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Date: 1989-02-20
Title: Proosal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (presented by the Commission)

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                                              COM(89 ) 11 final
                                              Brussels , 20 February 1989
                                Proosal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
        amending for the third time Regulation ( EEC ) No 1866 / 86
     laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of
           fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea ,
                          the Belts and the Sound
                      ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The objective of tills proposal is to implement certain of the recommendations
adopted by the International Baltic Sea Fishery Octtmission at its 14th Session held
in Warsaw frcrn 19 - 24 September 1988 by modifying Council Regulation ( EEC )
N° 1866 /86 of 12 June 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the
conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea , the Belts and
the Sound ( 1 ) .
In accordance with Article XI of the Convention on fishing and conservation of the
living resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts ( 2 ), it is obligatory for the
Community to implement the recommendations to which no Contracting Party has
officially objected since the 14th session .
The main recommendations concem :
-     changes in the periods during which it is prohibited to fish for flounder and
      plaice in certain sub-divisions ;
      the introduction of a minimum mesh size when fishing for cod using gill nets .
It is also proposed to modify Article 6(1 ) regarding the measurement of mesh sizes .
( 1 ) O.J. N° L 162, 18.6.1986, p. 1
(2 ) O.J. N° L 237, 26.8.83 , p. 5
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 ---pagebreak---                                 Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATICN ( EEC )
                amending for the third time Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1866 /86
    laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources
                in the waters of the Baltic Sea , the Belts and the Sound
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN C0M1UNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 170/83 of 25 January 1983 establishing
a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources ( 1 ) , as
last amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal ,        and    in particular
Article 11 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Oonmissicn ,
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 170/83 states that the conservation
measures necessary to achieve the aims set out in Article 1 thereof must be
formulated in the light of the available scientific advice ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86 ( 2 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC )
N° 2178/88 ( 3 ), lays down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery
resources found in the waters of the Baltic Sea , the Belts and the Sound ;
Whereas , by its letter of 29 October 1988 , the International Baltic Sea Fishery
Ccrrmission , established by the Baltic Sea Convention , notified the contracting
parties of certain recommendations to modify those technical measures as adopted at
the 14th session of the International Commission ;
Whereas the ubovtmentioned Convention provides that the Corrmunity must bring these
reccnmendations into force in the waters of the Baltic Sea and the Belts subject to
the objection procedure laid down in Article XI of the Convention ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
( 1 ) 0J N° L 24 , 27.1.1953 , p.1 .
( 2 ) 0J N° L 162 , 18.6.1986 , p. 1 .
( 3 ) OJN' L 191 , 22.7.1988 , p. 7.
 ---pagebreak---                                        Article 1
Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1866/86 is hereby amended as follows :
1.  Article 2(1 ) is replaced by the following :
   "1 .  It shall be prohibited to retain on board the following species of fish
         which have been taken in the waters and during the periods listed below.
    Species                        Waters                             Period of
                                                                      Prohibition
 Flounder ( Platichthys flesus )   Sub-division 26                    1 February to
                                                                      30 April
 Flounder                          Sub-divisions 28 and 29 south of   1 February to
                                   latitude 59 e 30'N                 30 April
 Flounder                          Sub-division 32                    1 February to
                                                                      30 June
 Fanale Flounder                   Sub-division 22 except for the     1 February to
                                   geographical area described in     30 April .
                                   Annex II
 Plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa)   Sub-division 26                    1 February to
                                                                      30 April .
 Plaice                            Sub-divisions 27 , 28 and 29       1 February to
                                   south of latitude 59 e 30'N        30 April .
 Fanale plaice                     Sub-division 22 except for the     1 February to
                                   geographical area described in     30 April .
                                   Annex II and sub-divisions 24
                                   and 25
 Turbot ( Psetta maxima)           Sub-divisions 22 , 24, 25 and 26   1 June to
                                                                      31 July.
 Brill ( Soophthalmus rhombus )    Sub-divisions 22 , 24, 25 and 26   1 June to
                                                                      31 July.
                                                                                    N
2.  The following is added to Article 5:
    "3 .   It shall be prohibited to use gill nets having meshes of a smaller size
          than those laid down in Annex IV for the waters, species or groups of
          species of fish concerned ."
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 3 . Article 6(1 ) is replaced as from 1 January 1990 by the following :
     " 1 . Vihen nets are inspected the gauges to be used for determining mesh sizes
            shall be 2 rrm thick, flat , of durable material and capable of retaining
            their shape .    They shall have either a series of parallel-edged sides
            connected by intermediate tapering edges with a taper of 1 cm in 8 cm on
            each side , or only tapering edges with a taper as defined above .        Each
            gauge shall be inscribed on its face with the width in millimetres both on
            the parallel-sided section , if any, and on the tapering section . In the
            case of the latter the width shall be inscribed every 1 nm interval and the
            indication of the width shall appear at regular intervals .                The
            inscriptions shall not extend to the edges of the gauge which shall be
            smooth with a nominal rounding of 0.5 nm ."
4.   The following is added to Annex IV :
         Species                 Waters            Type of net   Minimun mesh size
                                                                 length of large diagonal
         God                  Sub-divisions        Gill net      From 1 January 1990
         ( Gadus morhua )     22 to 32                           105 nm
                                                                                        II
                                           Article 2
This Regu’a mr. shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publi ¬
cation in me 'Micia 1 - Journal of the European Communities .
 Ms , a-                   .    bribing in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Membt        :
Done at m
                                                      For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                      BUSINESS AND 0ŒI0ÏMENT IMPACT STATEMENT
This proposal is intended to regulate fishing activities in the Baltic Sea , the
Belts and the Sound in the interests of conserving marine resources .        The
proposal does not have any particular effects on small and medium-sized
enterprises ; the aim of conservation is in the long term interests of small and
medium-sized enterprises and business in general .
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