CELEX: 51979PC0076
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Date: 1979-02-16
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) establishing catch quotas for 1979 for fishing by vessels flying the flag of Member States of the Community in Kattegat for certain stocks occurring both in the maritime waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Member States of the Community and in those under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Sweden (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              COM(79 ) 76 final
                                              Brussels . 16 February 1979
                               Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ?
            establishing catch quotas for 1979 for fishing by
            vessels flying the flag of Member States of the
            Community in Kattegat for certain stocks occurring
            both in the maritime waters under the sovereignty
            or jurisdiction of the Member States of the Community
            and in those under the sovereignty, or jurisdiction of
                                  Sweden
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(79 ) 76 final
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
In accordance with Article 6 of the Agreement on fisheries between the Community
and Sweden signed on 21 March 1977 the two parties have consulted about measures
for conservation of stocks occurring within the areas of fisheries jurisdiction
of both parties .
These consultations have resulted in agreement between the delegations to
recommend to their authorities the introduction of limitations on catches of
certain joint stocks in Kattegat . The details of the said recommendations are
set out in the "agreed record " of 2 February 1979 attached hereto .
                                                                            χ
It is the purpose of the present proposal to implement the quota measures
recommended by the two delegations .
                                                1V»e Community 's adoption of the
measures recommended by its delegation should not be delayed by discussions
about the allocation between Member States of these quotas . The Regulation
proposed hereby therefore lays down only the quotas agreed upon in the consul­
tations for the Community as a whole . The Commission intends to submit proposals
for a Regulation allocating these quotas between the Member States at a later
stage .
The implementation by the Community of the conservation measures other than quotas
recommended by the two delegations will be dealt with in a separate proposal
from the Commission .
 ---pagebreak---                                      PROPOSAL
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                                                          _                          »
                                                                         '            ι
                establishing catch quotas for                                         I
               "1979 for fishing by vessels flying the flag of Member                 '
                States of the Community in Kattegat for
                - certain stocks occurring both in the maritime
               • waters under the ... sovereignty or jurisdiction of the
                Member States of the Community and in those under the sovereignty
                or jurisdiction of Sweden
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 43 hereof.                    -
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ^, '
Whereas the Community and Sweden have signed a Framework Agreement on fisheries ;
Whereas the Commission has submitted the Agreement to the Council for approval ;
Whereas , in accordance with the terms of this agreement consultations have taken
place between the Community and Sweden at the conclusion of which the two
delegations decided to recommend to their authorities . the fixing for 1979 of catch
quotas for certain fish stocks occurring in the fishery zones of both
      parties , hereafter called joint stocks , for each party within its own zone
and within that of the other party;
Whereas it is appropriate that the Community confirm for its part the outcome
of these consultations by establishing catch quotas for its own fishermen
in accordance with the recommendations of its delegation ;
Whereas provisions relating to the allocation of the said quotas between the fi shermei
of the Community should not be fixed until the Community has adopted a general
system for the conservation and management of its fishery resources ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
( 1 ) O.J.
 ---pagebreak---                                   Article 1
1.       Catches of the species referred to in the Annex by vessels flying the flag
                                                                             (1 )
of Member States of the Community in 1979        "th® .wa ters °f Kattegat        as
defined in paragraph 2 below and falling under the fisheries jurisdiction of
Member States of the European Community or Sweden shall be limited to the quotas .
set out . in column 3 of the Annex .
2.       For the purpose of this Regulation,        Kattegat is limited in the north'
by a line drawn from Skagen lighthouse to Tistlaraa lighthouse , and from there
to the nearest coast of Sweden, and in the south by a line drawn from Hasenore
Head to Gniben Point , from Korshage to Spodsbjerg, and from Gilbjerg Head to
Kullen,                                           '  "        ■ -  r
                                   Article 2
         Member States shall send to the Commission by the fifteenth day of
 each month information concerning the catches of speoies subject to quota under
this Regulation taken by vessels flying their flag fishing in the area referred
to in Article 1 during the previous month, specifying the area of fisheries
 jurisdiction in which the catches were taken*           "
                                  Article 3
         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities*
         It shall apply until 31 December 1979 *
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States *
Done at Brussels,                                                    the Council ,
                                                                  The President ,
      (l ) The quotas referred to in paragraph 1 may be fished in the
               Swedish fishery zones   seawards            of 12 miles from the base­
           lines except for vessels flying the flag of Denmark,, which may fish seawards
                 3 miles from the baselines of              ,, - Sweden*
 ---pagebreak---                  ANNEX
                    ■» ' ■ min –   –n ■■■! nn–mMi-M
Species Region                                         Part
                                                       avai lable
                                                       to the
                                 \                     Community
                                                        ( tonnes )
  (1 )   ( 2)                                                (3)
Cod     Kattegat                                   I . 2.x « 4-00
                  I                                i
                                                   !
