CELEX: 31991R3887
Language: en
Date: 1991-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3887/91 of 18 December 1991 allocating, for 1992, Community catch quotas in Greenland waters

31 . 12 . 91                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 367 / 57
                                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3887 / 91
                                                           of 18 December 1991
                                   allocating, for 1992, Community catch quotas in Greenland waters
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                Whereas it is for the Community to lay down, under the
                                                                         terms of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC ) No 170 / 83 , the
                                                                         conditions subject to which these catch quotas may be used
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    by Community fishermen;
Economic Community ,
                                                                         Whereas, to ensure efficient management of the catch
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 170 / 83 of                possibilities available, they should be shared out among the
25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the                  Member States by means of quotas in accordance with
conservation and management of fishery resources (*), as                 Article 4 of Regulation (EEC ) No 170 / 83 ;
amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal (2),
and in particular .Article 1 1 thereof,                                  Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation
                                                                         are subject to the relevant control measures provided for by
                                                                         Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2241 / 87 of 23 July 1987
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                      establishing certain control measures for fishing
                                                                         activities (5 ), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the Agreement on fisheries between the European                  3483 / 88 (6 ),
Economic Community , on the one hand, and the
Government of Denmark and the local Government of
Greenland, on the other (3), and the Protocol laying down                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
the conditions relating to fishing provided for in the
Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic                                                   Article 1
Community, on the one hand , and the Government of
Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland,                       For 1992, the allocation of the Community catch quotas in
on the other (4), establish the catch quotas allocated to the            Greenland waters shall be as set out in the Annex.
Community in Greenland waters;
                                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas these catch quotas may be used by vessels not
 flying the flag of a Member State of the Community to the                Should the authorities responsible for Greenland make an
 extent that this is necessary for the proper functioning of              offer regarding supplementary catch possibilities referred to
the fisheries agreements which the Community has                          in Article 8 of the Agreement on fisheries, the Council
concluded with third countries;                                           shall, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the
                                                                          Commission, take a decision on that offer within six weeks
Whereas the Community shall inform the authorities                        of receipt thereof.
responsible for Greenland of its reaction to offers regarding
 supplementary catch possibilities referred to in Article 8 of                                         Article 3
the Agreement on fisheries not later than six weeks after
receipt of the offer;                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States .
                     Done at Brussels , 18 December 1991 .
                                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                                  The President
                                                                                                   P. BUKMAN
 0)   OJNoL    24 , 27. 1 . 1983 , p. 1 .
 ( 2) OJ No L  302 , 15. 11 . 1985, p. 1
 (3)  OJ No L  29 , 1 . 2. 1985 , p. 9.                                   (5) OJ No L 207, 29 . 7 . 1987, p. 1 .
 (4)  OJ No L  252, 15 . 9 . 1990, p. 2.                                  (6) OJ No L 306 , 11 . 11 . 1988 , p. 2.
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                                                                        ANNEX
                                       Allocation of Community catch quotas in Greenland waters for 1992
                                                                                                            Quantities           - Faroese quotas in
                                                                                                           allocated to            Greenland waters
                                                Community                                                     Norway                  according to
                            Geographical           catch        Quotas allocated to Member States             (tonnes)          EC / Greenland Fisheries
         Species     •                                                       (tonnes)
                                region            quotas
                                                                                                            (shown for                Protocol ( l )
                                                 (tonnes)                                                  information                  (tonnes)
                                                                                                                only)        (shown for information only)
             1                     2                 3                           4                                5                         6
                                                                                                       \
Cod                       NAFO 0 / 1              16 000       Germany                       12 320
                                                               United Kingdom                  3 680
                           ICES XIV / V           15 000       Germany                       13 040
                                                               United Kingdom                  1 960
Redfish                    NAFO 0 / 1              5 500       Germany                         5 395
                                                               United Kingdom                    105
                           ICES XIV / V           46 820       Germany                       46 270              —                         500
                                                               France                            330
                                                               United Kingdom                    220
Greenland halibut          NAFO 0 / 1              1 850       Germany                         1 575            200 (2)                    150
                                                               United Kingdom                     75
                           ICES XIV / V            3 750       Germany                        *3 375            200 (2)                    150
                                                               United Kingdom                    175
Halibut                    NAFO 0 / 1                 200                                          —
                                                                                                                200 (2)
Deep-water prawns          NAFO 0 / 1                 295      Denmark                           147                                       150 (3)
                                                               France                            147
                           ICES XIV / V            4180        Denmark                           840         2 500                      1 045 (3)
                                                               France                            840
Catfish                    NAFO 0 / 1               2 000      Germany                         2 000             —
Blue whiting               ICES XIV / V           30 000       Denmark                         3 000             —
                                                               France                          3 000
                                                               Germany                        24 000
Capelin                    ICES XIV / V           30 000       Community                      30 000                                   10 000 (2)
(!) These Faroese quotas are additional to the Community catch quotas and form part of the fishery arrangement for 1992 agreed on by the Community and the­
     Faroe Islands .
(2) To be fished only by long-liners.
(3 ) South of 68° N in NAFO 0/ 1 .