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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)460final.
Brüssels,22September1S77
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
layingdownthemeasuresfortheconservation and
managementofNorthSeaherring
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(77)460final

Explanatory Memorandum
TheCommission hasmadeacarefulassessment ofthe
dataatitsdisposalsincethelastmeetingoftheCouncilof
19July1977,concerning conservation measurestobeimplemented
ontheNorthSeaherringstock.TheCommission canhowever
onlyrepeatetheargumentsalreadydevelopedinitsmemorandum
totheCouncilof24.6.1977 (doc.COM(77)306),andinconsequence,
proposestocontinuethebanonherringfishingintheNorthSea
Inanycase,whileawaitingtheresultsofthedebate
of24/25OctoberintheCouncilonthecommonfisheriespolicy,
theCommission proposes,forthepresent,toextendthebanon
herringfishingintheNorthSeauntil31October1977.

Proposal
forCouncil Regulation (EEC )n°/77
laying down the interim measures for the conservation
andmanagement ofNorth Seaherring
THECOUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toRegulation (EEC )n°350/77laying down certain interim
measures fortheconservation andmanagement offishery resources (1),
modified inthelast instance byRegulation (EEC )n°1672/77 (2),and
especially itsarticle 1,paragraph 2,
Having regard totheproposal oftheCommission ,
Whereas the scientific estimates indicate that the extremely precarious
situation oftheNorth Seaherring stock persists ;that ,consequently ,
theinterdiction onfishing forherring intheNorth Sea should be
extended until 31 .October 1977 While awaiting are-examination ofthe
situation ; .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(1)O.J. n°L1*8,19.2.197 7,p.28.
(2)O.J. n°L186 ,26.7.1977 ,p.27.

Article 1
The catch quotas authorized for direct fishing ofthe
North Seaherring stock upto31October 1977 insub-zones IVand
division VII ddefined bytheInternational Council for theExploration
oftheSea (ICES )are fixed atzero for allMember States *
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on1October 1977 *
This Regulation -isobligatory inall its elements and isdirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels . For theCouncil ,
The President .