CELEX: 51988PC0224
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Date: 1988-05-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2245/85 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fish stocks in the Antarctic (presented by the Commission)

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                                                    COM(88 ) 224 final
                                                    Brussels , 3 May 1988
                              Proposai for a
                    ^    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  amending Regulation-( EEC ) No 2245 / 85 laying down certain technical
    measures for the conservation of fish stocks in the Antarctic
               V
                     ( presented by the Commission )
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                              ЕХЮШзЯШЗГ МШШШЮШ
Cn 11 November 1987 the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine
Living Resources ( CCAMLR ) ccmnunicated that it had adopted the following
conservation measures :
-   Conservation Measure 8/VI concerning the limitation of the total catch of
    Champsocephalus gunnari off the coasts of South Georgia ( FAO Antarctic
    sub-area 48.3 );
    Conservation Measure 9/VI      concerning a catch reporting system for
    Champsocephalus gunnari in the same region ?
--  Conservation Measure 10/VI concerning the prohibition of directed fishery
    on Champsocephalus gunnari in the same region in the period 1 April to 1
    October 1988 .
Pursuant to Article IX(6)(b ) of the Convention on the Conservation of
Antarctic Nferine Living Resources , these Treasures become binding for all the
Contracting Parties on 9 May 1988 . The members of the CCAMLR have , however ,
undertaken to make the measures adopted binding forthwith , and , in the case
of Conservation Measure 8/VI , binding retroactively as from 1 July 1987 .
In view of the agreement between the members of the CCAMLR and the importance
of the conservation measures adopted , the Community is called upon to apply
these measures to Community fishermen immediately.
The purpose of this Regulation is to amend the current Regulation laying down
certain  technical   measures  for  the  conservation  of  fish  stocks   in   the
Antarctic , so that Conservation Measures 8/VI , 9/VI and 10/VI may be applied .
 ---pagebreak--- TtiE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COfrMJNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Scenario c Community ,
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) M°170/83 of 25 January 1383
establ idling a Community systat for the conservation and management of
 fishery resources ( 1 ), and in particular Article 11 thereof ,
Jfeving regard to the proposal frcm the Commission ,
Whereas , under Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) N°170/83 ,          the conservation
measures necessary to achieve the aims set out in Article 1 of that
 Regulation are to be formulated in the light of the available scientific
advice ;
Whereas the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
 Resources , hereinafter called "the Convention", was approved by Council
 Decision 81 /691/ EEC ( 2 ); whereas it entered into force for the Ccmnunity on
 21 May 1982 ;
Whereas the Oorrmission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
 Resources      ( CCAMLR ),  established by   the   Convention ,   adopted , on  the
reccmnendatian of its Scientific Carmittee ,         conservation measures for the
waters off South Georgia , providing for a total allowable catch ( TAC ) of
 35 000 tonnes of Champsocephal us gurmari for the 1387 /88 fishing seascn , for
a catch reporting system for - that species and for a ban on directed fishing
 for that same species during the period running from 1 April to 1 October
 1988 ;
Whereas      these   conservation measures  were  notified  to   ihe members  of the
CCAMLR on 11 November 1987 ; whereas the members raised no objections to the
measures ; whereas Lie measures become binding on 9 Lay 1383 under Article
 IX(6 ) of the Convention ;
Whereas the members of the CCAMLR have stated that they wish to apply these
conservation measures on a provisional basis , without wnitirg until they
become binding , in view of the fact that the TAC for Chaopsoeo 'hal us gonna ri
•was fixed for the 1987/88 fishing season , which began crT"I July 19877
Whereas , therefore , the necessary provisions should now be laid down to
ensure that the conservation measures adopted by the CCAMLR are applied to
 Ccrmunity fishermen ;
Whereas , under Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC ) N°180/83 , it is for t e Council
 to establish the total allowable catch ( TAC ) per stock or group of st ooks ,
 the 'hare available to the Community , and the smci fj c conJi'.i es u Car v.i ;.ch
 catches have to be taken ;
ΤΙ'ΓαΓϊΓ'υ 25;”27.1.1 083 , ρ . 1 .
 ( 2 ) OJ N 3 L 252, 5.9.1981 , P . 26 .
