CELEX: 51978PC0524
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Date: 1978-10-20
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) extending the area within which Norwegian vessels are permitted by Regulation (EEC) No 1849/78 to fish for certain species (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            COM(78)524 final
                                            Brussels , 20 October 1978
      N                      Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         extending the area within which Norwegian vessels are
         permitted by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1849 / 78 to fish for
                             certain species
               ( submitted by the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---         Explanatory Memorandum
     The present draft is intended to extend , upon request from
the Norwegian authorities , the area within   which Norwegian vessels
are allowed to fish for mackerel of the so-called Western stock ,
to ICES-divisions Vllf and Vllh , in order to facilitate , for
the remaining part of the year , the full utilisation of the quota-
allocated to Norwegian vessels "by Regulation (EEC) n°l849/78 , as amended
by Regulation (EEC ) n°2084/78 . •                         1
 ---pagebreak---           PROPOSAL FOR
    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
 extending the area within which Norwegian vessels
 are permitted by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1849 / 78 to fish
 for certain species.
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 103 thereof
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission .
 ---pagebreak---   Whereas by Council Regulation (EEC ) n° 1849/78      of 25 July 1978
  laying down certain measures for the conservation and management
  of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of
  Norway^ ^as amended by Regulation (EEC) n°2084/78 ( 2 ), the Community
  has allocated to Norwegian vessels a quota for the fishing of mackerel
  of the scrcalled Western stock ;
  Whereas the Norwegian authorities have requested that the area in
  which this quota may be fished be extended to certain parts of ICES
  zone VII ;                       .    v                       -
  Whereas it is in the Community 's interest to facilitate the full
 •utilisation of the quotas allocated to Norwegian vessels having
 regard to the importance of maintaining reciprocal fishing possibilities
  for Community vessels in Norwegian waters ;
  Whereas the acceptance of Norway 's request requires an amendment of
  Annex I to Regulation (EEC) n°l849/78 ;
  Whereas these measures must be taken without delay , and it is therefore
 necessary to adopt them immediately as interim measures on the basis of Article
  103 of the Treaty , subject to their being included at a later date in
  the common agricultural policy ;
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION s
                        Article 1
       Annex I to         Regulation (EEC ) No. 1849/78 is replaced by the
  Annex to the present Regulation.
                        Article 2
       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
( 1 ) O.J. L 211 of 1.8.78 , p. 13
(2 ) O.J. L 240 of 1.9.78 , p. 60                                    ./.
 ---pagebreak---       It shall apply until 31 December 1978 *
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States .
 Done at Brussels ,          •         For *the Council'
                                         The President
 ---pagebreak---                                    " ANNEX I "
Fishing quotas for the period 1 January to 31 December 197&.
                                Fishmg zones                     Quant itv
Speca.es                        ICES Division                    ( tonnes ;
                                or ICNAF zone
Herring                                Ilia ( ' )
                                       Via    (2)
Mackerel                IV & IJXa North ( Skagerrak )                 65,000   (3)
                            VIarV Vild + Vile + Vllf + VÏIh           42,500
Horse Mackerçl                  IV , VI , VII                      unlimited
Sprat                                  IV , . .                      80,000
                                       Ilia                          15,000
Cod             :  .                  .IV                           - 6,000
Haddock                                IV                              5,000
Saithe                  IV & Illa North ( Skagerrak)                 14,000
Whiting                                IV                              8,000
Plaice                                 IV                              1,000
Sandeel                                IV                            35,000 ( 4 )
Norway Pout/                           IV                            35,000' ( 4 )
Blue . Whiting
Blue Whiting                II , VI , VII , XIV                   uni irai ted
Ling , Blue Ling ,               IV , VI , VII                       20,000
Tusk
Dogfish                          iv , vi , vu                        12,500 ( 5 )
Basking shark ,                  IV , VI ,. VII                   unlimited
Porbeagle                                  %
Northern "deep water          ICNAF 0+1 ( 6 )                          8,910 ( ' )
prawn ( Pandalus                      XIV                    expérimental
borealis )                                                   fishery only
Halibut , Greenland           ICNAF 0+1 ( ° )                          4,000 ( 8 )
Halibut and                       &-XIV
Redfish
Other                                   IV                             5,000
Other than herring ,        Illa North ( Skagerrak )                 unlimited (^)
mackerel , sprat   .
and saithe
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                                                               Γ
 ( I ) east of the line connecting Lindesnes to Hanstholm-
 H)            North of 56°30»N                                               .■ ■ >
 (•3 ) of which up to 9.000 tonnes in ICES division Ilia North
    . ( Skagerrak)
 ( 4 ) within the total quota of these two species up to 20,000 tonnes
   c    may be interchanged     -
 (-*) this quota does not include catches between 6 and 12 nautical 1
        miles from the base-lines of the UK, which are allowed under
        the conditions laid down in the Anglo-Norwegian Fishery
   c    Agreement of 1964
( E ) east of the . median line
( ) this quota is divided as follows :
          824 tonnes in ICNAF zone 1A ( north of 69°30'N ), so called zone 1
          773 tonnes in ICNAF zone 1A ( south of 69°30 'N ).+ 1B ( north of           N ),
                                         so ca lied zone 2 ,
        6,1 80 tonnes in ICNAP zone 1B ( south of 68 °00 , N ).+ 1C , so cal.led zone 3
  3     1,1 33 tonnes in ICNAP zone 1 DEP - so called zone 4                      •
( ) of which a maximum of 3»000 tonnes may be taken in either the
  o     West Greenland zones or the East Greenland zone
( ) subject to any further consultations between the parties
        concerned *"         ,