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Date: 1979-11-07
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) providing for technical amendments to Regulation (EEC) No 587/79, laying down for 1979 certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                  Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
    providing for technical amendments to Regulation ( EEC ) No 587 / 79,
        laying down for 1979 certain measures for the conservation
        and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels
                       flying the flag of Norway
              (presented by the Commission to the Council )
C0M(79 ) 603 final
 ---pagebreak---                  EXPLANATORY METTORATTDUM
At its meeting in July 1979 the Consultative Committee for Fisheries
Management of the International Council for the Exploration of the
Sea ( ICES ) revised its recommendations as to the total authorized
catches in 1979 for certain fish stocks , namely cod and whiting,
in the fishing zones of the Community and Norway in the North Sea .
In the light of these revised recommendations the Community and Norway
held talks on 26 and 27 July 1979 in order to review their decisions
on the management , of the stocks in question . The delegations agreed
to recommend to their authorities that the TACs should be increased
in accordance with the revised recommendations of the ICES ; agreement
was also reached on the sharing of the amended TACs between the two
parties and on certain changes in the allocation of TACs agreed for
1979      certain other joint stocks , namely haddock and plaice . The
conclusions reached in these talks are set out in an agreed record , a
copy of which is annexed to this proposal •      .    ■
The purpose of this proposal for a Regulation is to put into effect
the conclusions of these consultations by amending the quotas laid
down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 587/79 for Norwegian vessels in
the fishing zones of the Member States .
 ---pagebreak---                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 . providing for technical amendments to Regulation ( EEC ) No 587/ 79
   laying down for 1979 certain measures for the conversation 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 ,
   and in particular Article 43 thereof ,
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
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   Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
   Whereas the Community and the Kingdom of Norway have negotiated a Framework
   Agreement on fisheries ;
                       ν
   Whereas the Commission has submitted the Agreement to the Council fpr
   approval ;                             >
   Whereas the Council adopted on 26 March 1979 Regulation ( EEC ) No 587/ 79^,
   as       amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No         / 793;
   Whereas in July 1979 the International Council for the Exploration of the
   Sea ( ICES ) revised its recommendations on the authorized catches for certain
   fish stocks in the fishing zone, of Norway and in that of the Community ;
   Whereas , pursuant to the aforesaid Agreement , the Community and Norway
   have held consultations in the light of the new recommendations and whereas
   as a result they have agreed on certain adjustments to the quotas formerly
. agreed , including some of those laid down by . Regulation ( EEC ) No 587/ 79,
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     OJ No
   20J No L 81 , 31.3.1979, p. 9
   30J No
 ---pagebreak---                        Article 1
Annex I to Regulation ( EEC) NO 587/ 79 shall Toe replaced by the Annex
to this Regulation .
                       Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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 .
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Done at Brussels ,                                  For the Council
                                                     The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                             ANNEX
                                 «
                                                         Fishing quotas
                                                                                                                                 (tonnes)
                    Species          •           Area within which fishing is authorized                      Quantity
   Herring                                      Skagerrak (')                            . .j                  1 725 0 (>)
   Mackerel                                     ICES IV and Skagerrak (*)                                    75 000 (4)
                                                ICES Via (>) + Vild, e, f, h                                 35 000
   Horse - mackerel                             ICES IV, Via p) + Vlld, e, f, h j                             5 000
   Sprat                                        ICES IV                                                      71 000
                                                Skagerrak (' )                        '.                     12 000 (n
   Cod                                          ICES    V                                                     8 200
                                                Skagerrak (*)                                                    500 (3)
   Haddock                                      ICES IV                                                       2 4UU
                                                Skagerrak ( ' )           ,                                      400 (3)
  Saiihtf                                       ICES IV and Skagerrak (')                                    12 500
   Whiting                                      ICES IV                                                       3 500
                                                Skagerrak ( ')                                             -     400 0)
   Plaice                                       ICES IV                                                           4UU
                                                Skagerrak (')                                                    200 P)
  Sandeel, Norway pout/blue
  whiting                                       ICES IV                                                      50 000 (<■)
   Blue whiting                                 ICES II, VIa (>), VIb, VII (0,
                                               XIV                                                         125 000
   Ling, blue ling and tusk                     ICES IV, VI, VII                                             20 000
   Dogfish                         ,            ICES IV. VI, VII                                             12 500 (•)
   Basking shark (')                            ICES IV, VI, VII                                                 800 (•)
  Porbeagle                                     ICES IV, VI. VII                                               1 000
   Northern deep-water prawn                    ICNAF 0 + 1 (10) .                                            4 891
  (Pandalus borcalis)                           ICES XIV                                        Experimental fishery only
  Greenland -halibut and redfish                ICNAF 0 + 1 . ICES XIV                                         1 800
   Halibut                                      ICNAF 0 + 1 , ICES XIV                                           200
  Other species                                 ICES IV                                     j                 5 000
. (') Limited in the west by a line drawn from the lighthouse of Hanstholm to the lighthouse of Lindesnes and in (he south by a line
        drawn from Skagen lighthouse to the lighthouse of Tistlarna and front there to the nearest coast of Sweden .
