CELEX: 31978R2576
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2576/78 of 30 October 1978 allocating among the Member States certain catch quotas for vessels fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic zone

1 . 11 . 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 309/7
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2576/78
                                                    of 30 October 1978
             allocating among the Member States certain catch quotas for vessels fishing in
                                        the Nowegian exclusive economic zone
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the allocation must take into account catches
 COMMUNITIES,                                                   already made by vessels of each of the Member States ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas information about actual catches should be
 Economic Community and in particular Article 103               made available in order to ensure that the allocations
thereof,                                                        are respected ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              Whereas these measures must be taken without delay,
Whereas on 3 November 1976 the Council adopted a                and it is therefore necessary to adopt them as interim
set of resolutions concerning certain external and              measures, on the basis of Article 103 of the Treaty,
internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ;               subject to their being included at a later date in the
                                                                common agricultural policy,
Whereas the Community and the Kingdom of
Norway have negotiated a framework agreement on
fisheries ;                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the Commission has submitted the above­
mentioned framework agreement to the Council for                                       Article 1
approval ;
                                                                The only catches which vessels flying the flag pf a
Whereas the Community and Norway have held                      Member State are authorized to make from 1 August
consultations concerning their mutual fishing alloca­           to 31 December 1978 in waters north of 62° 00 ' N
tions for 1978 ;                                                and falling within the Norwegian exclusive economic
                                                                zone are set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas during the consultations the delegations
agreed to recommend to their authorities that they fix
certain catch quotas for 1978 for vessels of the other                                 Article 2
party ;
                                                                Member States shall periodically transmit to the
Whereas it is the responsibility of the Community to            Commission information concerning the catches,
allocate the catch quotas in the Norwegian exclusive            broken down by species, made by vessels flying their
economic zone among the Community vessels                       flag fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic
concerned ;                                                     zone .
Whereas for this purpose it is necessary to allocate
these quotas among the Member States of the Commu­                                     Article 3
nity ;
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Whereas the quotas agreed with Norway cover the                 publication in the Official Journal of the European
whole of 1978, but the Council by Regulation (EEC)              Communities.
No 1847/78 (*) made an allocation only for the period
1 August to 31 October 1978 ;                                   It shall apply until 31 December 1978.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Luxembourg, 30 October 1978 .
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                             The President
                                                                                J. ERTL
H OJ No L 211 , 1 . 8 . 1978 , p. 4.
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                                                                   ANNEX
                Quantities referred to in Article 1 for the period 1 August to 31 December 1978
                                                 (Norwegian waters north of 62° 00' N)
                                                                                                              (tonnes)
                                                     ICES sub-area
                          Species                                       Quotas              Allocations
                                                       or division
           Cod                                    I, I la) and lib)    13 190    Belgium :              token entry
                                                                                 France :                     888
                                                                                 Germany :                 4 664
                                                                                 United Kingdom :          7 638
           Haddock                                I, IIa) and lib)      3 111    Belgium :              token entry
                                                                                 France :                     664
                                                                                 Germany :                    479
                                                                                 United Kingdom :           1 968
           Saithe                                 I, IIa) and lib)      9 619    Belgium :              token entry
                                                                                 France :               token entry
                                                                                 Germany :                 7 982
                                                                                 United Kingdom :           1 637
           Redfish                                I, IIa) and lib)      5 190    Belgium :              token entry
                                                                                 Germany :                 3 228
                                                                                 United Kingdom :           1 962
           Greenland halibut                      I, IIa) and lib)       1 303   Germany :                    750
                                                                                 United Kingdom :             553
           Other species                          I, IIa) and lib)      5 000    Belgium :              token entry
           (as by catches)                                                       France :                     690 (!)
                                                                                 Germany :                 1 610 (J)
                                                                                 United Kingdom :          2 700 (*)
           P) Quota valid for the whole of 1978.