COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2472/1999

of 22 November 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 54/1999 allocating, for 1999, Community catch quotas in Greenland 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:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 54/1999(2) established, for 1999, the Community catch quota for capelin in Greenland waters on the basis of the TAC for 1998/1999;

(2) a revision of the relevant TAC in the meantime has resulted in a change in the share available to the Community;

(3) Regulation (EC) No 54/1999 should be amended accordingly;

(4) in order to ensure the livelihood of Community fishermen it is important to open these fisheries as early as possible in 1999; given the urgency of the matter it is imperative to grant an exception to the six-week period mentioned in paragraph I(3) of the Protocol on the role of national parliaments of the European Union annexed to the Treaty of Amsterdam,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 54/1999, the entry referring to capelin shall be replaced by that set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 22 November 1999.

For the Council

The President

K. HEMILÄ

(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 13, 18.1.1999, p. 81.

ANNEX

Allocation of Community catch quotas in Greenland waters for 1999

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