Commission Regulation (EC) No 1619/1999 of 23 July 1999 adapting certain fish quotas for 1999 pursuant Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1619/1999
of 23 July 1999
adapting certain fish quotas for 1999 pursuant Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 23 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1957/98(4) and in particular Article 4(2) thereof;
(1) Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 45/98(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2801/98(6), (EC) No 47/98(7), (EC) No 49/98(8), (EC) No 50/98(9), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2480/98(10), (EC) No 51/98(11), (EC) No 53/98(12), (EC) No 55/98(13), (EC) No 57/98(14), (EC) No 59/98(15). (EC) No 61/98(16), (EC) No 62/98(17), (EC) No 63/98(18) and (EC) No 65/98(19), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1283/98(20) stipulate which stocks may be subject to the measures foreseen by Regulation (EC) No 847/96;
(2) Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 48/1999(21), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1570/1999(22), (EC) No 49/1999(23), (EC) No 51/1999(24), (EC) No 53/1999(25), (EC) No 54/1999(26), (EC) No 55/1999(27), (EC) No 57/1999(28), (EC) No 59/1999(29), (EC) No 61/1999(30), (EC) No 63/1999(31), (EC) No 65/1999(32), (EC) No 66/1999(33), and (EC) No 67/1999(34) fix fish quotas for certain stocks in 1999;
(3) Whereas, within the terms of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, certain Member States have asked to withhold a fraction of their quotas to be transferred to the following year; whereas, within the limits indicated in the Article, the Commission shall add to the quota for 1999 the quantities withheld;
(4) Whereas, according to the information communciated to the Commission, certain Member States have fished in excess of permitted landings for some stocks in 1998; whereas, in accordance with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, deductions from national quotas from 1999 shall be made at a level equivalent to the quantity fished in excess, without prejudice to the application of Article 5(2);
(5) Whereas, in conformity with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, weighted deductions from national quotas for 1999 shall be made in the case of overfishing of permitted landings in 1998 for those stocks identified as such in Article 5 and Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 45/98;
(6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,