CELEX: 51983PC0332
Language: en
Date: 1983-05-27
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending regulation EEC 1009/83 laying down for 1983 certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (83) 332
Vol. 1983/0134
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak---  COMMISSION OF THE E U R O P E A N COMMUNITIES
                                                                COM(83) 332        final
                                                                Brussels,      27 May 1983
                                   Proposal   f o ra
                            COUNCIL REGULATION           (EEC)
        amending r e g u l a t i o n EEC 1009/83 l a y i n g down f o r 1983
        certain      measures f o r the c o n s e r v a t i o n   and management
        of f i s h e r y resources applicable          to vessels       f l y i n g the;
                                    flag  o f Norway
                   (submitted      to the   Council     by      the Commission)
COM(83) 332    final
 ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY              MEMORANDUM
  The Commission 1s c u r r e n t l y                  engaged 1n c o n s u l t a t i o n s with
  Norway a f t e r the r e c e i p t                of the advice of the ICES Advisory
 Committee on F i s h e r i e s Management                   (ACFM) which recommended,
  inter a l i a ,       h e r r i n g TACs in the northern a n d - C e n t r a l North \
  Sea (ICES          D i v i s i o n s I V a , iVb and IVc of 35 000 t o n n e s ,
  27 000 tonnes and 36 000 tonnes                          respectively.
                                                                                                    !
 Pending the completion of these c o n s u l t a t i o n s and i n order
 to take account of the i n t e r e s t s of Norwegian                          fishermen
 in t h i s j o i n t        s t o c k , the Commission proposes an i n t e r i m and
 strictly          limited         a l l o c a t i o n to Norway of 3 500 t of h e r r i n g
 f o r the p e r i o d beginning 1 June 1983 under the same c o n d i t i o n s
a p p l i c a b l e to the p r o v i s i o n a l quota a l l o c a t i o n s granted t o I
                                                                                          1
Community..fishermen.                                                                          * ••'!{..
As soon as the c o n s u l t a t i o n s with Norway have been f i n a l i s e d
a complete p r o p o s a l f o r a l l h e r r i n g stocks w i l l be made.
 ---pagebreak---                      Proposal for a
                COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending regulation EEC 1009/83
laying down for 1983 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),       and in particular a r t i c l e s 3
and 11 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Council on the 27th of Apcil 1983 l a i d      down for   1983
certain measures for the conservation and management of         fishery
resources applicable to vessels flying the ffag of Norway (2);
Whereas fishing for the northern and central North Sea herring
stocks is authorized for a limited quantity following the          scientific
advi ce;
 Whereas pending the results of current consultationu with Norway and
 a f i n a l Council decision i t is appropriate to allocate a provisional
 quota of herring of 3 500 tonnes applicable to vessels flying           the
 flag     of Norway to commence fishing on the northern and central North
 Sea herring stocks from 1 June 1983;
 (1) 0J No L 24, 27.1.1983, p. 1
 (2) 0J No L 115, 27.4.1983, p. 11
 ---pagebreak---                                        - 2 -
 Whereas i t i s necessary to a l l o c a t e               that p r o v i s i o n a l allocation
 to     . ICES d i v i s i o n s IVa) and I V b ) ;
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
          Article 1
Annex 1 to r e g u l a t i o n     (EEC) No 1009/83 s h a l l be r e p l a c e d by              the
annex to t h i s        regulation.
          Article 2
This R e g u l a t i o n s h a l l e n t e r i n t o f o r c e on the day of i t s         publication
i n the Official          Journal of the European Communities.                          It shall     apply
from 1 June          1983.
This R e g u l a t i o n s h a l l be b i n d i n g i n i t s e n t i r e t y and d i r e c t l y
applicable       i n a l l member S t a t e s .
Done at   Brussels,                                            For the C o u n c i l
                                                               The P r e s i d e n t
 ---pagebreak---                                                       ANNEX I
                                                   Fishing quotas
                                                                                             Qutncrry
                                                Ana within which frthini it auOioriird
                                                                                              (tonnct)
    Mackerel                                  ICES V I a ) ( ' ) + VII d), e). f). h)
                                               • II a)                                     22 000
    1 lemng                                   ICES V I a) (')                                7 000
   Sprat                                      ICES IV                                      40 000
   ( od                                       ICES IV                                        8 000
   lladdnck                                   ICES I V                                      18 000
   S.iithr                                    ICES I V and Skagerrak (')                   J J 000
   \V lining                                  ICES IV                                        7 000
  Plaice                                      ICES I V                                       5 000
  1 lerring                                   ICES I V c)                                    4 000(»)
  Sand-eel, Norway pour,
  blur whiting                                ICES I V                                     70 0O0    n
  Blue whiting                               ICES II, IV a), V I a) ('). V I b), VII
                                             ('). X I V                                   160 000 («)
  Blue ling                                   ICES I V , V b), V I , VII                     1 000 (')
  1 ing and rusk                             ICES I V , V b), V I , VII                    22 000 (') (•)
  Dogfish                                    ICES I V , V I , VII                            2 000 (»)
  Basking shark (••)                         ICES I V , V I , VII                               800 (»)
  Porbeagle                                  ICES I V , V I , VII                               500
  Northern deep-water prawn                  N A F O 1 (")                                      500
  (Pandalus horealis)                        ICES X I V + V a)                               2 000
 Greenland halibut                           NAFO 1                                             500 (<»)
                                             ICES X I V + V a)                                  500 ( " )
  ll.ilihtn                                  NAFO 1                                             200 ( » )
 Other species (")                           ICES IV                                         5 000
 Herring                                     ICES I V a ) , IVb) ( U )                      3 500
   ")    North of 5 6 ° 30' N .
   (')   limited in the west by a line drawn from the lighthouse of Hanstholm to the lighthouse of
         l.indesnes and in the south by a line drawn from Skagen lighthouse to the lighthouse of Tistlarna
         and from there to the nearest coast of Sweden.
   (\> From this quota catches made between 1 October and 31 December 1982 shall be deducted. The
         remainder, may be Fished only until 28 February 1983.
   {'] O f which sand-eel alone not more than 60 000 tonnes or N o r w a y pout and blue whiting together
        not more than 50 000 tonnes. U p to 10 000 tonnes of the Norway pout quota may be Fished in
        ICES VI a) north of 56* 3 0 ' N . However, this quantity should be deducted from the quota of
        sand-eel, Norway pout and blue whiting in ICES I V .
  CI West of 12" W .
  c t O f which no more than 40 000 tonnes may be fished in ICES division IV a).
  (') O f which a by-catch of 20 % of cod per ship, at any moment, it authoriied in ICES sub-areat V I
        and VII. However, this percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of
        the fishing on a specific ground. The total magnitude of by-catches should not exceed 1 000 tonne*
        of which not more than 300 tonnes should be cod.
  (') O f which ling may be a maximum of 17 000 tonnes and rusk a maximum of 9 000 tonnes.
  ('! This quota does not include catches taken in the areas defined in Annex II.
 ('•) R.nking shark liver.
 (") South of 6 8 ° N .
 (") By-catches of cod should not exceed 10 % .
 (") Excluding shrimps.
(H)         F i s h i n g f o r h e r r i n g i n the whole of ICES D i v i s i o n IVb i s
                                                                                                       :
            p r o h i b i t e d from 15 August 1983 to 30 September 1983 and
            east f 3 0 E throughout the y e a r .
                      0