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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNIT'.Zo
COM(78)245 final.
Brussels ,29May1978
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
extending theinterimmeasures fortheconservation and
management offisheryresources applicable tovessels
flyingtheflagofSpain,fortheperiodfrom1to24June1978
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
CC-X(78)245final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Theinterimfisheries regimeforSpanishvesselsisvaliduntil31May197°
(Regulation EECN°341/78)*Itliasnotbeenpossible,despitethereopening
ofnegotiations ,toarriveattheconclusion ofaframework fisheries
agreement betweentheCommunity andSpain,
Intherealistic prospect ofapositiveresultofthenegotiations inthe
beginning ofJunethatwillmakeitpossibletolaydownproposals fora
fisheryarrangement until31*12.78fortheCouncilof19and20June,itis
proposedthattheinterimarrangement beonlyextendeduntil24June.
Thedivision ofthehakequotaistobeonthesameproratabasisasinthe
previousRegulation .Asforanchovy,fishingnormally ceasesaround30June
2/3oftheremainingquantityhasbeenallocated.-

PROPOSAL
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)N°/78
ofMay1978
extending
theinterimmeasures fortheconservation and
management offisheryresources applicable to
-vesselsflyingtheflagofSpain,fortheperiodfrom1to24June1978
TID-:COUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and
inparticular Article103thereof,
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ,
Whereas,"byRegulation (EEC)N°34l/78(l),theCouncilmostrecentlyextended
until31May1978,asregardsvesselsflyingtheflagofSpain,certainprovisions
ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)N°373/77of24February 1977layingdowncertain
interimmeasuresfortheconservation andmanagement offisheryresources appli­
cabletovesselsflyingtheflagofcertainnon-member countries (2);
Whereasnegotiations withSpainwithaviewtoconcluding aframework fisheries
agreement havenotbeenabletobeconcluded beforetheexpiryoftheinterim
ruleslaiddowninRegulation (EEC)N°341/78anditistherefore necessary to
extendtheinterimmeasuresforafurthershortperiod;
Whereasthesemeasures mustbetakenwitoutdelayanditistherefore necessary
toadoptthemasinterimmeasures onthebasisofArticle 103oftheTreaty,
subjecttotheirbeingincludedatalaterdateintheCommonAgricultural
Policy,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
TheonlycatcheswhichvesselsflyingtheflagofSpainareauthorized tomake
duringtheperiodfrom1to24June1978inthe200nauticalmilesfishingzonesoftheMemberStatessituatedofftheNorthSeaandAtlanticcoastsandcovered
byCommunityrulesonfisheriesarethoseofthespeciesset.outintheAnnex,withinthequantitative limitslaiddownthereinandcaughtundertheconditionslaiddowninArticles 2to7ofRegulation (EEC)n°341/78.
Artiele2
Notwithstanding theprovisions ofArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)n°341/78,licencesdelivered underthatregulation shallremainvaliduntil'24June1978.
NewrequestsforlicencesmaybesubmittedtoreplacelicencesreturnedtotheCommission .
–1 1– ••/•••
(1)OJN°L,1.2.1978,p.3
(?)0-JN°L53,25.2.1977 »P.l

Article 3
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1June197°»
ThisRegulation shall "bebindinginitsentirety anddirectly applicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels ,May1978 PortheCouncil
ThePresident .

ANNEX
1#Fishingquotasfortheperiod 1to24June1978:
Speciestces
zoneQuantities
(intonnes)
IHake jVI I 95".
VII 324
VIII 391.
Otherspeciestakenas"by-catches )ofhakefishinginaccordance )withArticle o"(1) )VI
VII
VIII190
648 :
782 '
|Anchovy IVIIII .2.000 I
2.Numberofstandard-vessel (1)licencesthatmay"beissuedforeach
ICESzone ' 4
%
Typeoffishing
i1ICES
zoneINumberofstandard
vessels
I(a)Hake ■ « 14
VII 50
VIII 57
(b)Anchovy VIII140
(c)Pishingexclusively withrods
fromvessels ,notexceeding
50GRT;thesevessels maynot
carryanyotherfishinggear
onboardVIII 60
()Astandardvesselisavesselwithabrakehorse-power not
exceeding 800bhp#Ifthebrakehorse-power isgreaterthan
800bhpthefollowing conversion factorswillbeapplied:-vesselsexceeding 600butnotexceeding 1,100bhp=1.75-vesselsexceeding 1,100butnotexceeding 1,500bhp»2.25

3.Maximum number ofstandard vessels ()which ,mayfish .
simultaneously inanygiven zone forwhich alicence has "been
obtained
( " ICES zone^
jNumber ofstandard vessels
jVesseIs"referred .^oinpodnt~2 (a) 1
VI■ 9
vn 32 .
VIII
Vessels referred toinpoint 2(c) 50 I
••
4
7T
()Astandard vessel isavessel with abrake horse-power not
exceeding 800bhp.Ifthebrake horse-power isgreater than
800bhpthefollowing conversion factors will beapplied :
-vessels exceeding 800butnotexceeding 1,100 bhp=1.75
-vessels exceeding 1,100 butnotexceeding 1.500 bhp=2.25