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(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents 
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concerning the openi ng to the public of the historical archives of the European Econom ic 
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file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.  
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Februar 198 3 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen  
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgem einschaft (ABI. L 43 vom  15.2.1983,  
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KOMMISSIONEN FOR DE EUROPÆISKE FÆLLESSKABER
KOM(83) 768 endelig udg.
Bruxelles, den 14.  december 1983
FORSLAG TIL RÅDETS AFGØRELSE
OM INDGÅELSE AF EN AFTALE I FORM AF EN BREVVEKSLING MELLEM 
DET EUROPÆISKE ØKONOMISKE FALLESSKAB OG CANADAS REGERING 
VEDRØRENDE DERES FISKERIFORBINDELSER
(forelagt Rådet af Kommissionen)
KOM(83) 768 endelig udg.

BEGRUNDELSE
1. D e  vanskeligheder, der i  1982 og i  begyndelsen af 1983 opstod i forbindelse 
m e d  anvendelsen af den fiskeriaftale, so m  i december 1981 blev indgået mellem 
D et europæiske økonomiske Fællesskab og den canadiske regering i form af
en brevveksling,har været genstand for en række konsultationer mellem de
to parter m e d  henblik på at finde en gensidig tilfredsstillende løsning på 
disse problemer. Disse drøftelser har ført til at der er udarbejdet et nyt udkast 
til en aftale,i form af en brevveksling ,dateret 1. januar 1984 so m  
Kommissionen foreslår at Rådet godkender. Til aftalen er der knyttet to 
aide-mémoires so m  er bestemt til ikke at blive offentliggjort.
Aftalen indeholder især følgende bestemmelser:
- der udnævnes inden den 31. marts 1984 en officiel repræsentant for 
Fællesskabet i Canada;
- der fastsættes omregningsfaktorer so m  skal gælde for hele aftalens 
varighed undtagen i tilfælde af ændret produktionsteknik eller ændring af 
arten af varer; i dette tilfælde finder der konsultationer sted mellem 
Fællesskabet og Canada og ændringerne fastsættes hvert år inden den
30. september i  det år, der går forud for fi sker i  sæsonens begyndelse;
- Fællesskabet accepterer én tarif på 4 %  for toldkontingenterne for 
frosne torskefi le tte r.
2. D e n  praktiske gennemførelse af aftalen er fastlagt i to aide-mémoires . I det
aide-mémoire, so m  af Kommissionen skal tils tille s  de Canadiske myndigheder,
gøres der rede for,hvorledes Fællesskabet vil forvalte de toldkontingenter
der åbnes over for Canada; der anføres endvidere deri,at frosne torskefi letter
i  pakker på en mindstevægt på 4  kilo eller mere i 1984, 1985 og 1 9 8 6 ,
   - 1007"  er i overensstemmelse m e d  betegnelsenog 2  kilo eller mere i ivor,
"bestemt~til menneskeføde" og endvidere at en medlemsstat først kan forlange 
deponering af sikkerhed når den har udnyttet 904 af sit andel.
Rådets godkendelse af dette aide-mémoire er nødvendigt eftersom Rådet senere 
vil skulle vedtage en gennemførelsesforordning på grundlag af traktatens
artikel 113.
I et canadisk aide-mémoire er der redegjortfor hvorledes de licenser, so m  er
givet til Fællesskabets skibe i  Je canadiske farvande vil blive forvaltet.

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På grundlag heraf foreslår Kommissionen Rådet:
- at vedtage det vedlagte beslutningsudkast;
- at godkende indholdet af det aide-mémoire so m  vedrører forvaltningen af 
de toldkontingenter, so m  Fællesskabet har åbnet overfor Canada og so m  
Kommissionen har til hensigt at tils tille  canada's regering;
- at tage indholdet af det aide-mémoire til efterretning, so m  vedrører den 
canadiske lovgivning for fiskeri fra Fællesskabets fartøjer i  de canadiske 
farvande, so m  den canadiske Mission vil sende til Kommissionen.

