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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)291 final.
Brussels/30May1980
vProposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
layingdownfortheyear1980certainmeasuresfortheconservation
andmanagementoffisheryresourcesofftheWestGreenlandcoast
applicabletovesselsflyingtheflagofaMemberState
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thepurpose of "this proposal istoestablish ,fortheyear 1980 ,the
terms andconditions forfishing inCommunity waters offWest Greenland
byvessel bflying theflag ofaMember State ,taking into account the
outcome ofconsultations held inDecember 1979 andJanuary 1980 between
theCommunity andCanada concerning themanagement ofcertain joint fish
stocks occurring intheDavis Strait andBaffin Bay .
These consultations ,theAgreed Record ofwhich isannexed hereto ,were
held under theAgreement onFisheries between theCommunity andCanada ,
concluded on3December 1979 »which both sides have agreed toextend'
until 31December 1980 byanAgreement intheform ofanexchange of
ofletters approved to-theCouncil on21January 1980 *

Proposal fora
Council Regulation (EEC)
laying down fortheyear 1980 certain measures for
theconservation andmanagement offishery resources
offtheWest Greenland coast applicable tovessels
flying theflag ofaMember State .
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 43thereof .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament /
;Whereas ,on14April 1980 theCommunity andCanada signed anAgreement
intheform ofanexchange ofletters extending until 31December 1980
<their Agreement onfisheries concluded on3December 1979 ,andhave held
consultations inaccordance with theprovisions ofthis Agreement concerning
themanagement during 1980 ofcommon fishery resources intheDavis Strait and
Baffin Bay;
Whereas asaresult ofthese consultations delegations from each ofthetwoParties
have agreed torecommend totheir authorities certain measures forthe
conservation andmanagement ofthese resources ,including thefixing of
allocations forthevessels oftheother Party andconditions forfishing by
allvessels inthewaters concerned ;
Whereas itisappropriate that theCommunity implement these agreed measures ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATIONS

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Article 1
1•Thearea towhich this Regulation applies shall bethat part ofthe
fisheries zones ofDenmark and ofCanada situated within subareas 0and 1
asdefined bytheConvention onFuture Multilateral Cooperation inthe
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries . :
2.Except asprovided forinparagraph 3,thecatches which vessels
flying theflag ofaMember State shall beauthorized totake intheperiod
1January to31December 1980 inthearea defined inparagraph 1shall be
limited tothequotas laid down inAnnex I.
* 3.Inaddition tothequotas laid down inAnnex I,Greenland ooastal fishermen
shall beauthorized tofish fordeepwater prawn within twelve miles of
baselines inthefishery zone ofDenmark .
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Article 2
1.Vessels fishing inthefishery zone ofDenmark forthequotas established
inArticle 1shall comply with theconservation andcontrol measures laid
down inthis Regulation and with anyother measures governing fishing activities
inthat zone . ^
\
.2.Vessels referred toinparagraph 1shall keep alogbook asspecified in
Annex II*Theoriginal ofthelogbook shall bekept onboard thevessel .
Thepink andblue copies ofthelogbook shall besent each month tothe
Commission oftheEuropean Communities atthelatest bythelast dayofthe
month inrespect ofthepreceding month .
3.Vessels referred toinparagraph 1over 80gross registered tons shall
transmit byradio totheauthorities oftheir flag state ,inaccordance with
therales setoutinAnnex III ,theinformation speoified inthat Annex .
4*Theregistration letters andnumbers ofthevessels referred toin
paragraph tshall beclearly marked onboth sides ofthebowofthevessel
andonthesuper structure .
Article 3
Theauthorities oftheMember States shall retransmit the information received
;sie&iTfromivefeseliyflyiiigftheirsflag totheCommission asfollows ! 1

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(1)entry anddeparture reports shall feeretransmitted onthe
dayofreceipt ofthereport ;
(2)weekly catch reports shall beretransmitted within three
working days ofreceipt ofthereport .
Article 4
TheCommission ,onthebasis oftheinformation received from Member States in
accordance with Article 3,shall calculate thedate atwhich thequotas laid
down inAnnex Iwi11befully utilized ,andshall inform Member States that
fishing bytheir vessels must cease from that date .
Article 5
Thecompetent authorities oftheMember States shall take appropriate steps ,
including theregular inspeotion ofvessels ,toensure theenforcement of
this Regulation *
Article 6
Where aninfringement isduly established ,thecompetent authorities ofthe
Member States shall ,without delay ,inform theCommission ofthename ofthe
vessel involved andofanyaction which they have taken .
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into foroe onthethird dayfollowing its
<publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddireotly applicable in
allMember States .
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
The President

