CELEX: 51988PC0435
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-19
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3977/87 fixing, for certain stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1988 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                         COM(88) 435 final
                                                         Brussels , 19 July 1988
                                   Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3977 / 87 fixing , for certain stocks and
       groups of fish stocks , the total allowable catches for 1988
                 and certain conditions under which they
                                    may be fished
                      ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 In deciding on the Community' s fishing possibilities for 1988 the Council set
ut 2 1 . ( )00 tonnes the total volume of Guimunity catches of cod m ICES area
lib ; this figure took, account of the prospect of a TAC for north-east Arctic
cod in excess of 600.000 tonnes and of the 3.3% share of this stock which the
Community can claim in this zone . The developnent of the situation of the
stock has not confirmed that prospect ; on the contrary, the most recent
recommendations issued by ICES suggest the need to consider an immediate
significant reduction of catches in order to avoid increasing fishing
mortality .
Norway and the USSR, whose fisheries on this stock are the most important in
terms of volane , have agreed to reduce their catches by 22% in relation to
the level fixed at the start of the fishing season .
Having regard to the conclusions adopted for the stock by the international
scientific organisation , a reduction of 22% in the TAC , so as to set it at
491.000 tonnes , can be considered reasonable and the Community for its part ,
acting autonomously , oould consider this level of 491.000 tonnes as
appropriate to the requirements of rational exploitation of the stock . In
these conditions the Gonrmunity should envisage reducing the total of its
catches in area lib to a level      of 16.200 tonnes .
However , it is necessary to take account of the fact that the Oatmunity' s
access to the stock is limited geographically and , in consequence , is also
limited in time because of the climatic conditions of the area .    A reduction
proportionate to that accepted by Norway and the USSR would represent in
reality a greater sacrifice for Gximunity fishermen than for those of these
countries . In these circumstances a reduction of about half that adopted by
the two coastal states , i.e. to a level of 18.500 tonnes , appears
appropriate .
 ---pagebreak---                                     Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC ) N°        /88
                                  of             1988
               amending Regulation (EEC) N°3977/87 fixing , for certain
   stocks and groups of fish stocks , the total allowable catches for 1988 and
                  certain conditions mder which they nay be fished
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Oorrmunity ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) N°170/83 of 25 January 1983
establishing a Orrrmunity system for the conservation and management of
fishery resources ( 1 ) and in particular Article 11 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal frcm the Ootmussicn ,
Whereas under the terms of Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC ) N°170/83 it is
incumbent upon the Cbuncil to establish the total allowable catches ( TACs ) by
stock or group of stocks , the share available to the Community and the
specific conditions under which these catches must be taken ; whereas under
Article 4 of the same Regulation , the share available to the Community is
allocated among the Member States ;
Whereas Regulation ( EEC ) N°3977/87 ( 2 ) fixes , for certain fish stocks and
groups of fish stocks , the TACs for 1988 and certain conditions under which
they nay be fished ;
Whereas ,    in view of the scientific advice on the        state of   the stock of
North-East Arctic cod , which shews the stock to be severely depleted , it is
necessary to reduce the fishing possibilities of the Ccnmunity on the stock
in the current year ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                      Article 1
The figures relating to cod in ICES zone I Lb in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC )
N°3977/87 are hereby replaced by those set out in the Annex to this
Regulation .
                                      Article 2
This Regulation shall       enter into force on the third day         following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Qximunities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable m
all Member States .
Done at                                               For the Cbuncil
 ( 1 ) O.J. N° L24, 27.1.1983, p. 1 .
( 2 ) O.J. N° L375 , 31.12.1987 , p. 1 .
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                                           Ελλάδα
                                           España                             9 590
                                           France                             1 580
                                           Ireland
                                           Italia
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                                           Nederland
                                           Portugal                           2 030
                                           United Kingdom                     2 380
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 ---pagebreak---                    BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMOJT IMPACT STATEMENT
This proposal , if adopted , will have a short-term adverse impact on the
fishing enterprises concerned .       Tfie proposed redaction of fishing
possibilities is however necessary to safeguard the fishery for the future .