Council Regulation (EC) No 2517/2000 of 9 November 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 fixing for 2000 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required

Council Regulation (EC) No 2517/2000
of 9 November 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 fixing for 2000 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required
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(1), and in particular Article 8(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999(2) fixes for 2000 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters.
(2) Within the Agreement on fisheries relations between the European Community and the Republic of Estonia(3), an additional quantity of 600 tonnes of cod in the Baltic Sea was granted to the Community.
(3) The total allowable catch of capelin in Greenland waters for 2000 has been set within a trilateral agreement among Greenland, Iceland and Norway at 975000 tonnes of which the quota accruing to Greenland is to be 107500 tonnes and consequentially the quota accruing to the Community has to be adapted.
(4) The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) at its last annual meeting held from 12 to 16 June 2000, adopted a catch limitation for yellowfin tuna in 2000 and modified the provisional catch limitation for bigeye tuna adopted in 1999. The Community, being in the process of accession to IATTC, should fully cooperate with this organisation in all matters of fisheries conservation by implementing these measures.
(5) Greater clarity is required regarding geographical areas in which herring may be caught in the North-East Atlantic.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 should therefore be amended accordingly,