                 I
                  I
                 I
Herring Kattegat I                                     1? »5Û0
                                                   I
Plaice  Kattegat                                       10.000
                 |i
Whiting Kattegat
                                                   j 16.350
                                                   i
                                                   i
 ---pagebreak---                                                                  , f /ux/£-«= nr
   '    Agreed record of conclusions' of fishery . consultations
         between Liweden - antll the European nJbonoriic Community ,
     .' Gothenburg 1-2 February 1979 -
        Pursuant , to t-ie A -T^eement oK. fi slierie£ between the
        and the Government.- of Uwed-en signed on 21 March - 19'.' 7
      • delegations fro n the two parties met 'in Gothenburg on
        1-2 ]?eoru»r » . 19 ;J to consult' '      t .. their ' fishori es
        relations in 19 V P *         ,   . ' ' '
        The meetinr, in Gotnen'-ur.* was 'a continuation of previous
        meetings in Brussels and . 'Itockbdlrj .        .
•»      The delegations screed to recommend their respective
        authorities the following arrangements :
I       Each party shall open for 1979 'the c*tch ouotas indicated
        hereunder for the- other in i,ts respective fishery zoner :
    . " /· -ν·'       ' -
   7 , Quotas for Community , vessels in the 3'.vedish fishery zone
        of the Baltic Sea south of 59°50 , 1T . •
         Specxes               ICEf! division             Quantity ( tonnes )
                           ••                .
                ι
         Cod                   III b , c , d                 6 500 .
         Herring               Illta - c f d :               5 000
         Sprat                Illb . c , d                   ?. 500 ( 1 )
         Salmon               Hib . c , d                 •  ' 525 (?)
       ( 1 ) except ICEo arear. 24 and 25                                      .*
       (2) subject to^rnitialling?an agreement Letween the
       parties on certain measures for the purpose of furthering
       reproduction of salmon- in the Baltic ,
 ---pagebreak---            Quotas fox* Swedish vessels in the Community zone of the
           Baltio Sea and the North Sea .        , •     '
λ
             Speoies               ICES division             Quantity ( tonnes)
             Cod                   Illb , c , d                 1 500
             Herring               Illb , c , d      ' *        3 000
        k   Salmon                 Illb , c , d\
                                                                      25
            Cod                    IV                               400
            Haddock                IV                               600
            Plaice and
            other flatfish         IV                                 80
            Mackerel               IV                           3   750 ( 1 )
            Sprat                  IV                           8   750
            Herring                IV                           P.> m •
            Blue whiting'          IV , VI ( 2 )                4 000
            Ling                   IV , VI ( 2)                     400
            Whiting                IV                               100
          ( l ) of which at least 2 250Qt has to be takgn in
                sub-area IV north of 60 N and west of 2 E.
          ( 2) horth of. 56 30'N . .
   3.1 Each party shall adopt regulations to assure that
          fishing in 1979 in the Kattegatt be limited to the TAG 'S
          and quotasS^ut hereafter and to allow access to vessel 3
      ■ of the other party as set out* in subparagraph 3*2 .
           Speoies        TAC 79        Allocation to      Allocation to EïïC
                            ( t)        Sweden ( t) -              ( t)
           Herring        35 000          17 500               17' 500
           Cod            16 000           4 600               11    400
           Whiting        17 350           1 000               16    550
           Flaioe         11   000         1 000               10 000
  3*2 The quota? referred to in subparagraph 3»1 may be taken
        in the Kattegat by :
 ---pagebreak---       - vessels flying the flag of Denmark and Sweden anywhere
                                                  %
         outside the 3 miles zones of. the other party :
                       ' '                            " *
     - •vessels flying the flag of other Mem oer States of the
         Community anywhere outside the 12 miles coastal zone
         measured from the baselines" of Sweden .
                 v
 1 . Each party shall , adopt regulations prohibiti ng the use
         of trairl 'and purse seine ^for the capture of pelnr-ic
         species^Lin the Kattegat from Friday midnirht to
         Sunday midnight .
 2 . Directed fishing in the Kattegatt for herring' for
        purposes other than human consumption is prohibited .
        Eaoh party shall issue to vessels of the other party
        for fishing the quotas referred ^o in paragraph I
        the number of licenses set out hereafter and in
        accordance with the following procedures » laid out-'
    v heroundog*/
     ■ Licenses
 1 , For Swedish fishery in the EEC zone .
        The Baltic :
        Cod and herring-fishery : 75 licenses to be selected
       monthly out of a list of 1^0 vessels
                                    , >1              -
              .
        Salmon : 6 licenses to be selected monthly out of a
    - list of 12 vessels .
        The North sea :
       all species except ling : 21 licenses to be selected
       monthly out of a list of 50 vessels
       Ling ( long-liners ): 3 licenses
2 . The EEC fishery in the Swedish zono :
   . The Baltic :
       Cod , herring , sprat : 125 licenses to be selected
       monthly out of a list of 400 vessels
 ---pagebreak---   Salmon* 35 licenses to be selected monthly out of a list of -
   50 vessels .
                            1 ,
  The parties shall notify eachother of the vessels to be
  licensed' for fishing in the zone of the other party during
  one month at the latest on the first day of the proceeding
  month                  ■
                             .  1 •
  The Swedish delegation informed the Community delegation of the
' intention of the Swedish Govorment to maiqtain in force the .
  prohibition on all fishimwith trawl and purse-seine from
                 \
  Friday midnight to Sunday midnight within the 12 miles zone of
  Sweden in the Kattegat .                       >
  The Comunity delegation took note of this declaration .
  Gothenburg Februay 2 , 1979
      s  • '.* "
' Lennart Hannerz     •               M Marcussen