COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 53/1999 of 18 December 1998 allocating, for 1999, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Faeroese waters

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, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, of the other part (2), the two Parties have held consultations on their mutual fishing rights for 1999;

Whereas, as a result of these consultations, the two Parties have agreed on an arrangement for 1999 whereby certain catch quotas are allocated to Community vessels in the Faeroese fishing zone;

Whereas, to ensure efficient management of the catch possibilities available, they should be allocated among Member States as quotas in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92;

Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the relevant control measures provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (3);

Whereas additional conditions for the year-to-year management of TACs and quotas, in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (4), were not agreed with the Faeroe Islands;

Whereas, for imperative reasons of common interest, this Regulation will apply from 1 January 1999,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

From 1 January to 31 December 1999 catches taken by vessels flying the flag of a Member State in the waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Faeroe Islands, under the arrangement on reciprocal fishing rights for 1999 between the Community and the Faeroe Islands, shall not exceed the quotas set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

Fishing quotas referred to in the Annex shall not be subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 2, 3 and 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 January 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 1998.

For the Council

The President

W. MOLTERER

(1) OJ L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1181/98 (OJ L 164, 9.6.1998, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 12.

(3) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2205/97 (OJ L 304, 7.11.1997, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3.

ANNEX

Allocation of Community catch quotas in Faeroese waters for 1999, as referred to in Article 1

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