   (J) This quota does not include fjord herring, which is caught between the Swedish frontier and the Lindesnes.
   (>) To be reduced by the quantities taken outside the EEC fishing zone.
   (4) Of which no more than 5 000 tonnes may be fished in the parts of ICES sub-area IV situated either south of 60* N or east of 2* &
   (>) Nonh of 56*30 N.
   (4) Of which i«ndeel alone no more than 50 000 tonnes or Norway pout And blue whiting together no more than 40 000 tonnes.
   (0 Wck of 12 W.
   (■') This quota does not include catches taken in the areas defined in Annex II.
   f) Basking shark liver.                                                     '
  (,c ) East of the median line and south of 68* N.
 ---pagebreak---                         Agreed Minute .
1 . A Norwegian and a Community _delegation held
   consultations in Oslo on 26 - 27 July 1979 - in order to
   consult on fisheries matters of mutual interest .
 2 . ICES recommendations concerning the revisions of TAC 's
     for the North Sea stocks of cod and whiting ..
                  The two delegations examined the
      implications that recent ICES recommendations concerning
      the revision of TAC 's for certain stocks of mutual
      interest might have for the quota arrangements
    • established in the Agreed Record , signed on 20 December
      1978 .
                  The Norwegian delegation preferred not tc
      increase the TAC's,that had earlier been agreed for
      1979     in  order to have a safety margin in the quota
      management of the stocks . The Community's position
      was to follow the recommendations of ICES in
         '/
      accordance with previous policy . The Norwegian
      delegation accepted this proposal . . . - •          i
      *■    "•     With reference to Annexeslilll and IV to the
                   •• •                                  ~
      Agreed Record of 20 December 1978 and in particular
      to the footnote in Annex III , the delegations agreed
      to - 'recommend to their authorities the amendments
      to the 1979 catch arrangements as stated in the Annex .
   3.ConsequenGes of the p^^Lbi-l-i?ie s of fishing in the
      Nortl/cape Bank area in April-June 1979 .
                   The Community deLegatio^ referring to
      previous consultations on this subject pointed out that
      the • temporary* . North Cape Bank clos-xre had had as a
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            ■ that
  consequence/ certain of the quotas allocated to the Community by
  Norway could no-t be fully utilised . The Community delegation
  requested that the resulting change in the balance in the
  quota arrangements set out in the Agreed Record of '20.12.78 be
  redressed by a reduction of the Norwegian allocation of the
  Joint mackerel stock on ^ reduction of the mackerel quota
  allocated by the     Community to Norway .
                 The Norwegian delegation said that the available
  dataC'°ncernin^ catches and fishing effort by Community vessels
  did not substantia/£ee/^k^; the Community had been prevented
  from utilising     its quotas by the North Cape Bank closure .
