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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No194/77
of28January1977
layingdowncertaininterimmeasuresfortheconservationandmanagement of
fisheryresourcesapplicabletovesselsflyingtheflagofPoland,theGDRorthe
USSR
(a)nameofthevessel;
(b)registrationnumberandexternalidentification
lettersandnumbers;
(c)portofregistration ;
(d)grosstonnageandoveralllength;
(e)callsign.THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicComrpunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccession,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCounciladopted,on3November1976,a
setofresolutionsconcerningcertainexternaland
internalaspectsofthecommonfisheriespolicy;
Whereasnotifications havebeenforwardedtothe
Governments ofPoland,theGDRandtheUSSRin
ordertocommunicate theCouncilDecisionsof13
and20December1976restrictingfishingactivitiesby
theirvesselsfrom1Januaryuntil31March1977in
the200-milefishingzonesoftheMemberStates,situ­
atedofftheNorthSeaandAtlanticcoastsandcovered
byCommunityrulesonfisheries;
Whereas,inordertopreservefishinggrounds,access
tothesewatersmustberestrictedandthesefishing
activitiesmustbemadesubjecttoasystemoflicences
andthedetailsthereoflaiddown,Article4
1.Thenumberoflicenceswhichmaybeissuedfor
fishingvesselsofbetween2000and3500GRT(gross
registeredtons)shallbelimitedtofiveforPoland,six
fortheGDR,and27fortheUSSR.
2.Themaximumnumberofvesselsofbetween
2000and3500GRTpermittedtofishatthesame
timeislaiddownforPolandinAnnex2,fortheGDR
inAnnex3,andfortheUSSRinAnnex4.
3.Shouldvesselsofatonnageoflessthan2000
GRTbeused,thenumberoflicencesandthe
maximumnumberofvesselspermittedtofishatthe
sametimeshallbecalculatedaccordingtothe
followingconversionrates:
upto1000GRT: 2-5,
1000to2000GRT: 1-5.
Thefigureforthenumberofvesselsobtainedbythe
aboveconversionratesshall,whereappropriate,be
roundeddowntothenearestwholenumber.
Article5
Eachlicenceshallbevalidforonevesselonlyfora
periodnotextendingbeyond31March1977andfor
fishingwithinthequantitativeandgeographicallimits
referredtoinArticle1.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
From1January1977untiltheendoftheperiodof
applicationofthisRegulation,Poland,theGDRand
theUSSRshallbeauthorizedtotakeonlythecatches
laiddowninAnnex1withinthe200-milefishing
zonesoftheMemberStates,situatedofftheNorthSea
andAtlanticcoastsandcoveredbyCommunityrules
onfisheries.
Article2
FishingwithinthefishingzonesreferredtoinArticle
1byboatsofthenon-membercountrieslistedtherein
shallbesubjecttothegrantingofalicenceonbehalf
oftheCommunitybytheauthoritiesoftheMember
StateholdingthePresidencyoftheCouncil.
Article3
Whenanapplicationforalicenceissubmittedtothe
authoritiesreferredtoinArticle2,thefollowinginfor­
mationshallbesupplied:Article6
MemberStatesshalltakemeasurestoensure,asfaras
possible,theenforcementofArticles1to5asregards
themaritimewaterscomingundertheirsovereignty
orfallingundertheirjurisdiction,includinginparti­
cular,regularinspectionofthevesselsofthirdcoun­
tries.

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Inthisconnection ,MemberStatesandtheCommis­
sionshallcommunicate toeachothertheinformation
requiredforcompliancewiththisRegulation,with
regardinparticulartothemonitoringofthevolume
ofcatchestakenbyvesselsfromthenon-member
countriesconcerned .Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .Itshallapplyuntil31
March1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28January1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
AnthonyCROSLAND

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ANNEX 1
Polandfishingquotasforthefirstquarterof1977
ThezonesconcernedarethosedefinedbytheInternationalCouncilfortheExplorationoftheSeas
(ICES),insofarastheyaresituatedinthefishingzonesoftheMemberStatesextendingupto200
nauticalmilesfromcoastsborderingontheNorthSeaandtheAtlantic,andcoveredbyCommunity
rulesonfisheries.
Species ZoneQuantity
(tonnes)
Haddock IV 200
Saithe iv 650
Mackerel IV 240
Mackerel VIAasfarasitextendswestofthelinedefined
infootnote(')below,VIB 203
Mackerel VIIC,VIIK,VIIJasfarasitextendssouthof
50°30'northlatitude,VIIH 1137
Mackerel VIIIasfarasitextendswestofthelinedefinedin
footnote(2)below 120
Greenlandhalibut XIV 225
Horsemackerel VIAasfarasitextendswestofthelinedefined
infootnote(')below,VIB 4
Horsemackerel VIIC,VIIK,VIIJasfarasitextendssouthof
50°30'northlatitude,VIIH 143
Horsemackerel VIIIasfarasitextendswestofalinedefinedin
footnote(2)below 103
(')Thelineoriginatinginpoint:
6°W60°N,thencesouthwardsto
6°W58°30'N,thencewestwardsto
10°W58°30'N,thencesouthwardsto
10°W56°30'N,thencewestwardsto
12°W56°30'N,thencesouthwardsto
12°W54°30'N.
(2)Thelineoriginatinginpoint:
8°W48°N,thencesouthwardsto
8°W47°N,thenceeastwardsto
6°W47°N,thencesouthwardsto
6°W46°30'N,thenceeastwardsto
5°W46°30'N,thencesouthwardsto
5°W46°N,thenceeastwardsto
4°W46°N,thencesouthwardsto
4°W4.S0N,thenceeastwardsto
2°W45°N,thencesouthwards .