ANNEX I
Quotas
Part ofthe area . Quantities
Species . referred toinArticle 1 (tonnes )
Greenland halibut entire area 19450
(Rheinhardtius
hippoglossoides )
Roundnose grenadier entire area 7200
(Coryphaenoides
rupestris )
Deep-water prawn
(Pandalus borealis )
NAPO eubarea 1 *
outside 12miles
from base-lines
-North of68N 3000 (1)
-South of68°K 19620 (2)
,NAF0 subarea 0 2500
(1)Tobefished byGreenland coastal fishermen *
(2)Minus anycatches taken inNATO subarea 0.

ATOIEXII-
Thefollowinglogbookshallbeusedwhenfishingwithintheareareferred
toinArtiolk1.

•-ΑΜΕΧ III ,
1. Theinformation to "betransmitted byradio totheflag state ofthe
vessel and the timetable for its transmission are asfollows : ,
1*1 .Oneach occasion the vessel enters the zone defined inArticle 1
paragraph 1,hereafter referred toas''the zone ":
(a)theinformation specified under point 1.4below ;
(b)thequantity (l)ofeach species offish inthehold .
Intheevent that thefishing operation requires repeated daily entries
into thezone ,asingle communication onfirst entering thezone will
suffice .
1.2.1 .Oneach occasion the vessel leaves the zone :
(a)theinformation specified under point 1.4below ;
(b)thequantity ofeach species caught since theprevious transmission ;
'(c)thequantity ofeach species transshipped since thevessel entered
the zone and theidentification ofthevessel oftransshipment ;
(d)thequantity ofeach species landed irjaport oftheCommunity since
thevessel entered the zone ;
(e)thequantity ofdiscards specified byspecies since previous
transmission (when fishing forprawns only ).
' Intheevent that thefishing operations require repeated daily exits
from the zone ,asingle communication onthelast exit will suffice .
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1.2.2 .Anotice ofleaving atleast 48hours prior tothevessel 'sscheduled
exit from thezones referred tounder 1.1orthat part ofICES division
XIVunder thefisheries jurisdiction oftheCommunity .
1.3.Atweekly intervals ,commencing ontheseventh dayafter thevessel
first enters the zone :
(a)theinformation specified under 1.4below ;
(b)thequantity ofeach species caught since theprevious transmission ;
(c)thequantity ofdiscards specified byspecies since previous
transmission . . v
1.4. (a)Thename ,call sign ,identification numbers andletters ofthe
vessel ,andthename ofthemaster ;
(b)thelicence number ifthevessel islicensed tofish ;
(c)thesériai number ofthemessage ;
(d)identification ofthetype ofmessage ;
(e)thedate ,thetime andthegeographical position ofthevessel .
2. Ifitisimpossible ,forreasons offorce Majeure ,forthemessage to
betransmitted bythevessel ,itmaybetransmitted onthevessel*s
behalf byanother vessel .„■ '
(1)Forpurposes ofthis Annex ,quantities shall beexpressed intonnes
round-weight .

Formofcomnrunications _
1
Theinformationspecifiedunderpoint1shallcontainthefollowing
particulars,whichshallbegiveninthefollowingorder:
–neuneofvessel.
-callsign,
-externalidentification lettersandnumbers,
-serialnumberofthemessageforthevoyageinquestion,
-indicationofthetypeofmessageaccordingtothefollowingcodes
-message–whenenteringthezone:IN"
-message–whenleavingthezone:OUT.
-weeklymessage:WKL,,
-thegeographical position
-thedateonwhichfishingisexpectedtocommence;
-thequantityofeachspeciesoffishinthehold,
-thequantityofeachspeciesdiscardedsincetheprevioustransmission
-thequantityofeachspeciestransshipped sincetheprevioustransmission
-thequantityofeachspecieslandedinaportoftheCommunitysincethe
previoustransmission :
–thenaineofthemaster.
Thecodetobeusedtoindicatethespeciesinthecommunications referred
toabove: '
ADeep-waterprawn(Pandalusborealis)
CGreenlandhalibut(Rheinhardtius hippoglossoides )
D'Cod(Cadusmorrhua)
FHalibut(Hippoglossushippoglossus)
IRound–nosegrenadier(Coryphaenoides rupestris)
URedfish(Sebastesmarinas)
ROther