31995R1761

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1761/95 of 29 June 1995 amending, for the second time, Regulation (EC) No 3366/94 laying down for 1995 certain conservation and management measures for fishery resources in the Regulatory Area as defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-west Atlantic Fisheries

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 Regulation (EC) No 3366/94 (2) lays down fishing quotas for Member States in the Regulatory Area for 1995;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 850/95 (3) establishes for 1995 an autonomous quota for Greenland halibut in NAFO areas 2 and 3 at 18 630 tonnes;

Whereas following bilateral negotiations, the European Community and the Government of Canada signed an Agreed Minute on fisheries and agreed on its provisional application;

Whereas the Agreed Minute establishes that Community fleets will limit their catches of Greenland halibut in NAFO areas 3LMNO to 5 013 tonnes from 16 April 1995 onwards;

Whereas in order to ensure the conservation of the Greenland halibut stock, provisions should be made with regard to the communication of effort plans for this fishery;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3366/94 should therefore be amended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 3366/94 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Annex I shall be replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

2. The following Article shall be inserted:

'Article 2a Member States shall inform the Commission, of the fishing plan for the Greenland halibut fishery in the Regulatory Area and shall, no later than 1 December 1995, report to the Commission on its implementation`.

Article 2

All catches by Member States of Greenland halibut in NAFO areas 2 + 3 prior to the adoption of this Regulation, and taken after 15 April 1995 shall be counted against the quota established in the Annex.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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 Luxembourg, 29 June 1995.

For the Council The President J. BARROT

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