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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1059/89

of 24 April 1989

allocating additional catch quotas among Member States for vessels fishing in Swedish waters

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (1), as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas the Community and the Kingdom of Sweden have initialled an agreement on their mutual fishing rights for 1989 which provides, inter alia, for the allocation of certain catch quotas for Community vessels in Swedish waters; whereas those catch quotas were allocated by Regulation (EEC) No 4198/88 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 297/89 (4);

Whereas, in order to take account of the accession of Spain and Portugal to the Community, the Community and the Kingdom of Sweden have, inter alia, concluded an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning agriculture and fisheries (5); whereas, under that Agreement, the Kingdom of Sweden undertook in particular to grant the Community catch quotas for cod and herring in the Swedish fishing zone in the Baltic Sea, in addition to the fishing possibilities agreed annually under the Agreement on fisheries between the Community and the Kingdom of Sweden;

Whereas the Government of Sweden, by notification dated 23 December 1988, informed the Community of the supplementary catch quotas for 1989;

Whereas, under Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 170/83, it is for the Council to lay down in particular the specific conditions for taking those catches; whereas, under Article 4 of the said Regulation, the quantity available to the Community is to be distributed among the Member States;

Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the control measures provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88 (7),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Vessels flying the flag of a Member State shall be authorized in 1989 to take catches within the geographical limits and the quotas set out in the Annex in waters falling within the fisheries juridisction of Sweden, without prejudice to catches already authorized for the same period by Regulation (EEC) No 4198/88.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply until 31 December 1985.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 24 April 1989.

For the Council

The President

F. FERNANDEZ ORDOÑEZ

(1) OJ No L 24, 27. 1. 1983, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 369, 31. 12. 1988, p. 54.

(4) OJ No L 33, 4. 2. 1989, p. 42.

(5) OJ No L 328, 22. 11. 1986, p. 90.

(6) OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1987, p. 1.

(7) OJ No L 306, 11. 11. 1988, p. 2.

ANNEX

Quantities referred to in Article 1 for 1989

(tonnes)

1.2.3.4 // // // // // Species // ICES division (1) // Quotas // Allocations // // // // // Cod // III d // 2 500 // Denmark 1 830 // // // // Germany 670 // Herring // III d // 1 500 // Denmark 855 // // // // Germany 645 // // // //

(1) except for the area defined by

- straight lines connecting the following coordinates:

58° 46,836 N 20° 28,672 E

58° 47,680 N 20° 25,264 E

58° 42,000 N 20° 16,985 E

58° 17,000 N 19° 55,263 E

58° 01,305 N 19° 44,307 E

From the last-mentioned coordinate the delimitation line follows the borderline of Swedish territorial waters to the following coordinate:

57° 14,210 N 19° 10,852 E;

- straight lines starting from the last-mentioned coordinate through the following coordinates:

56° 50,000 N 19° 01,055 E

56° 30,000 N 18° 52,269 E

56° 03,896 N 18° 45,403 E

55° 58,863 N 18° 53,977 E

55° 53,788 N 18° 55,232 E

55° 53,482 N 18° 56,777 E

55° 57,300 N 19° 04,049 E

55° 58,863 N 19° 04,876 E

56° 02,433 N 19° 05,669 E

56° 15,000 N 19° 13,565 E

56° 27,000 N 19° 21,070 E

56° 35,000 N 19° 25,070 E

56° 45,000 N 19° 31,720 E

56° 58,000 N 19° 40,270 E

57° 14,192 N 19° 53,565 E

57° 26,717 N 20° 02,160 E

57° 33,800 N 20° 03,965 E

57° 44,000 N 20° 14,139 E

57° 54,691 N 20° 24,920 E

58° 12,000 N 20° 22,502 E

58° 29,000 N 20° 26,590 E

58° 46,836 N 20° 28,672 E

Amendments and corrections
December 31, 1989	See Art. 2
April 26, 1989	Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 2

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1059/89 of 24 April 1989 allocating additional catch quotas among Member States for vessels fishing in Swedish waters