CELEX: 51988PC0475
Language: en
Date: 1988-09-16
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending for the sixth time Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (presented by the Commission)

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                             Proposai for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      amending for the sixth time Regulation ( EEC ) No 3094 / 86
           laying down certain technical measures for the
                  conservation of fishery resources
                    ( presented by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                               ЕХШШЖЖУ ЮЮКШЕШ
Ihe objective of this proposai is the amendment of Obuncil Régulation ( EEC )
N° 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 ( 1 ) laying down certain techmcal measures for
the conservation of fishery resources .
Lhder the proposed amendments , the provisions laid down in Article 8 of the
above-mentloned Regulation for the protection of immature mackerel would be :
-     maintained until 1 January 1992 ;
      modified by fixing the eastern boundary of the area to which the
      provisions apply at longitude 2° W instead of 3° W as at present .
The proposal implements the latest scientific advice as given by the Mvisory
Ccmmttee for Fishery Management of the International Oouncil for the
Exploration of the Sea , which reiterates its recommendation to maintain the
closed area in ICES Divisions Vile , f and to extend its eastern boundary to
2° W.
The existing provisions will , in accordance with the said Article , cease to
be effective en 1 January 1989 unless the Oouncil décidés otherwise before
1 October 1988 .
( 1 ) O.J. N& L 288, 11.10.1986, p. 1
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 ---pagebreak---                                           Proposai for a
                             OTUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
       aroending for the sixth time Régulation (EEC) N* 3094/86 laying dcMi
       certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resouroes
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CQMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Cbrnmunity ,
Having regard to Cbuncil Regulation ( EEC ) N° 170/83 of 25 January 1983
establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery re¬
sources ( 1 ), as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal , and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Qomussion ,
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 170/83 states that the conservation
measures necessary to achieve the aims set out in Article 1 of the same
Regulation must be formulated in the light of the available scientific
advice ;
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 3094/86               ( 2 ),  as      last
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) N° 2024/88 ( 3 ),               lays    down     general
rules for the fishing and landing of biological resources found m Octrmunity
vaters ;
Whereas the spawning stock of Western mackerel is severely depleted and its
recovery could be enhanced by the protection of irrmature mackerel ;
Whereas in the light of the latest scientific advice this objective could be
achieved by extending the existing provisions ,
HAS ADOPTEE) THIS REGULATION :
                                            Artide 1
Article 8 of Régulation ( EEC ) No 3094 / 86 is hereby amended as follows :
1 . ΡΘ Γ39 Γ3ρ1ι 1    ΐ3 Γβρίβΰθύ Ιογ ΠΊΘ £ο1 1σν>αη<3 :
            " 1 . It shall be prohibited to retain on board mackerel which are
             caught within the geographical area , hereinafter called 'the area' ,
             bounded by the following coordinates :
              -   a point on the south coast of Ehgland at 02°00'W,
              -    latitude 49°30'N , longitude 02°00'W ,
                   latitude 49°30'N , longitude 07°00'W ,
              -    latitude 52°00' N, longitude 07°00'W ,
                  a point on the west coast of Wales at latitude 52°00'N ,
              unless the weight of the mackerel does not exceed 15% by weight of
             the total quantities of mackerel and other species on board which
             have been caught within the area ."
U ) O.J. N* L 24, 27.1.1983, p. 1
( 2 ) O.J. N° L 288, 11.10.1986, p. 1
( 3 ) O.J. N° L 179, 9.7.1988, p. 1
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 ---pagebreak--- 2 . The last subparagraph of paragraph 3 is replaced by the following :
         '"Ihe provisions of this Article shall   cease to be effective on
          1 January 1992 unless the Council ,      on a proposal from the
          Commission , decides otherwise by a     qualified majority before
          30 November 1991 in the light of the     situation of the Western
          mackerel stock ."
                                   Article 2
This Régulation shall enter into force en the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Qomnunities .
Ihis Régulation shall be binding in its entirety and direct1y applicable in
ail Manber States .
Done at                ,
                                                           Fbr the Oouncil
 ---pagebreak---                    piRTureS AND EMPÏCXMEOT IMPACT SEATEMENT
The proposai is intended to regolate fishing activities in Qxtmunity vsters
in thè ^terests of conserving marine resources . Oonservation is in thè
lona-term interests of small and medium-sized enterpnses and business
generai . The proposai, if adopted, wuld continue an existing situatici