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COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
onfishingarrangement resultingfromArticle6ofthe
proposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC)establishing aCommunitysystem
fortheconservation andmanagement offisheryresources
TheCouncilDeclaration of30May1980relatingtothecommonfisheries
policyincluded aresumeandexplanation oftheconditions underwhich
Article103oftheActofAccession,concerning theprovisions whichmight
followthetemporaryderogations onequalrightofaccess,shouldbe
applied.
InitsproposalforabasicRegulationestablishing aCommunitysystem
fortheconservation andmanagement offisheryresourcesof8October
1976,theCommission proposed,inArticle6,thatatwelve-nautical-mile
limitbesetup,calculated fromthebaselines,withinwhichfishing
mightberestrictedtovesselswhichfishedtraditionally inthose
watersandoperatedfromportsinthelocalcoastalarea.
Thebasicaimofthisgeneralderogation fromtheprincipleofequal-
rightofaccessistopreventlossofemploymentopportunities for
localinshorefishermen anddeterioration oftheconditions underwhich
theyoperate;thederogationitselfisrestricted bytheneedtoensure
thatopportunities forfishingareavailabletofishermenfromMember
Stateswhoenjoyspecialrights,eitherunderArticle100oftheActof
Accessionorbyvirtueofactivitiescarriedoutbeforethenew,enlarged
twelve-milelimitwasestablished,i.e.beforethedateonwhichthe
newsystemputforwardentersintoforce.
whendrawingupitsspecificproposalsontheconservation offish
stocks,thesupervisionoffishingandtheallocationoftheresources
attheCommunity'sdisposal,theCommission gavedueconsideration to
theCouncil'sintention,asexpressedintheResolutionof3November
1976andtheDeclarationof30May1980,tomakeallowanceforthe
specialneedsofregionswherethelocalpopulationisparticularly
dependentonfishingandrelatedindustries.

2.
Accordingly ,thefishermen concerned aregiven priority intheallocation
offishing quotas sothat ,asfar asstocks permit ,they donothave to
bear the burden involved inthe reduction ofcatches .
The Commission attaches great importance toensuring that these quotas ,
entitlement towhich isthus ensured ,canactually befished inpractice ,
sothat principles whose objectives have been agreed unanimously will
not beemptied ofallsubstance .Tothis end,theCommission feels that
thederogation provided for bythe Act ofAccession should beprolonged
inorder toallow for theextension and standardization ofthe system ,
along thewhole coast uptothetwelve-mile limit ,within which most
local inshore fishing has largely been carried onhitherto .This
approach ensures the local populations concerned adefinite advantage
over their competitors fishing the same stocks ,shared only bycertain
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fishermen inother Member States tomost ofwhom the same socio-economic
conditions apply .
Asregards access tothis zone byinshore fishermen notactually operating
within the local part ofthetwelve-mile limit ,theCommission ,forthe
same reasons aslaybehind theprolongation ofthederogation onequal
access ,would like topoint out that the special rights referred toin
itsproposal are subject torestrictions astothe species which may
befished ,thecategories offishermen whomaybenefit directly ,asto
howmuch fishing effort may bemade and for what periods .With this in
mind ,theCommission wishes todraw attention tothefacts andfigures
which have already been collected andassessed onthis subject ,which
could serve asauseful basis forupdating fishing rights inthe light
ofdevelopments infisheries since those rights first came into force .
TheCommission isalso aware that full useofthe priority quotas would
call forcomplementary measures toreorganize thewhole process offishing
the stocks concerned ,irrespective ofany coastal limit ,inorder toallow
more rational useofthevarious fishing fleets inthe light ofthe total
fishing resources actually available andtotailor their use,atboth
thenational andregional level ,tovital needs .
TheCommission proposes responding tothe last ofthese needs byimple­
menting ,where necessary ,fishing plans with thespecific objective of
ensuring areasonable andrealistic relationship between fishing resour­
ces,themeans ofexploiting those resources andthe social structures
tobemaintained *

Inthiscontext,thefishingplansshouldbeconceivedwithinclearly
definedlimitswhichwillbothguaranteetheireffectiveness andensure
thattheprincipleofequalaccessinlinewiththebasicprinciplesof
theTreatiesispreservedinareasonablemannerinthelightofthe
interestsinvolved.
Theplansshouldthereforeonlyapplytocertaintypesoffishing,to
fishingforcertainspeciesand,whereappropriate,tofishingduring
certaintimesofthefishingyearandinregionswhichareparticularly
sensitive;theyshouldnotprejudice,eitherdirectlyorindirectly,the
fisherystructuresinvolvedandmayonlyprovideaframeworkin
whichtheycanworktogetherinfulfilmentofCommunitypolicy.