CELEX: 51994PC0569
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-05
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EC) 3692/93 allocating, for 1994, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM(94) 569 final
                                                   Brussels, 05.12.1994
                                    Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
     amending Regulation (EC) 3692/93 allocating, for 1994, certain catch quotas
 between Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic zone
                       and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen
                          (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM                                 \>
By Regulation (EC) No 3692/93, the Council has allocated, among Member States, the
shares available for 1994 to Community vessels fishing in the Norwegian fishing zone.
Following a Community request, Norway and the Community have held consultations
regarding an increase of 1,000 tonnes of the Community's 1994 catch possibilities of 9,000
tonnes of "Other Species" in the Norwegian fishing zone, south of 62°N. As a result,
Norway agreed that the catch quota allocated to the Community for 1994 be increased on the
condition thai the Community compensates Norway with an increase of 4,000 tonnes in its
catch quota tor sprat in ICES division IV.
It is. therefore, proposed to amend the above Regulation accordingly.
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                                               of
        amending Regulation (EC) 3692/93 allocating, for 1994, certain catch quotas
    between Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic zone
                            and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen
 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 aquaculture0*, and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
 I hiving regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3692/93(2) allocates, for 1994, certain catch quotas between
 Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic zone and the fishery
 zone around Jan Mayen;
Whereas a catch quota of 9,000 tonnes of "other species" was allocated to the Community
 in Norwegian waters south of 62 °N for 1994; whereas the catches by Community vessels
might lead to this allocation being exhausted shortly;
Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 2 of the Fisheries
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway(3), the
parties have had further consultations on their reciprocal fishing rights for 1994;
Whereas these consultations have been concluded and, as a result, the above mentioned catch
quota allocated to the Community has been increased;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                           Article 1
In Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 3692/93, the figures relating to "other species" in ICES
division IV are hereby replaced by those set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
(,)
     OJ No L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1.
(2)
     OJ No L 341, 31.12.1993, p. 104.
(3)
     OJ No L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 48.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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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                                                                S
                                  (in metric tonnes, fresh round weight)
               ICES     Community                Quotas allocated
   Species
              division  catch quotas            to Member States
Other species    IV        10,000          Denmark               5,000
                                           United Kingdom        3,744
                                           Germany                 569
                                           Belgium                  50
                                           France                  235
                                           Netherlands             402
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