CELEX: 51997PC0328
Language: en
Date: 1997-06-26
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending, for the fourth time, Regulation (EC) No. 390/97 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1997 and certain conditions under which they may be fished

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   Brussels, 26.06.1997
                                                   COM(97) 328 final
                                    Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
              amending, for the fourth time, Regulation (EC) No. 390/97
fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups offish stocks, the total allowable catches for
              1997 and certain conditions under which they may be fished
                           (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
    The objective of the present proposal is to fix fishing possibilities for certain stocks offish and
    to allocate these equitably to Member States. The fixing and the sharing of possibilities for
    fishing falls exclusively within the competence of the Community and arises from obligations
    set out in Article 8(4) of Regulation (EEC) n° 3760/92 of the Council of 20 December 19921,
    establishing a Community regime for fishing and aquaculture.
    The allocation of catch restrictions in ICES area Vile applied to the quotas of plaice in ICES
    divisions VIId,e is causing unnecessary distorsions of the geographic pattern of activities of
   certain fleets. A reallocation of these restrictions is required in order to better reflect the recent
   patterns.
   This proposal intends to address these matters by modifying Council Regulation (EC)
   N° 390/97 2 .
 I.       O.J. No L389, 31.12.1992, p. 1
2
          O..I. N° L66, 6.3.1997, p.I, Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) N°xxx/97 (OJ N° Lxxx,
          xx.xx.1997, p. 1)
 ---pagebreak---                              Council Regulation (EC) No 191 of                1997
                       amending, for the fourth time, Regulation (EC) No. 390/97
      fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups offish stocks, the total allowable catches for
                       1997 and certain conditions under which they may be fished
TI Hi COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a
Community system for fisheries and aquaculture as amended by the Act of Accession of
Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas under the terms of Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No. 3760/92 it is incumbent upon
the Council to establish the total allowable catches (TACs) by fishery or group of fisheries;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No. 390/97 fixes, for certain fish stocks and groups offish stocks, the
TACs for 1997 and certain conditions under which they may be fished;
whereas the allocation of catch restrictions in ICES area Vile applied to the quotas of plaice in
ICES divisions VIId,e is causing unnecessary distorsions of the geographic pattern of activities
of certain fleets; whereas a reallocation of these restrictions is required in order to better reflect
the recent patterns;
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No. 390/97 should therefore be amended accordingly,
    I       O..I. No L 389, of 31.12.1992, p. 1
            O.J. N° L66, 6.3.1997, p.I, Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) N°xxx/97 (OJ N° Lxxx,
            xx.x.1997, p. 1)
                                                   3
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                              Article 1
The annex      to this Regulation shall replace the corresponding elements of the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 390/97.
                                              Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official
Journal of the European Communities.
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
Species:          Plaice                Zone: viide
                  Pleuronectes p/afessa
België / Belgique       1 130 (1)       (1 )  Of which no more than 301 may be fished in Division Vile
Danmark                                 (2)   Of which no more than 1801 may be fished in Division Vile
Deutschland                             (3)   Of which no more than 8801 may be fished in Division Vile
Ellada
Espafia
France                 3 780 (2)
Ireland
Italia
Luxembourg
Nederland
Osterreich
Portugal
Suomi/Finland
Sverige
United Kingdom          2 010 (3)
EC                      6 920
TAC                     6 920
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