FORSLAG TIL RÅDETS AFGØRELSE (EØF) NR. OM INDGÅELSE AF EN AFTALE I FORM
AF EN BREVVEKSLING MELLEM DET EUROPÆISKE ØKONOMISKE FÆLLESSKAB OG CANADAS
REGERING VEDRØRENDE DERES FISKERIFORBINDELSER
R Å D E T  F O R  D E  E U R O P Æ I S K E  F Æ L L E S S K A B E R  H A R  -
under henvisning til traktaten o m  oprettelse af D et europæiske økonomiske 
Fællesskab, særlig artikel 113,
under henvisning til forslag fra Kommissionen, og 
ud fra følgende betragtninger:
den 30. december 1981  er der blevet underskrevet en fiskeriaftale mellem 
D et europæiske økonomiske Fællesskab og Canadas regering,
en aftale i  form af en brevveksling mellem D et europæiske økonomiske 
Fællesskab og Canadas regering vedrørende deres forbindelser på fiskeri­
området er blevet underskrevet den 30. december 1981,
Fællesskabet og Canadas regering har haft konsultationer o m  gennemførelsen 
af disse aftaler,
de to parter har, s o m  resultat af disse forhandlinger, indgået en aftale 
i  form af en brevveksling, so m  kompletterer den aftale, der i  form af en 
brevveksling blev underskrevet den 30. december 1981,
som følge heraf anses det for formålstjenligt at vedtage den sidst indgåede 
aftale i  form af en brevveksling, indeholdende en ændring af toldsatserne 
for visse fiskeprodukter m e d  virkning fra 1. januar 1984,
T R U F F E T  F Ø L G E N D E  A F G Ø R E L S E  :
Eneste artikel
Aftalen i  form af en brevveksling mellem D et europæiske økonomiske Fællesskab 
og Canadas regering vedrørende deres ^i skeri forbindelser godkendes herved på 
Fællesskabets vegne.
Aftalens tekst er knyttet til denne afgørelse.
Udfærdiget i  Bruxelles, den december 198

A G R E E M E N T  IN  T H E  F O R M  O F  A N  
E X C H A N G E  O F  L E T T E R S  B E T W E E N  T H E  
G O V E R N M E N T  O F  C A N A D A  A N D  T H E  
E U R O P E A N  E C O N O M I C  C O M M U N I T Y  
C O N C E R N I N G  T H E IR  FISH ERIES R E L A T IO N S

1  January 1984
Si r,
With reference to the Agreement in the Form  of an Exchange 
of Letters Between the Government of Canada and the European Economic 
Community Concerning their Fisheries Relations signed on 30 December 
1981,.  hereinafter referred to as the Agreement,. I have the 
honour to  confirm th jt ihe undertakings contained therein sh all continue in effect 
subject to the understandings set forth in the following paragraphs with 
regard to the application of the Agreement.
In order to enable the mutually satisfactory implementation 
of the Agreement, the two parties agree as follows:
(I) The Community will appoint  an official fish e rie s representative  in 
Canada by not later than 3 1  March 1984  in order to facilitate 
the administration of Canadian licencing procedures;
(II) The following conversion factors shall be applied to all
catches of cod under the Agreement: standard fille ts  (skin
off, pinbones in) 3.2; boneless fille ts  (skin off, deboned)
3.7. It is anticipated that these will remain the 
established conversion factors for the duration of the 
Agreement. However, in the event that alterations in 
production technology or in product types warrant the 
establishment of different conversion factors, in response to 
proposals by either Canadian or Community o fficials, the 
Canadian authorities undertake, before any changes in 
established conversion factors take place, to inform the 
Community authorities of the changes being considered.
Further, the Canadian officials shall, if the Community 
authorities so request, consult with Community officials 
concerning the proposed changes. The result of such 
consultations will  be taken into account by the Canadian 
authorities in determining the conversion factors subsequently 
established. This determination shall be m ade annually by
30 September prior to the commencement of the fishing season.
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(III) The administration of Canadian regulations governing 
fishing by the Community vessels in Canadian waters in 
fishing zones referred to in Annex I to the Agreement
shall be in conformity with the contents of the Aide-Memoire 
dated 1  January 1984, received by the Commission of the 
European Communities from the Mission of Canada to the 
European Communities.
(IV) Under C o m m o n  Customs Tariff item 03.01.B .II.b)1, the 
ta riff quotas for cod fille ts  frozen of the species gadus 
morhua, North Atlantic cod, referred to in Annex II to 
the Agreement are as follows (in tonnes):
1984 1985 1986 1987 Rate
4  Percent 19,000 21,000 22,000 24,000
(V ) The administration of certain ta riff quotas referred to 
in Annex II to the Agreement shall be in conformity with 
the contents of the Aide-Memoire dated 1  January 1984 
received by the Mission of Canada to the European Communities 
from the Commission of the European Communities.
(VI) Within 45 days of the completion of each quarter, the 
Community shall provide to the Canadian Government quarterly 
data on the utilization of ta riff quotas by product for 
each major market in the Community specified from time to 
time by Canada.
I have the honour to propose that this Letter, which is 
equally authentic in English and French, and your reply shall constitute 
an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government 
of Canada which shall enter into force on 1  January 1984.

