CELEX: 51979PC0164
Language: en
Date: 1979-03-23
Title: AMENDEMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION on technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (submitted to the Council by the Commission in accordance with Article 149, indent 2 of the EEC Treaty)

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                                                               COM(79) 164 final .
                                                               Brussels , 23 March 1979
                       AMENDEMENT TO TEE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION
                       on technical measures for the conservation of fishe­
                                             ry resources
                       ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission in accor­
                        dance with Article 149 » indent 2 of the EEC Treaty)
COM(79 ) lfifl. final.
 ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The present proposal , submitted in conformity with article 149 ,
paragraph 2 of the Treaty modifies the proposal for a Council
Regulation laying down technical measures for the conservation
of fishery resources ( 1 ) in order to take into account the advice
given by the Advisory Committee on Fishery Management ( ACFM ) of the
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ( ICES ).
In its Report of May 1978 as modified by its Report of October 1978 , /
ACFM has recommended to increase the minimum mesh size in sub-areas IV
and Division Ilia to 90 mm , whereas in the remainder of Region 2 ,
including Division Vlld but excluding Division Vila , mesh sizes
should be increased to 80 mm only from 1st January 1979 .
As far as Division Ilia ( Skagerrak and Kattegat ) is concerned , the
Commission has submitted to the Council its proposal of 16.2.1979 ,
based on the results of the consultations which took place with
Sweden and Norway concerning the fishing conditions in Skagerrak
and Kattegat .
As regards the other parts of Region 2 , the Commission maintains
its attitude that , considering the serious "economic effect which an
increase of mesh sizes implies for the fishermen concerned , such
increase should be taken by more than one step , as provided for
in the modified proposal of 16.11.1978 . .       ,
The purpose of the present proposal is to make this position
consistent with the ICES advice by limiting the first step of
increase to the North Sea bnly and include the Eastern Channel
( ICES-Di vi sion Vlld ) in those remaining areas of Region 2 where
an increase of mesh size will be examined by the Council for a
later date .
( 1 ) COM ( 78 ) 635 final of 16.11.1978, modified by C0M(79 ) 80 final of 16.2.1979
 ---pagebreak--- ANNEX I
In footnote ( a ) the following words shall be deleted
    " ICES-Division VII d".    ,