CELEX: 51992PC0539
Language: en
Date: 1992-12-08
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) allocating, for 1993, Community catch quotas in Greenland waters

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            C0M(92) 539 final
                                            Brussels, 8 December 1992
                             Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
   allocating, for 1993, Community catch quotas in Greenland waters
                     (presented by the Commission)
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In the framework of the Agreement on fisheries between the European
Economic Community      and the Government of Denmark and the              local
Government of Greenland, the Parties have fixed In a Protocol, laying
down the conditions relating to fishing, certain catch quantities for
the Community for each year, until 31 December 1994, in Greenland
waters.
The Agreement allows that these quantities may be taken by vessels
which do not fly the flag of a Member State of the Community to the
extent to which this is necessary for the proper functioning of the
fisheries agreements concluded by the Community with third countries.
According to the provisions of the Fisheries Protocol the authorities
responsible for Greenland undertake to offer to the Community by
15 November each year such supplementary catch possibilities referred
to in Article 8 of the Agreement which at that time are expected to be
available the following year. On 15 November 1992 the Greenland Home
Rule authorities have offered the Community the following supplementary
quantities for 1993 : 3.000 of roundnose grenadier, 2.000 of cod,
9.000 t of redfish (ICES XIV/V), 3.000 t of catfish (NAFO 0 / 1 ) , 10.000
t of blue whiting (ICES XIV/M), 200 t of halibut (NAFO 0/1) and 200 t
(ICES XIV/V) and 4.000 t of Greenland halibut (ICES XIV/V) and 3.000 t
(NAFO 0 / 1 ) , as well as a so far unspecified quantity of cape I in (ICES
XIV/V).
 In accordance with the Annex of the said Protocol the Community shall
 inform the authorities responsible for Greenland of Its reaction to the
offer not later than six weeks after receipt of the offer. If the
Community either declines the offer or does not react within six weeks
the authorities responsible for Greenland will be free to offer the
catch possibilities to other parties.
Considering the quantities for 1993 of the species concerned already
available to the Community according to the Fisheries Protocol It is
not considered to be In the Community's                Interest to accept the
supplementary      quantities    offered     by    the   Greenland   Home   Rule
author i tles.
 it is incumbent upon the Council to allocate the share available             for
the Community, between Member States.
Since a!! the arrangements with certain third countries, on exchange of
fishing possibiities for the coming year, have not yet been concluded,
certain fishing possibilities are not yet allocated. The capelin quota
previously allocated to the Community             is transferred    unallocated,
 intended for exchange under the fisheries agreement to be concluded
with Iceland.
Furthermore, the allocation proposed for 1993 does not prejudice in any
way that which may supervene for subsequent years In order to take
account of the development of the Community's new                  International
fisheries relations with certain coastal states of the North-East
Atlantic and the Baltic Sea.
Therefore, the Commission proposes to the Council to agree to the
reaction to the supplementary catch possibilities referred to above and
 to allocate the annual catch quotas in Greenland waters by adopting the
attached regulation.
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                                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               NoL
                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N o
                                                        of    December 1 9 9 2
                                allocating, for 1993, Community catch quotas in Greenland waters
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Whereas it is for the Community to lay down, under the
                                                                      terms of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) N o 1 7 0 / 8 3 , the
                                                                      conditions subject to which these catch quotas may be used
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 by Community fishermen;
Economic Community,
                                                                      Whereas, to ensure efficient management of the catch
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N o 170/83 of               possibilities available, they should be shared out among the
25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for die               Member States by means of quotas in accordance with
conservation and management of fishery resources (*), as              Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) N o 1 7 0 / 8 3 ;
amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal ( 2 ),
and in particular Article 11 thereof,                                 Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation
                                                                      are subject to the relevant control measures provided for by
                                                                      Council Regulation (EEC) N o 2 2 4 1 / 8 7 of 23 July 1987
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    establishing certain control measures for fishing
                                                                      activities ( 5 ), as amended by Regulation (EEC) N o
Whereas the Agreement on fisheries between the European               3 4 8 3 / 8 8 («),
Economic Community, on the N>ne hand, and the
Government of Denmark and the local Government of
Greenland, on the other ( 3 ), and the Protocol laying down           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
the conditions relating to fishing provided for in the
Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic                                              Article 1
Community, on the one hand, and the Government of
Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland,                    For 1993, the allocation of the Community catch quotas in
on the other ( 4 ), establish the catch quotas allocated to the       Greenland waters shall be as set out in the Annex.