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GermanDemocraticRepublicfishingquotasforthefirstquarterof1977
ThezonesconcernedarethosedefinedbytheInternationalCouncilfortheExplorationoftheSeas
(ICES)ordefinedintheAnnextotheConventionestablishingtheInternationalCommissionforthe
North-WestAtlanticFisheries(ICNAF),insofarastheyaresituatedinthefishingzonesofthe
MemberStatesextendingupto200nauticalmilesfromcoastsborderingontheNorthSeaandthe
Atlantic,andcoveredbyCommunityrulesonfisheries.
Species ZoneQuantity
(tonne)
Saithe IV 850
Mackerel VIAasfarasitextendswestofalinedefinedin
footnote(')below,VIB 59
Mackerel VIIC,VIIK,VIIJasfaritextendssouthof
50°30'northlatitude,VIIH 331
Mackerel VIIIasfarasitextendswestofalinedefinedin
footnote(2)below 35
Horsemackerel VIAasfarasitextendswestofalinedefinedin
footnote(')below,VIB 4
Horsemackerel VIIC,VIIK,VIIJasfarasitextendssouthof
50°30'northlatitude,VIIH 143
Horsemackerel VIIIasfarasitextendswestofalinedefinedin
footnote(2)below 103
Roundnosegrenadier 1(ICNAF) 220
Greenlandhalibut XIV 1650
(')Thelineoriginatinginpoint:
6°W60°N,thencesouthwardsto
6°W58°30'N,thencewestwardsto
10°W58°30'N,thencesouthwardsto
10°W56°30'N,thencewestwardsto
12°W.56°30'N,thencesouthwardsto
12°W54°30'N.
(')Thelineoriginatinginpoint:
8°W48°N,thencesouthwardsto
8°W47°N,thenceeastwardsto
6°W47°N,thencesouthwardsto
6°W46°30'N,thenceeastwardsto
5°W46°30'N,thencesouthwardsto
5°W46°N,thenceeastwardsto
4°W46°N,thencesouthwardsto
4°W45°N,thenceeastwardsto
2°W45°N,thencesouthwards .

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USSRfishingquotasforthefirstquarterof1977
ThezonesconcernedarethosedefinedbytheInternationalCouncilfortheExplorationoftheSeas
(ICES)ordefinedintheAnnextotheConventionestablishingtheInternationalCommissionforthe
North-WestAtlanticFisheriesCommission (ICNAF),insofarastheyaresituatedinthefishing
zonesoftheMemberStatesextendingupto200nauticalmilesfromcoastsborderingontheNorth
SeaandtheAtlantic,andcoveredbyCommunityrulesonfisheries.
Species ZoneQuantity
(tonnes)
Haddock IV 8475
Saithe IV 5525
Sprat IV 1063
Mackerel IV 713
Mackerel VIAasfarasitextendswestofthelinedefined
infootnote(•)below,VIB 876
Mackerel VIIC,VIIK,VIIJasfarasitextendssouthof
50°30'northlatitude,VIIH 4908
Mackerel VIIIasfarasitextendswestofthelinedefinedin
footnote(2)below 516
HorseMackerel VIAasfarasitextendswestofthelinedefined
infootnote(')below,VIB 206
Horsemackerel VIIC,VIIK,VIIJasfarasitextendssouthof
50°30'northlatitude,VIIH 6929
HorseMackerel VIIIasfarasitextendswestofthelinedefinedin
footnote(2)below 4978
Roundnosegrenadier 1(ICNAF) 760
Greenlandhalibut 1(ICNAF) 2350
Greenlandhalibut XIV 325
Whiting IV 850
(')Thelineoriginatinginpoint:
6°W60°N,thencesouthwardsto
6°W58°30'N,thencewestwardsto
10°W58°30'N,thencesouthwardsto
10°W56°30'N,thencewestwardsto
12°W56°30'N,thencesouthwardsto
12°W54°30'N.
(2)Thelineoriginatinginpoint:
8°W48°N,thencesouthwardsto
8°W47°N,thenceeastwardsto
6°W47°N,thencesouthwardsto
6°W46°30'N,thenceeastwardsto
5°W46°30'N,thencesouthwardsto
5°W46°N,thenceeastwardsto
4°W46°N,thencesouthwardsto
4°W45°N,thenceeastwardsto
2°W45°N,thencesouthwards .

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ANNEX2
Maximumnumberofvesselsofbetween2000and3500GRTpermittedtofishatthesame
timeinagivenzoneforwhichalicencehasbeenobtained
ICESsub-area Poland
IV ICES 1
VI ICES 1
VII ICES 1
VIII ICES 1
XIV ICES 1
5
ANNEX3
Maximumnumberofvesselsofbetween2000and3500GRTpermittedtofishatthesame
timeinagivenzoneforwhichalicencehasbeenobtained
ICESor
ICNAFsub-areaGDR
IV ICES 1
VI ICES 1
VII ICES 1
VIII ICES 1
XIV ICESand1ICNAF 1
5
ANNEX4
Maximumnumberofvesselsofbetween2000and3500GRTpermittedtofishatthesame
timeinagivenzoneforwhichalicencehasbeenobtained
ICESor
ICNAFsub-areaUSSR
IV ICES 6
VI ICES 1
VII ICES 5
VIII ICES 2
XIV ICESand1ICNAF 3
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