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Whereas the fishing activities referred to in this Regulation are subject to
the control measures provided for in Council Regulation ( EEC ) N°2241/87 of 23
July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities ( 1 );
whereas these control measures should therefore be adjusted to take account
of the requirements of the catch reporting system adopted by the CCAMLR ;
Whereas the TAC adopted by the CCAMLR for Champsocephalus gunnari covers the
entire 1987 /88 fishing season ; whereas the Member States should therefore
also communicate to the Cbranission the catches taken by their vessels between
1 July and the date of entry into force of this Regulation ;
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2245 / 85 ( 2 ), as last amended by Regulation
( EEC ) No 2243 / 87 ( 3 ), should be amended accordingly ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                         Article 1
Regulation ( EEC ) N°2245/85 is hereby amended as follows :
1.    Article 2 is replaced by the following :
                                         "Article 2
                                 Prohibition on fishing *
      1.  All fishing shall be prohibited within 12 nautical miles of the
          coasts of South Georgia .
      2.  Directed fishing for Notothenia rossii shall be prohibited :
          - in the Peninsular area ( FAO Antarctic sub- area 48.1 );
          - off the South Orkneys ( FAO Antactic sub-area 48.2 );
          - off South Georgia ( FAO Antarctic sub-area 48.3 );
          in these zones , by-catches of Notothenia rossii taken in the course
          of directed fishing for other species shall be kept at a level that
          permits optimum stock replenishment .
      3.  Directed fishing for Champsocephalus gunnari off South Georgia ( FAO
          Antarctic sub-area 48.3 ) shall be prohibited frcm 1 April to 1
          October 1988 .          During this protected period ,      fishing for
          Champsocephalus gunnari , Notothenia rossii , Notothenia gibberifrons ,
          Chaenocephal us aceratus and Pseudochaenichthys georgianus shall be
          prohibited in the FAO Antarctic sub-area 48.3 , except for scientific
          research purposes . "
2.    The following Articles are inserted :
                                       " Article 2a
                                    Catch limitations *
      1.  Catches of Champsocephalus gunnari taken in FAO Antarctic sub-area
          48.3 in the period 1 July i9S7r"to~30 June 1988 shall be limited to a
          TAC of 35 000 tonnes .
ТГГ00~К1Г~171Ю7*7"' 29.7.1987 , р . 1 .
( 2 ) OJ N° L 210 , 7.8.1985 , p. 2 .
( 3 ) OJ N° L 207 , 29.7.1937 , p. 12 .
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2.   Tre dots on which die catches tsk..-) by Gcrmunixy vessels or cl .a ch '■ ..
     vessels concerned are deemed to have exhausted the TAG specified :<n
     paragrajii 1 shall be fixed by the Guranission piu-saar.it to Artie ) e
     11(3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) N°2241/87 as scon as the required
     information is received frem the GCAMLR .
3.   With effect frem the date fixed pursuant to the preceding paragraph ,
     fishing for Champsocephal us g unnari , Hotothenia rossii , Motothenia
     g ibberIfrons ,   Chaenocephalus       aceratus    and   Pseudcehaenichthyi
     georgianus shall be prohibited in FAO Antarctic sub-area 48.3 , except
     for scientific research purposes , and Community vessels shall cease
     to retain on board , transship or land any catches of these species
     taken in this sub-area after that date .
                                   Article 2b
                                 Catch reports *
1.   Catches of Champsocephal us gunnari in FAO Antarctic sub-area 48.3
     shall be the subject of reports in accordance with the provisions of
     the following paragraphs , without prejudice to the
     application of Articles 5 to 9 of Regulation ( EEC ) N°2241/87 .
2.   Total catches , broken down by vessel , which were made by CctTmunity
     vessels in the period between 1 July 1987 and the end of the first
     month following the month of entry into force of this Regulation
     shall , within ten days of the end of that period , be notified to the
     Ccrrmission by the Member States in which the vessels concerned are
     registered or whose flag they fly.
3•   For the purposes of reporting the catches taken after the period
     referred to in paragraph 2, each calendar month shall be divided into
     three reporting periods designated by the letters A , B and C and
     running fran day 1 to day 10, day 11 to day 20, and day 21 to the
     last day of the month .
     At the latest within three working days after each reporting period ,
     each Member State shall notify the Gonmission of the total catches ,
     broken down by vessel , that the vessels flying its flag or registered
     in its territory have made in the preceding reporting period ,
     specifying the month and reporting period concerned .
4.   On the basis of the information received pursuant to paragraphs 2 and
     3 , the Cbrrmission shall , at the end of each reporting period , inform
     the CCAMLR of the total catches made by Ocnraunity vessels in the
     preceding reporting period .
      The FAO zones mentioned in this Regulation are defined in Commission
      Communication 85 / C 335 / 02 ( 0J No C 335 , 24.12.1985 , p.2J "
                                   Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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 .
0o ne et Prusse Ls ,                                           for the Counci l
                                                                The President
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