CELEX: 51997PC0278
Language: en
Date: 1997-06-05
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No 391/97 laying down, for 1997, certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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                                               Brussels, 05.06.1997
                                               COM(97)278 final
                                Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EQ
       amending Council Régulation (EC) No 391/97 laying down, for 1997,
  certain measures for the conservation and management offisheryresources
                 applicable to vesselsflyingthe flag of Norway
                       (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
At the Fisheries Council of 20 December 1996, the Commission undertook to explore
with Norway the means of obtaining a higher quantity of plaice in ICES division IV.
Thereupon, consultations were held with Norway, which resulted in an agreement to
set the TAC for plaice at 80,000 tonnes, i.e. to increase by 3,000 tonnes the TAC
which was agreed in December 1996. Consequently, the Norwegian catch quota for
plaice in Community fishing waters is to be increased from 2,890 tonnes to 3,100
tonnes.
The objective of this proposal is to implement the measures agreed with Norway and,
inasmuch as the Norwegian catch quota for plaice is concerned, to amend Council
Regulation (EC) No 391/97 accordingly.
 ---pagebreak---                                         Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No                 /97
                                    of                 1997
         amending Council Regulation (EC) No 391/97 laying down, for 1997,
      certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources
                      applicable to vessels flying the flag of Norway
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 aquaculture , as amended by the
Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 8(4)
thereof,
having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 391/972 allocates, for 1997, certain catch quotas
to Norway in Community waters;
Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Articles 2 and 7 of the
Fisheries Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom
of Norway , consultations were held in order to adjust the total allowable catch (TAC)
for plaice in ICES division IV;
Whereas these consultations led to an agreement to set the TAC for plaice at 80,000
tonnes for 1997 and, inter alia, to adjust the corresponding Norwegian catch quota to
3,100 tonnes;
Whereas it is now necessary to implement these agreed measures and, inasmuch as the
Norwegian catch quota for plaice is concerned, to amend Council Regulation (EC)
No 391/97 accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                          Article 1
In Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 391/97, the entry dealing with plaice shall
be replaced by that given in the Annex to this Regulation.
 1
         OJNo L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1.
 2
         OJ No L 66,6.3.1997, p. 49.
 3
         OJ No L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 48.
                                                         2>
 ---pagebreak---                                      Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.
      Done at Brussels,....           1997.
                                                         For the Council
                                                         The President
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 ---pagebreak---                                                              ANNEX
                                   Norwegian catch quota for 1997
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             Species                                Area within which              % Quantity
                                                 fishing is authorised
            ———— " • " '       ' '~ ~   I I llll  II II II I    I I I II I I —   '       i   ., . ,
              "Plaice                                        ICES IV                  3,100"
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