CELEX: 51998PC0256
Language: en
Date: 1998-04-27
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending, for the second time, Regulation (EC) No 45/98 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1998 and certain conditions under which they may be fished

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 Brussels, 27.04.1998
                                                 COM(1998) 256 final
                                  Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
             amending, for the second time, Regulation (EC) No.45/98
fixing, for certainfishstocks and groups offish stocks, the total allowable catches
          for 1998 and certain conditions under which they may be fished
                         (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                      EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 I lie management of the stock of western mackerel by means of a Total Allowable Catch
(TAC) is agreed in the framework of the fisheries agreements between the Community and
Norway and between the Community and the Faroe Islands.
II has become evident that the Community share of the TAC for mackerel in Zone Ha
(except Community waters), Vb (Community waters), VI, VII, VIII a, b, d, e, XII, XIV
and its allocation to Member States, as set out in Annex I of Council Regulation (EC)
N°45/l)8', are incorrect, due to an erroneous interpretation of the Agreed Records of
Conclusions of Fisheries Consultations between the European Community and Norway
for 1998 (Brussels, 2 December 1997).
As a consequence, and in order not to undermine the above-mentioned agreements, these
ligures should be corrected as soon as possible. This proposal intends to address this matter
by modifying Council Regulation (EC)N° 45/98 .
              O.J. No LI2, 19.1.1998, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No .../98 (OJ No L...,
                    1998, p...)
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 ---pagebreak---                                              Proposal for a
                          Council Regulation (EC) No /98 of                  1998
                   amending, for the second time, Regulation (EC) No.45/98
   fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups offish stocks, the total allowable catches
                for 1998 and certain conditions under which they may be fished
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
I laving 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,
1 laving regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No. 4f>/982 fixes, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish
stocks, the TACs for 1998 and certain conditions under which they may be fished;
Whereas il turns out that the Community share of mackerel in the Zone Ha (except
Community waters), Vb (Community waters), VI, VII, VIII a, b, d, c. XII, XIV and its
allocation to Member States, as set out in Annex I of the above-mentioned Regulation,
are incorrect; whereas it is appropriate to correct these figures in order not to undermine
the agreements with third countries which share the responsibility of the joint
management of this stock.
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No. 45/98 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
            O.J. No L389, 31.12.1992, p. I
            O.J. No LI2, 19.1.1998, p.I. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No .../98 (OJ No L...,
                 1998, p...)
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 ---pagebreak---                                          Article l
The annex to this Regulation shall replace the corresponding elements of Annex 1 to
 Regulation (EC) No 45/98.
                                         Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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
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 ---pagebreak---                                                     ANNEX
Species:          Mackerel         Zone: lla (1). Vb(2). VI, VII, Vlllabde, XII, XIV                                     _
                  Scomber scombrus                                                                                           i
BelgiS / Belgique                        Except Community waters
                                                                                                                            j
                                   (1)
Danmark                            (2)                                                                                     1
Deutschland          18 820 (3)(4) (3)
                                         Community waters
                                         May not be fished In the waters under the soveriegnty or Jurisdiction of Spain      1
Elfada                             (4)   Of which 4160 tonnes may be fished from 1 October to 31 December 1998 In EC
Espafia                  20(5)           waters of ICES Division iva.
France               12 550 (3)(6) (5)   May be fished only in the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Spain
Ireland              62 740 (3)(7) (6)   Of which 2770 tonnes may be fished from 1 October to 31 December 1998 in EC
Italia                                   waters of ICES Division IV a.
Luxembourg                         (7)   Of which 13870 tonnes may be fished from 1 October to 31 December 1998 In EC
Nederland            27 450 (3)(8)       waters of ICES Division IV a.
Osterreich                         (8)   Of which 6060 tonnes may be fished from 1 October to 31 December 1998 In EC
Portugal                                 waters of ICES Division IV a.
Suomi/Finland                      (9)   Of which 38140 tonnes may be fished from 1 October to 31 December 1998 in EC
Sverige                                  waters of ICES Division IV a.
United Kingdom      172 530 (3)(9)
EC                  294 110
TAC                 422 160
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