
                                                                                                 (cm)
                      Species             Region       P a n of region      Date      Minimum size
            'Mackerel (for indu-            2        Skagerrak and     From 1.6. 1981     30'
            strial purposes)                         Kattegat
                                                   Article 2
       This Regulation shall enter into force three days after 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.