  Norway therefore rejected the Community's request for a
  rewiew of tha 1979 quota arrangements . The Norwegian delegation
  also pointed out that the Community had adopted even more
  restrictive measures in its own zone such as the Norway Pout Box
               . Vhe Community delegation declared that it reserved
  its right to conje back to this matter after having
  examined the arguments put fop/ard
                                  *
                                        by the Norwegian ' delegation
                                                               1
                                                                      .'
  Utilisationsof^prawnquotas in^NAFO ^ubare^ 0_andl .
                 Referring to point III 3.2 . of the Agreed Record of
' 20 December 1978 the Norwegian Delegation requested information'
  on the utilisation of prawn quotas allocated to Greenland
  coastal ^s^1®rm®1knd to Canada and asked whether it was now
  possible to increase the prawn quota to Norway . -
              " The Community representative pointed out that
  the Community had not adopted any legal act allocating the
  Community quota between Member States r but that the- part of
  the Community quota for 1979 which is intended to be reserved '
: to Greenland coastal fishermen is Jikely, • according to present ,
  forecasts ,, to be fully utilised by them.l    :
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              The Community delegation indicated' that Canada has not ■
      agreed to transfer any part . of its allocation to the
      Community but has proposed that parts of its allocation be
      granted to Norwegian and Faroese vessels chartered by Canadian
      companies .
              The Norwegian Delegation expressed its great surprise
                    that no quota had been allocated to Greenland
      coastal fishermen and it requested information about actual
      catches by Greenland fishermen.lt furthermore stated that it
      i."Ould come back to this question .
       Quota and catch area limitations fey blue whiting .
       Referring to the Note Verbale from the Norwegian Mission
       dated 5 Maruh 1979 regarding the qMota and catch area limi-– - • •
       tation for the blue whiting stock in 1979 the Norwegian dele­
       gation asked for a formal " reply from the Commuzilty . The 'Community
       representative undertook to provide a reply in the near
       future .                         _•
6.     Implementation of arrangements for f1oint stocks for 1979 .
       The Norwegian delegation asked what measures the Community
       had adopted to ensure that Community vessels'-catches of joint
       stocks did not exceed the quotas agreed on 20^12.1978 .
       The Community representative referred to a decision adopted
       by the Council on 25 June 1979 concerning interim measures
       to be applied by Member States of the Community ..
   • The Norwegian representative pointed out that this decision
       did not seem to ensure that the agreed quotas would be respected
       He proposed that the Community and Norway should, exchange
    - catch statistics monthly for the joint stocks .
 ---pagebreak--- The Community representative said that the Community was
not able at present to undertake any commitment in this „
x'espect pending a decision by the Council on a proposal
submitted by the Commission concerning the management of
these stocks .      ,     '     '
                                                        r .   ,
The Norwegian representative observed that Norway strongly
regretted that the Community had not yet taken steps to
implement . the arrangements negotiated in December 1978 .
He declared that Norway would find it difficult to continue
negotiating such arrangements if the Community did not
implement them .                      : .
 Oslo , 27 July 1979
                                                         •  •
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 M. Marcussen                                 BLiell Eaasok
 ---pagebreak---              Catch arrangement for 1979 for some joxnt stocks ,
             ®ie present catch arrangement does not prejudice " in any way
             the shares of the joint stocks to be . alloc?. ted jLn futur© years to
  the two parties en tlie "basis of the zonal attachment of the joint
             stocks »                                                             •
1JU0                Norway's catch I EEC 's Quota ^ I
tons         ILO    requirements 3 ) j Norwegian Zone ;
                                    *
   Cod
           I
             24?^   ,
                    I
                          41                     26,3.'.         206         8,2
   Haddock     83          3            ! ' ■ .. 1*,7             75   j   • 2,4
   rhitmg     111^'     .  9                      8,6            102     .   3,5
   Plaice,    120          1 ■      ■ ■!         15,3            119         0,4
                                                           I Γ                  f
                                                                      I
              1 ) increased from 183                     .     *
              2) increased from 85
              3), Hoxvay will make ah ' additional transfer to the EEC of $
              total quantity of a maximum of 4000 tons for these .stocks
               should Norwegian catches fall "below the catch requirements
               stated . This will be reviewed at the latest 15 October 1979 *