AIDE MEMOIRE
The Directorate General for Fisheries of the Commission of the 
European Communities refers to the Exchange of Letters dated 
1  January 1984 concerning the mutually satisfactory implementation 
of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters signed on 
30 December 1981.
It has the honour to inform the Canadian authorities that the 
Community will apply the following mechanisms as regards the 
administration of ta riff quotas for round frozen cod and redfish and 
for frozen cod fille ts  as referred to in A nnex II of the above- 
mentioned Agreement:

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1. From  1  January and until 3 1  December of each year during which the 
Agreement is applied (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987), ta riff quotas will be 
opened by the Community as follows:
- 6,000 tonnes  w ith a duty of 3.7 percent fo r redfish (Sebastes spp) frozen, round 
and cod o f the species 6adus morhua, frozen, round,  falling respectively 
under subheadings ex 03.01 .B .I. f ) 2  and ex 03.01,B .I.h)2  of the Common 
Customs Tariff and intended to undergo one of the treatments 
authorized under the provisions set out in footnotes (1) and (2)
of Annex II of the Agreement;
- 1 9 ,0 0 0  tonnes  w ith a duty of 4 percent fo r frozen  cod fillets of the species 
Gadus morhua falling under subheading ex 03.01.B.11.b)1  of the 
C o m m o n  Customs Tariff and intended to undergo one of the treatments 
authorised under the provisions set out in footnotes (1) and (2) of 
Annex II of the Agreement. The quantities under ta riff quota (19,000 
tonnes for 1984)  will be increaseo to  21,000 tonnes for 1985, 22,000 tonnes for 1986 
and 24,000 tonnes for 1987.
2. The products listed under point 1, indent 2  of this aide memoire,
presented in individual f ille ts  in immediate packing weighing not less than
4  kilograms in 1984, 1985 and 1986 and weighing not less than 2 k ilo g ra.s in 1987 are
considered as meeting the aid-use requirement in footnote (2) of Annex II to  the Agreement
and no further "en d  u s e "  procedures or requirements will apply to the
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ta r if f  quotas under the C o m m o n  Customs Tariff subheading ex 03.01.II.b)1 
for the products listed in Annex II of the Agreement.
The benefit of the ta riff quotas opened for the products falling under 
subheaoings ex 03.01-B .I.h)2 anc ex 03.01 .B .II.b)1 of Lhe Cofii.cn Customs  Tariff shall b e 
reserved for products accompanied  oy a  certificate of origin issued by the recognised auvnority 
of one of the countries of origin listed in Annex II to Council Regulation  ( E E C )  N o  
3797/81 and made out in accordance  w ith o n e of the speciments set out in Annex  I  to that 
R egulation, a tte stin g  th at  the fish fra,-, which they are obtained were fisheo in the itorth 
A tlantic  w ith d u e  resDect for intern atio n al conventions  on the conservation and mana­
gement of fishery resources. The certificate must also certify that the products 
presented were obtained from cod of the Gadus morhua species.
For the purposes of these ta riff quotas, Greece shall apply customs duties 
calculated in accordance with the provisions of the 1979 Act of Accession.

