CELEX: 51997PC0704
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-12
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) allocating, for 1998, catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Polish waters

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                      Brussels, 12.12.1997
                                      COM(97) 704 final
                      Proposal for a
            COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
allocating, for 1998, catch quotas between Member States
            for vessels fishing in Polish waters
             (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                   EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
In accordance with the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, the fisheries
agreements concluded by these countries with third countries shall be managed by the
Community.
On the basis of the bilateral Fisheries Agreement concluded between Poland and Sweden in
1978, the Community, on behalf of Sweden, held consultations with Poland which resulted in
a reciprocal Fisheries Arrangement for 1998.
The purpose of this proposal for a regulation is to allocate among the Member States the
quotas available in 1998 to Community vessels fishing in the Polish zone under the above
mentioned arrangements.
The fishing possibilities obtained by Sweden as a result of these agreements have been
allocated to them.
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 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                                  Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No /98
                                             of.... December 1997
                       allocating, for 1998, catch quotas between Member States
                                     for vessels fishing in Polish waters
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having 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 aquaculture1, and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 124 of the 1994 Act of Accession, fisheries agreements
concluded by the Kingdom of Sweden with third countries are managed by the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Agreement on fisheries of
 1 February 1978, the Community, on behalf of the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Republic of
Poland have held consultations concerning their mutual fishing rights for 1998;
Whereas, in the course of these consultations, the delegations agreed to recommend to their
respective authorities that certain catch quotas for 1998 should be fixed for the vessels of the
other Party;
Whereas the necessary measures should be taken to implement, for 1998, the results of these
consultations held with Poland;
Whereas to ensure efficient management of the catch possibilities available in Polish waters,
they should be allocated among the Member States as quotas in accordance with Article 8 of
Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92;
Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the relevant control
measures provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993
establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy2;
          OJ No L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession.
2
          OJ No L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
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 ---pagebreak--- Whereas additional conditions for the year-to-year management of TACs and quotas, in
accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC)
No. 847/961, were not agreed with Poland,
Whereas, for imperative reasons of common interest, this Regulation will apply from
 1 January 1998,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                 Article 1
From 1 January to 31 December 1998 vessels flying the flag of a Member State are hereby
authorized to make catches in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of Poland and
within the quota limits set out in the Annex hereto.
                                                 Article 2
Stocks referred to in the annex shall not be subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 2,
3 and 5 (2) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 847/96.
                                                 Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
          Done at Brussels,            December 1997.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                   The President
1
          OJ No L 115, 9.5.1996, p.3
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 ---pagebreak---                                                  ANNEX
               Allocation of Community catch quotas in Polish waters for 1998
                                  (in metric tonnes, fresh round weight)
        Species            ICES division       Community catch           Quotas allocated to
                                                     quotas               Member States
 Herring                         md                    1000          Sweden       1000
 Cod                             md                      500         Sweden         500
 Sprat                           ffld                20.000          Sweden      20 000
 Flatfish                        md                       50         Sweden           50
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