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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4041 / 86
of 22 December 1986
fixing the flat-rate amounts of horse mackerel and blue whiting allocated to Spain for
1987
Whereas , under Article 158 of the Act of Accession, a
distinction must be made between fishing for demersal
species and fishing for species other than demersal and
whereas the group to which blue whiting and horse
mackerel belong must therefore be defined ,
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal (*) and in particular Article 161 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas , under Article 161 of the Act of Accession ,
flat-rate amounts of horse mackerel and blue whiting are
allocated to Spain together with , for a three-year period , a
supplementary quantity of hake which may not exceed
4 500 tonnes and the size of which is determined annually
on the basis of the state of the stocks concerned ;
Whereas those flat-rate amounts of horse mackerel and
blue whiting must be distributed among ICES sub-areas
and divisions V b (EC zone), VI , VII and VIII a , b
and d;
Whereas the overall level of the share of hake available to
the Community in ICES sub-areas and divisions V b (EC
zone), VI , VII and VIII a and b reaches 60 000 tonnes for
1987 ; whereas therefore there is no reason to allocate to
Spain for that year the said flat-rate amount of hake;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The zones in which the flat-rate quantities of horse
mackerel and blue whiting allocated to Spain for 1987 may
be fished shall be as set out in the Annex .
Article 2
Blue whiting and horse mackerel shall , for the purposes of
the fishing activities referred to in this Regulation , be
considered to be species other than demersal .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1987 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Brussels , 22 December 1986 .
For the Council
The President
G. SHAW
(') OJ No L 302 , 15 . 11 . 1985 , p. 23 .
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ANNEX
Allocation of the flat-rate amounts
Species ICES zone
Flat-rate amounts
( tonnes)
Horse mackerel V b (EC zone), VI , VII ( J ) 10 000
VIII a , b , d 21 000
Blue whiting V b (EC zone), VI , VII (^ 10 000
VIII a , b , d 20 000
(') Fishing is prohibited in the area south of latitude 56°30' N, east of longitude 12°00' W and north of latitude 50°30 '
N.
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