3. The ta riff quotas listed u n d e r  point 1  are divided into two instalments.
The first instalment of each quota equals 9 5 .3  percent of the to ta l an o in t,  of 
which 5 3  percent is allocated to  the Uhitea Kingdom; the balance of 42.3 percent  will be
divided anong  the other M em ber States according to the distribution key 
applied to then for 1 9 8 3 ,  adjusted if necessary, after consultation with
Canada/to take account of the development of tra c ie  flows for the products 
concerned.
The se c o n d  instalment equals 4.7 percent of the to ta l amount of each 
ta riff quota and constitutes the reserve corresponding to each of these 
ta riff quotas, on which the United Kingdom has no obligation to draw.
W h en  a  ller.b er  State has u sed  90 percent of the share
attributed to it under the first instalment or uhen it has already drawn 
on the corresponding reserve, that Member  State shall, as far as the 
amount  o f the corresponding reserve allows, draw a further share with a  
m axim um  each time of an amount o f 10 percent  of its initial share,  ana so on 
until the corresponding reserve is exhausted.
4. The M em ber States shall, not later than.1 October of each year during which  the 
Agreement is applied, return to the reserve the unused^portion of the initial^ 
shares which, on 15 September of the year in question is in excess of 20 
percent of the in itial volume. They m ay  return a greater quantity if there 
are grounds for believing that it m ay  not be utilised by them.
However as regards the United Kingdom, in the event of i ts  share not being exhausted, 
the return to the corresponding reserve m ay be effected only up to the 
limit of the quantities necessary to satisfy the real needs of 
other M em ber States that cannot be met by the mechanisms which are 
directly applicable to them.
5. Admission to benefit from ta riff quotas nay not be subjected by a M em ber 
State to a customs deposit as long as the effective use of the shares that 
have b een  attributed to it has not exceeded. 90 percent of such shares.6
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Brussels, 1 January 1984

AIDE-MEMOIRE
The Canadian Mission to the European Communities refers to the 
Exchange of Letters on 1  January 1984  concerning the mutually 
satisfactory implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange 
of Letters signed on 30 December 1981·
The Mission has the honour to inform the European Commission that 
the Government of Canada will  apply to Community vessels the following 
procedures as regards the administration of Canadian regulations 
governing fishing by foreign vessels in Canadian waters in fishing zones 
referred to in Annex I to the above-mentioned Agreement:

1. Average daily catch rates for Ccmnunity vessels will be
fixed annually by the Canadian authorities, ~ by 30
September prior to the ccrrtnencem ent of the fishing season, following  
consultation betwsen the Ccmnunity and Canadian authorities at the  
request of either side and taking into account the results of these  
consultations. Should it become clear during the course of the fishing  
season that the catch rates as fixed would not permit Ccmnunity  
vessels to utilize fully their quotas, further consultations will take  
place, if the Ccmnunity so requests, to consider the adjustment of
the catch rates for the remainder of the fishing season;
2. Any amendments to fishing licences on board Ccmnunity  
vessels necessitated by changes in fishing conditions will be made  
by the Canadian authorities as rapidly as possible, with the aim of  
issuing such amendments, where necessary, within five working days of  
receipt of the requisite applications for amendments. Movement of  
Ccmnunity vessels iron one Canadian fishing zone to another may take  
place iximediately after receipt on the vessel of a telexed copy of the  
amendment;
3. In circumstances regarded by the Canadian authorities as  
exceptional, a Ccmnunity vessel will be authorized by telex to fish for  
a period of time (the duration to depend on the circumstances) without  
having its licence on board. Before entering the Canadian fishing zone  
the vessel must have on board this telex and a telex providing the details  
of its licence;
4. a) In principle, one observer will be on board each Ccmnunity  
vessel. If necessary, and if facilities on board allow, additional  
observers will occasionally be placed on board for specified purposes;

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b) If there is disagreement between Canadian authorities and  
the Captain of a Gcrnnunity vessel as to the level of the catch,  
and action is then taken by the Canadian authorities pursuant to  
Canadian regulations, the appropriate Cciunumty authorities will be  
informed of the disagreement and of the consequent action taken;
c) In the event that an inspection of a Community vessel takes  
place and tie Inspector concludes that there is a discrepancy  
between the figures recorded in the vessel's logs and his own  
estimate sufficient to require further action pursuant to Canadian  
regulations the Inspector shall inform the Captain of the Inspector s  
estimated figures.-2-
Brussels, 1 January 1984