Community in Greenland waters;
                                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas these catch quotas may be used by vessels not
flying the flag of a Member State of the Community to the             Should the authorities responsible for Greenland make an
extent that this is necessary for the proper functioning of           offer regarding supplementary catch possibilities referred to
the fisheries agreements which the Community has                      in Article 8 of the Agreement on fisheries, the Council
concluded with third countries;                                       shall, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the
                                                                      Commission, take a decision on that offer within six weeks
Whereas the Community shall inform the authorities                    of receipt thereof.
responsible for Greenland of its reaction to offers regarding
supplementary catch possibilities referred to in Article 8 of                                     Article 3
the Agreement on fisheries not later than six weeks after
receipt of the offer;                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1993
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels,      December 1992
                                                                                             For the Council
                                                                                              The President
(')  OJ No L 24, 27. 1. 1983, p. 1.
 (2) OJ No L 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 1
 (3) OJ No L 29, 1. 2. 1985, p. 9.                                     (s) OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1987, p. 1.
 (4) OJ No L 252, 15. 9. 1990, p. 2.                                   (6) OJ No L 306, 11. 11. 1988, p. 2.
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                                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
                                                                            ANNEX
                                        Allocation of C o m m u n i t y catch q u o t a s in Greenland waters for 1 9 9 3
                                                                                                               Quantities          Farocse quotas in
                                                                                                              allocated to         Greenland waters
                                                Community
                                                                                                                 Norway &            according to
                             Geographical           catch          Quotas allocated to Member States
         Species                                                                                                 (tonnes)'«M     EC/Greenland Fisheries
                                 region            quotas                         (tonnes)
                                                                                                               (shown for             Protocol (*)
                                                  (tonnes)
                                                                                                              information               (tonnes)
                                                                                                                   only)      (shown for information only)
             1                      2                  3                                4                            5                      6
Cod                         NAFO0/1               16 000         Germany                          12 320
                                                                 United Kingdom                    3 680
                            ICES XIV/V            15 000         Germany                          13 0 4 0
                                                                 United Kingdom                     1 960
Redfish                     NAFOO/1                 5 500        Germany                           5 395
                                                                 United Kingdom                      105
                            ICES XIV/V            46 820         Germany                          46 2 7 0          —                     500
                                                                 France                              330
                                                                 United Kingdom                      220
Greenland halibut           NAFOO/1                  1 850       Germany                            1 575          200 ( 2 f               150
                                                                 United Kingdom                        75
                            ICES XIV/V              3 750        Germany                            3 375          200 ( 2 )*              150
                                                                 United Kingdom                      175
Halibut                     NAFOO/1                    200                                             —           200(2)*
Deep-water prawns
                            ICES XIV/V            4525           Denmark                          1012          2 500*                 1150
                                                                 France                           1012
Catfish                     NAFOO/1                  2 000       Germany                            2 000           —
Blue whiting                ICES XIV/V             30 000        Denmark                            3 000           —
                                                                 France                             3 000
                                                                 Germany                          24 000
Capelin                     ICES XIV/V                           Communiry                                     30000 *                 10 000
('! These Faroese quotas are additional to the Communiry catch quotas and form part of the fishery arrangement for 199^agreed on by the Community and the
    Faroe Islands.
(*) T o be fished only by long-liners.
* non-allocated
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