CELEX: 51997PC0701
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-12
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) allocating for 1998 catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Icelandic waters

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                          Brussels, 12.12.1997
                                          COM(97) 701 final
                         Proposal for a
               COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
allocating for 1998 catch quotas between Member States
          for vessels fishing in Icelandic waters
               (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                   EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Consultations between the Community and Iceland, held in Reykjavik on 20-21 October 1997, have
resulted in an agreement defining a reciprocal fisheries arrangement for 1998. This arrangement
provides for, inter alia, certain catch quotas for Community vessels in the Icelandic fishing zone.
The arrangement, also maintains an amendment to the fishing area; the South-Eastern area has been
expanded by approximately 1,000 square miles.
The purpose of this proposal for a regulation is to allocate among Member States the quotas available
in 1998 to Community vessels fishing in the Icelandic zone under the above mentioned arrangement.
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 ---pagebreak---                                                     Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No                          /98
                                               of.... December 1997
                          allocating for 1998 catch quotas between Member States
                                     for vessels fishing in Icelandic waters
THE 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 , and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Agreement on Fisheries Relations
between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland(2), and in particular Article 4
thereof, the Community and Iceland have held consultations concerning their mutual fishing rights for
1998 and the management of common living resources;
Whereas, in the course of these consultations, the delegations agreed to recommend to their respective
authorities that certain catch quotas for 1998 should be fixed for the vessels of the other Party;
Whereas, in the course of these consultations, the delegations agreed to maintain the adjusted fishing
area designated to Community vessels in Icelandic waters;
Whereas the necessary measures should be taken to implement, for 1998, the results of the
consultations held between the delegations of the Community and Iceland;
 Whereas to ensure efficient management of the catch possibilities available in Icelandic waters, they
should be allocated among the Member States as quotas in accordance with Article 8 of Council
 Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92;
 Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the relevant control measures
 provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control
 system applicable to the common fisheries policy ;
 Whereas addi^nal conditions for the year-to-year management of TACs and quotas, in accordance
 with the p > -. -JUS laid down in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 , were not agree4
 with Iceland,
 (1)
         O J N o L 3 8 9 , 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession.
 (2)
         OJ No L 161, 2.7.1993, p. 1.
 (3)
         OJ No L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
 (4)
         OJ No L I 15, 9.5.1996, p. 3.
                                                                  3>
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas, for imperative reasons of common interest, this Regulation will apply from 1 January 1998,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                               Article 1
 From 1 January to 31 December 1998 vessels flying the flag of a Member State are hereby authorised
to make catches within the quota limits set out in the Annex in waters falling within the fisheries
jurisdiction of Iceland.
 The catch quotas shall be fished in areas of the Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone defined by straight
 lines connecting the following coordinates:
          South Western Area
 1.       63°12'Nand23°05'W             through 62°00'N and 26°00'W
2.        62°58'Nand22025'W
3.        63°06,Nand21°30'W
4.        63°03,Nand21°00'W             from there 180°00'S
          South Eastern Area
          63°14'Nand   10°40'W
          63°14'Nand   11°23'W
          63°35'N and  12°21*W
          64°00'N and  12°30'W
          63°53'N and  13°30'W
          63°36'N and  14°30'W
          63°10'Nand   17°00'W          from there 180°00'S
                                               Article 2
 Stocks referred to in the Annex shall not be subject to the conditions stipulated in Articles 2, 3 and 5
 (2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96.
                                               Article 3
 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the
 European Communities.
 It shall apply from 1 January 1998        *
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
           Done at Brussels,.... December 1997.
                                                                  For the Council
                                                                  The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                 ANNEX
            Allocation of Community catch quotas in Icelandic waters for 1998
                               (in metric tonnes, fresh round weight)
    Species               ICES                  Community               Quotas allocated
                        division               catch quotas            to Member States
    Redfish                 Va                      3,000(1)     Germany                 1,690
                                                                 United Kingdom          1,160
                                                                 Belgium                   100
                                                                 France                     50
(1)
      Including unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed).
                                                         £
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